Mainstream Renewable Power is understood to have fully pulled the plug on its €6b energy bridge project aimed at exporting 5,000 megawatts of power to Britain and generating nearly €3bn in annual export revenue.

Irish wind-farm developers, counting on a trade deal that would allow them to benefit from British power subsidies, said they are confident an agreement will be reached.

In a market flooded with millions of apps, Galway-based company Element Software is launching on the international market technology which has been designed to significantly help brands retain their app users.

UK demand for Irish renewable energy is not as strong as plans to build hundreds of windfarms across Ireland would suggest.

Billabong International said its 40-year-old surf brand was worthless after the company’s losses tripled amid store closures, firings, a breach of debt terms and tumbling stock price.

International energy firm Element Power is planning to improve Britain’s renewable energy provisions by building a number of wind farms in the Irish midlands — a move which will create thousands of jobs here and result in Ireland exporting over €1.2 billion worth of wind-generated electricity to Britain annually.

SENATORS and TDs will get a chance to see Brendan Gleeson’s Golden Globe-nominated performance for themselves after being given free copies of The Guard for Christmas.