THERE will be no forced redundancies at the ESB generating station in Tarbert, Co Kerry, which is to close in 2010 with the loss of 129 jobs, the ESB pledged yesterday.

THERE will be no forced redundancies at the ESB generating station in Tarbert, Co Kerry, which is to close in 2010 with the loss of up to 129 jobs, the ESB pledged yesterday.

PLANS for a gas-powered electricity station that would generate enough power to light 300,000 homes have been turned down by Cork County Council.

A THREATENED strike by electricity workers has been postponed for 24 hours, in the hope that last ditch talks on Monday will resolve a dispute between ESB management and the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATGWU).

The top names in Scottish music tonight kicked off a benefit concert for the victims of the Asian tsunami.

The ESB and the Health and Safety Authority have formed a new alliance in an effort to reduce deaths and injuries in the construction and agriculture sectors.

More than 10,000 people have been left without power in Connemara and parts of Cork due to an electrical fault in substations in those areas.

THE ESB has been granted planning permission to build a €250,000 power station in Co Cork, which will generate enough power for 400,000 homes.

THE ESB has begun pursuing thousands of customers undercharged as a result of the company’s pre-paid meters being out of sync with its bills.

The Electricity Supply Board is issuing a major warning to farmers.

The ESB has opened a wind farm on a Co Wexford site which was once proposed as a location for a nuclear power plant.

The ESB say that 15,000 homes of the 40,000 left without power after last nights storms have now been reconnected. However, not all homes are expected have power until tomorrow.

The ESB say that rural areas were hardest hit by last night's cuts after heavy storms swept the country.