Taoiseach Enda Kenny gave no sartorial hint as to what team he will be supporting in tomorrow’s All-Ireland hurling final replay.

THE Irish biofuels industry died on Jan 1, 2011 when a government tax relief scheme designed to foster the sector was replaced with one which has completely failed to do so. As a result, almost all of the country’s bioethanol, biodiesel, and oil-crushing plants were switched off.

STATE agencies such as Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann should take a lead in the use of Irish biofuel, says Tom Bruton, chairman of the Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA).

IRELAND can use the launch of a new €220m EU fund for sustainable building projects as a springboard for further green energy projects, according to a leading industry expert.

A NEW Government support price structure for bio- energy will boost the use of natural materials for the production of electricity, Energy Minister Eamon Ryan predicted when he announced the scheme yesterday.

A NEW quality assurance scheme for wood fuel products has been formed by a peer-nominated oversight committee.

LANDOWNERS now have more flexibility to produce different energy crops as most subsidy payments are decoupled from production.

A MAJOR national bioenergy conference in Tullamore, County Offaly on Tuesday next will focus on the latest developments in the emerging industry.

THE supply chain for bioenergy is not well linked, the annual conference of the Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) was told in Portlaoise yesterday.