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<p> ESB Networks technicians Tom Kelleher, Anthony McHugh and Leo Walsh respond to a fault on a power line in early January. They were working on a single phase 20kV line to restore electricity power to homes at Araglin, near Kilworth, County Cork. The snow-covered Knockmealdown Mountains are in the backgound. The power line came down due to the weight of snow and ice on it. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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Donal Hickey: Remember the 'Big Freeze' of 1963? Jog your memory with these images

Blocked roads, frozen seas, school closures... and hard work and good neighbours

<p>ESB chief executive Paddy Hayes and Land Development Agency chief executive John Coleman at the ESB’s Wilton site which will be transferred to the LDA. Picture: Darragh Kane</p>

munster

Land Development Agency prepare plans for 350 new homes in Cork city

<p>Cork County Council has earmarked lands at Aghada as a base for green energy firms and for the marshalling and servicing of offshore windfarm operations. Picture: iStock</p>

munster

Cork Harbour 'green energy park' will facilitate offshore windfarms

Irish Examiner view: Limerick decision shows lack of leadership amid our housing crisis

ourview

Irish Examiner view: Limerick decision shows lack of leadership amid our housing crisis

Nuclear power plant with dusk landscape.

yourview

Letters to the Editor: Nuclear energy is far from inevitable

Stark warning in application seeking to convert Moneypoint from coal-burning to one powered by HFO

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Stark warning in application seeking to convert Moneypoint from coal-burning to one powered by HFO

FRANCE-BANKING-CASH-ATM

Irish Examiner view: Despite the cashless trend, we have a right to use notes and coins

It is surely a fundamental principle that people should be able to pay cash if they choose

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

Energy bill rises

ESB apologises as customers overcharged for a decade

Overcharging came about a result of 2009 Government decision to charge households €25 extra a year to subsidise energy costs of big businesses

Tue, 23 Jan, 2024

Tributes to renewable energy 'visionary' Eddie O'Connor

Tributes to renewable energy 'visionary' Eddie O'Connor

After a career with ESB and Bord na Móna, where he was chief executive, the Roscommon native set up Airtricity in the 1990s and effectively kickstarted investments in Irish wind power

Sun, 07 Jan, 2024

Thousands without power amid countrywide yellow wind warnings

Thousands without power amid countrywide yellow wind warnings

Two status yellow wind warnings affecting the entire country expired at 8pm

Thu, 21 Dec, 2023

Government urged to stop paying for Twitter ads

Calls comes in light of 'vile' content being allowed on the platform, and revelation that Elon Musk instructed staff not to suspend users who post racist, sexist, or homophobic content

Sun, 17 Dec, 2023

Coal-fuelled Moneypoint may be needed to produce more power during cold snap

Coal-fuelled Moneypoint may be needed to produce more power during cold snap

As Cop28 gets underway, the Co Clare power station is likely to step up production to fill the gap left by becalmed wind turbines

Wed, 29 Nov, 2023

ESB to issue gift cards to the public as incentive to 'beat the peak'

ESB to issue gift cards to the public as incentive to 'beat the peak'

State body has gone to tender for 400,000 digital gift vouchers, valid for at least 12 months

Sun, 22 Oct, 2023

Wind farm developer Orsted shares plunge after €2.1bn hit in US

Wind farm developer Orsted shares plunge after €2.1bn hit in US

Orsted has about 20 wind and solar farms across Ireland and had announced earlier this year a partnership with ESB to develop offshore projects

Wed, 30 Aug, 2023

Narrow Water bridge project

Government to pressure semi-States over land transfers for housing

The Government wants to put pressure on semi-State bodies that are delaying the transfer of land earmarked for housing to the Land Development Agency (LDA).

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

Production of e-fuels could create 10,000 Irish jobs

Production of e-fuels could create 10,000 Irish jobs

New report makes recommendations on how the development of a domestic hydrogen ecosystem can facilitate the production of e-fuels for use in aviation and shipping

Mon, 22 May, 2023

Carbon economy stock

ESB faces multimillion euro payout if time limit on claims for power lines on private land not resolved

High Court case centres around one landowner who sought compensation some seven years after a line had been placed on his land

Thu, 23 Mar, 2023

Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan

Irish Examiner view: From little acorns

Fri, 03 Mar, 2023

Energy traders grappling with price volatility - ESB deputy CEO

Energy traders grappling with price volatility - ESB deputy CEO

Marguerite Sayers tells Cork Chamber Business Breakfast that Ireland needs a 'grown-up' debate about nuclear energy

Fri, 24 Feb, 2023

ESB to work with Port of Cork on creating renewable energy infrastructure

ESB to work with Port of Cork on creating renewable energy infrastructure

This partnership also supports the Government’s Climate Action Plan and its ambition to increase the proportion of renewable electricity up to 80% by 2030.

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023

Bright light bulb shining with off lamps

Fergus Finlay: It is vital to have full transparency to save Ireland’s reputation

REPUTATION matters. It matters to individuals, to companies, perhaps above all to countries. It matters enormously to charities and to any organisation that depends on the trust of people who support them, work for them or depend on them.

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023

Semi-state companies paid €200m to the Exchequer last year

Semi-state companies paid €200m to the Exchequer last year

The bulk of the dividend last year came from the ESB at €121.6m

Fri, 10 Feb, 2023

Donal Hickey: Exploring clean energy opportunities on Valentia

Donal Hickey: Exploring clean energy opportunities on Valentia

Valentia Island is one of 15 regions selected for European hydrogen project

Thu, 09 Feb, 2023

Irish Examiner view: EV decision suggests Ireland's transport policies are in a muddle

Irish Examiner view: EV decision suggests Ireland's transport policies are in a muddle

Policymakers seem unsure which way to turn, given the plan to hike the cost of public electric vehicle charging

Mon, 28 Nov, 2022

'Nefarious groups' taking advantage of concerns in East Wall, says minister

'Nefarious groups' taking advantage of concerns in East Wall, says minister

The Children's Minister has said “nefarious groups” are taking advantage of the valid concerns people have in relation to Ukrainians and other people seeking asylum here.

Tue, 22 Nov, 2022

Power begins to return after major Cork city blackout

Power begins to return after major Cork city blackout

One tourist who was dining on Maylor Street said the lights suddenly went out in their restaurant.

Fri, 14 Oct, 2022

Eamon Ryan sought to halve ESB's dividend to State to allow more investment in renewables

Eamon Ryan sought to halve ESB's dividend to State to allow more investment in renewables

The Department of Public Expenditure disagreed with the Green Party leader, warning that the plan would in effect be asking the Exchequer – and Irish taxpayers – to take on a greater share of the cost of decarbonisation

Thu, 06 Oct, 2022

Domestic energy stock

Government scrambles to stop pay-as-you-go energy customers being cut off

125,000 households are now behind on their bills as Government struggles to get funds to pay-as-you-go customers

Wed, 05 Oct, 2022

Electric bill charges paper

ESB staff bonuses partly linked to level of profits, committee told

The Oireachtas committee on environment and climate action heard about 125,000 Electric Ireland customers have fallen behind with their energy bills

Tue, 04 Oct, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: We badly need the kind of political courage that delivered the Shannon Scheme

The current energy crisis requires the political will that delivered the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric scheme almost a century ago

Tue, 20 Sep, 2022

Fergus Finlay: Privatisation, Irish style, has robbed us of our most precious assets

Fergus Finlay: Privatisation, Irish style, has robbed us of our most precious assets

Call it what you like, privatisation is wrong — morally and economically — and we should always have resisted it

Tue, 20 Sep, 2022

Fianna Fail Party think in-in Mullingar

Taoiseach: ESB profits will be used to bring down people's bills

Micheál Martin says Government will use its dividend from ESB to reduce pressure on households and protect jobs

Fri, 16 Sep, 2022

Time to look to our own history for inspiration on national energy security

Time to look to our own history for inspiration on national energy security

Ireland had the first publicly owned energy system, in the 1920s. We need to return it to democratic public ownership

Mon, 05 Sep, 2022

Customers could be rewarded to cut power use in real time

Customers could be rewarded to cut power use in real time

Vouchers to the customer or donations to local schools and charities could be part of a scheme encouraging individual users to cut energy usage

Mon, 22 Aug, 2022

Law Enforcement And Crime

Tipperary family settle for €370k over former ESB worker's alleged exposure to asbestos

It was claimed Mr Noonan's alleged repeated exposure to asbestos fibres during the course of his employment with the ESB lead to his developing cancer

Mon, 27 Jun, 2022

Taking the next STEPS: young engineers build for the future

Taking the next STEPS: young engineers build for the future

Three primary school children win a national award for their planet-friendly concept car

Tue, 21 Jun, 2022

National Maternity Hospital

Ryan will not rule out windfall tax on energy companies

The Minister for the Environment has told the Dáil he has not ruled out a windfall tax on energy companies.

Thu, 02 Jun, 2022

Donal Hickey: Ongoing problem of eel kills at Ardnacrusha

Donal Hickey: Ongoing problem of eel kills at Ardnacrusha

Limerick scientist says a major kill of eels occurred on the lower Shannon due to a lack of mitigation measures during Storm Barra

Thu, 28 Apr, 2022

Letters to the Editor: Truth is first casualty of war

Letters to the Editor: Truth is first casualty of war

The war in Ukraine has shown the double standards of western powers, as they ignore the suffering of refugees if they come from an Arab, Asian, African, or South American nation

Mon, 11 Apr, 2022

Irish Examiner view: ESB made a costly mistake with this windfarm

Irish Examiner view: ESB made a costly mistake with this windfarm

The semi-state body had already racked up more than €17m in fines — and now it has to dismantle the windfarm it built

Fri, 18 Mar, 2022

Irish Examiner view: Not too late for an energy revolution

Irish Examiner view: Not too late for an energy revolution

We must now harness the power of offshore wind farms if we are to wean ourselves off our reliance on at-risk supplies of foreign energy sources.

Fri, 11 Mar, 2022

20/4/2016. General Election Talks

Cowen calls on State to sell off ESB

The Fianna Fáil TD for Offaly said the State has often been "a pointless owner of assets, and a terrible shareholder".

Thu, 03 Feb, 2022

CC LEINSTER HOUSE

Claims of ESB overcharging to make 'super-normal profits' referred to Europe

Barry Cowen accused the ESB of using the Republic’s shortage of generating capacity and its dominant position in the market to “increase tenfold the wholesale price of power”

Mon, 24 Jan, 2022

FILE PHOTO EirGrid has reported that Ireland could see electricity shortages over the next five winters due to rising demand and

Bord na Móna plots speedy entry as new power retailer

Utility is expected to pitch itself as a supplier of clean energy to business customers

Mon, 10 Jan, 2022

Where we get our energy: How wind farms can help us weather global energy price hikes

Where we get our energy: How wind farms can help us weather global energy price hikes

"The more we produce our own renewable energy, the more protected Irish consumers are from very high prices for imported fossil fuels,” says Wind Energy Ireland CEO Noel Cunniffe.

Thu, 06 Jan, 2022

Whitelee Windfarm

Coillte-ESB launch renewable energy joint venture with ambitious 2030 targets

FuturEnergy Ireland will build wind farm developments on Coillte-owned land

Tue, 30 Nov, 2021

Electric car charging - London

Only four EV multi-charging points in country suitable for disabled drivers, campaigners claim

ESB has acknowledged more work has to be done on accessibility

Wed, 24 Nov, 2021

Wind farm report

Mick Clifford: State playing into the wind on climate change

Mick Clifford wonders if one of the ostensibly more straightforward and uncontentious elements of the climate action plan can be scuppered by a lack of resources, what hope for the rest?

Fri, 05 Nov, 2021

Long row a very tall windmills offshore

Minister: 'Many companies' eager to enter Irish offshore wind market, as Norway's Equinor axes €2bn plans

The ESB had been in a partnership to develop a €2bn wind farm off the coast of Clare — but Norway's Equinor has pulled out of the deal due to dissatisfaction with Ireland's regulatory and planning regime

Thu, 04 Nov, 2021

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Action needed now to save the planet, Taoiseach tells Fianna Fáil party meeting

The Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting was dominated by the issues of agriculture and the climate agenda

Wed, 03 Nov, 2021