The Cork commercial market is coming off something of a purple patch but, according to Lisney’s third quarter update, it may be starting to take a breather.

Ministers must know the game is up and that the ruling by Eurostat has completely removed the rationale for Irish Water and water charges, writes Michael Taft.

Former Galway star Paul Clancy knows a fair bit about beating Derry sides in championship action having been involved in both Galway’s 1998 and 2001 All-Ireland winning sides that defeated the Ulster men in All-Ireland semi-finals.

ESB International has announced that it has won four new contracts in Asia worth up to €1.5m.

An overwhelming 70% of voters want the Government to abandon its plans to erect giant pylons across the country, a survey reported last weekend revealed.

ESB International has struck a €30m deal to jointly operate and maintain a power station in Turkey.

ESB International is to create 80 new jobs as part of an expansion plan.

The former Bord Gáis chief John Mullins has been appointed the chairman of the Port of Cork.

The former group chief executive of Bord Gáis is hotly tipped to fill the role of chairman of the Port of Cork.

ESB International plans to focus on the Far East in a bid to deliver growth.

Beautiful countryside across two unspoilt valleys will be scarred by a controversial electricity transmission line snaking its way through West Cork, it has been claimed.

The ESB is to invest €900m in building a 1,500MW gas-fired power plant in Britain.

THE €1.8 million reconstructed Mizen Head footbridge connecting the country’s southernmost lighthouse to the mainland has scooped two major engineering gongs at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards.

NTR boss Michael McNicholas, regarded in the industry as a ‘safe pair of hands’, is busy picking up the pieces after his predecessor’s costly gamble on solar power backfired badly, helping to notch up record losses of €381m at the group, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

ANTI-PYLON protesters have expressed hope that an international commission, which is to examine the controversial North-South electricity commentator, will recommend that power lines for the project be placed underground.

As chief executive of the ESB since 2002, Padraig McManus has overseen huge changes in the commercial state body. He will step down later this year, leaving a rejuvenated company behind, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

THE two state agencies in the firing line since Cork’s devastating winter flood have again defended their actions but have vowed to implement interim changes.

Bernard Byrne, Group Financial and Commercial Director, ESB, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at AIB, it was announced today.

Energy Minister Eamon Ryan today announced the appointment of Mr Garrett Blaney to the Commission for Energy Regulation, joining Michael Tutty (chairperson) and Dermot Nolan.

MORE than 100,000 jobs could be created via a huge €18bn investment in green energy and broadband, Fine Gael last night claimed.

Fine Gael today unveiled a €18bn masterplan to transform the Irish economy through investment in broadband, green energy and water networks.

The ESB has announced a €4bn plan to significantly expand its operations in Britain.

MAINSTREAM RENEWABLE POWER — the alternative energy company formed earlier this year by former Airtricity boss, Eddie O’Connor — has made two senior appointments to its management team.

Testing on a potentially groundbreaking new technology in power generation is getting underway today in Strangford Lough.

ESB International (ESBI) has signed a €12 million engineering consultancy contract with the Electricity and Water Authority of Bahrain to oversee a major new project for the upgrade of Bahrain’s electricity transmission network.

The Minister for Enterprise, Micheál Martin, has announced that Irish firms who participated in the Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission to South Africa will win €35m worth of contracts over the next two years.

The Minister for Enterprise Micheál Martin, has announced the signing of a new contract between ESB International and Eskom, the South African electricity company in Johannesburg during the Irish trade mission to South Africa.

Electricity bills could be cut by up to 10% if the ESB were allowed to drop its prices below those fixed by the energy regulator, the company said today.

A new crack team of humanitarian experts will be ready to be deployed to a disaster zone by the Autumn, the Government said today.

ESB International has announced proposals to develop a new 800 megawatt power station in Spain.

THE ESB’s €137 million sell-off of its Irish retail network and its British electrical construction business is likely to be the end of the State utility’s disposal of non-core assets at this time.

The ESB has won a major international contract to develop a new gas-fired power station in Namibia.

THE ESB has sold a 50% stake in its Spanish power plant to a Japanese gas company for around €75 million.

ESB International has signed a contract to manage the electricity industry in Kosovo.

ESB International (ESBI) has increased its presence in the UK energy market with the purchase of Southampton company Marchwood Power Ltd.

The board of ESB today announced the appointment of Mr Bernard Byrne as group finance director.

SENIOR members of the Offaly football team are on a collision course with the county board over the future of manager Paul O’Kelly.

ESB International has won a €1m contract in Vietnam to advise on the construction of a major new power station.

THE prospect of a share in the vast project to rebuild Iraq has heightened the anticipation of many companies. Some estimates put the cost of reconstruction as high as $100 billion.

IRELAND seem sure of a chilly welcome weatherwise in Georgia this week but a much warmer one from the local fans.