MEPs in Strasbourg are demanding an apology following comments made about deficit countries by the EU Commissioner for Energy.

PUBLIC sector workers were given a stark warning they faced another cut in their basic pay last night.

A leading Solar Industry manager has claimed that up to 10,000 jobs could be created in the sector if the Government pledges to develop the industry.

THE 2011 bioenergy scheme will be formally announced in the coming weeks, JHM Crops, based in Adare, Co Limerick, has claimed following discussions with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

UP to 300,000 Irish homes could be heated by the conversion of grass and household waste into natural gas, Bord Gáis has announced.

THE ESB has purchased Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) for more than £1 billion (€1.2bn).

I LISTENED to our Energy Minister inform us of the great breakthrough with the electric car and how it would save the world.

A new legal agreement committing the world to curb greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely to be completed before the end of 2011, two years later than originally envisaged, the United Nations' climate chief said.

ENERGY Minister Eamon Ryan has ruled out any chance of the Government renegotiating the Corrib gas deal with Shell and its partners after admitting any changes would damage Ireland’s reputation abroad.

WITH a stroke of his pen President Barack Obama has taken one of our self-serving, lazy and threadbare excuses for not doing enough to protect the environment or save energy out of play.

The Minister for Energy has backed the Government's new five year plan to get the economy back on track.

Euro-MPs today backed tough climate change targets despite warnings from industry that Europe must dilute its ambitions because of the economic recession.

Supply concerns have driven world oil prices upwards in Asia after key producer Venezuela indicated that it could ask OPEC to cut output.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan will tomorrow meet with senior US politicians as he continues his four-day fact-finding visit to the country.

Fine Gael today welcomed the Government plans to publish an energy policy document in March.

The British Minister with responsibility for Sellafield, Brian Wilson, is dismissing the postcard campaign to close down the plant.