David McHugh, COO of Fehily Timoney engineering consultants in Cork, has been named as the new president of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.

A promotional trip billed as Ireland’s first carbon-neutral bus journey took place in Cork yesterday as a bio-methane powered vehicle took passengers from the city centre to Ringaskiddy.

EXPERTS in biofuel technology and policy from 15 OECD countries including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany and the US will address the International Energy Agency at a symposium in University College Cork tomorrow.