BORD na Móna has warned that approval for the development of a massive man-made reservoir in the midlands to store water drained from the Shannon is essential to guarantee future water supplies for the greater Dublin area.

TODAY’S hard-hitting report from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Energy is a loud wake-up call for Government, a landmark document that underlines the need for radical policies to ensure national energy security, based on affordable and dependable supplies, critical to the economy.