Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources Noel Dempsey has welcomed the new biofuel targets set today at a European Energy Council Meeting in Brussels.

A NEW exploration drive in the Atlantic to address the nation’s near-total reliance on imported gas was launched by the government yesterday.

The former Secretary General of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Peter Cassells, has been appointed as mediator in the Corrib Gas project dispute.

THE uptake of broadband is being hindered by high prices, currently about €50 per month, the President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPAI) said last night.

FOLLOWING the recent articles in the Irish Examiner (April 22 and 24) discussing the lack of development of renewable energy in Ireland, it would be remiss of me as chairperson of the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) not to comment&.