Applegreen, the Irish forecourt fuel supplier, plans to benefit from the “grim” reputation of motorway service stations in Britain as it announced a €70m placing of shares and detailed its expansion plans.

Irish petrol station operator and forecourt retailer Applegreen has reported a bumper year with both revenue and profitability comfortably surpassing 2012 levels.

IN his letter (April 21), Dr Colmán Etchingham correctly points out that Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientists are not independent insofar as they rely on funding for research.

DR COLMÁN ETCHINGHAM (Irish Examiner letters, December 4) thinks I did not adequately address the question of wind energy in terms of efficiency or future potential (Irish Examiner letters, November 24).

I WAS disappointed to read the one-sided and somewhat inaccurate letter from historian Dr Colmán Etchingham (Irish Examiner letters, November 18).

DR COLMÁN ETCHINGHAM (Irish Examiner letters, November 18) seeks to take issue with Tim Cowhig’s assertion (Irish Examiner, November 6) that wind power is the only option to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

DR COLMÁN ETCHINGHAM of NUI Maynooth asks why rural communities should be subjected to the construction of wind generators? (Irish Examiner letters, November 18).

Sky News is to revamp its schedules and axe a number of its presenters and programmes, it was confirmed today.