Cork selector Ger Cunningham is frustrated by the absence of third-level players from the county’s Waterford Crystal Cup hurling squad. The Rebels begin competitive life under the guidance of Jimmy Barry-Murphy in that competition next Saturday with a home quarter-final clash against Kerry at Páirc Uí Rinn.

ENERGY prices are going up. This has been confirmed by Bord Gáis which recently warned that households and businesses should expect higher energy prices in the coming months because of the rising cost of natural gas.

MEATH shocked TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football champions Dublin by 0-10 to 0-9 in yesterday’s provincial semi-final at Naomh Mearnóg.

IRISH renewable energy group, NTR, has committed itself to “a significant liquidity event” within two to three years which could see the former toll roads operator seeking a mainstream public listing.

The 2010 Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was launched at Croke Park today where the competition sponsors also unveiled a new team of ambassadors who will support this year’s campaign of activity to promote U-21 hurling.

Cork were crowned Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 champions for a third successive season at Dublin’s Parnell Park yesterday.

DCC has become slightly more upbeat regarding its full-year outlook on the back of a better-than-expected first-half showing.

ENERGY bills continue to fall with households now enjoying annual savings of €300.

ENERGY, Communications and Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan will today aim to forge links with green technology firms in Silicon Valley in the US.

BORD Gais (BG) entering the domestic electricity supply market is being heralded by the Government and others as a victory for competition.

Democratic President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to reverse or sharply modify many of the Bush administration’s policies.

ENERGY MINISTER Eamon Ryan has made an order adopting the first list of energy efficient products approved for tax relief under the Government’s Accelerated Capital Allowances (ACA) for the Energy Efficient Equipment initiative.

ENERGY-LED waste management Oran Group has teamed up with Northern Irish Biomass company Rural Generation Limited to provide a range of waste to energy services, including biomass energy production and liquid waste recycling services.

Thousands of exhausted and grieving survivors dug through their crumpled homes today searching for clothes, food and valuables after a powerful earthquake hit central Indonesia, killing more than 3,700.

A powerful earthquake flattened buildings in central Indonesia early today, killing at least 2,900 people and injuring thousands more in the country’s worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

Snow Patrol are confirmed to play Dublin Castle on Saturday, April 29 as part of Heineken Green Energy 2006.

TULLOW OIL is preparing a $500 million offer for Energy Africa company, a move that will double the size of the Irish firm.

THE ESB expressed disappointment yesterday at a decision by American authorities to suspend a lucrative project that the ESB had been named as preferred bidder to manage.

Energy giant Shell posted record profits today after seeing oil prices soar in the run-up to war in Iraq.