Your excellent opinion piece, ‘The Plight of the Elderly — We Need a Caring Government’ (Irish Examiner, February 25), is all the more galling when the Government is not only uncaring, but willfully parting with billions of euro in natural resources, sold to unelected private enterprises.

The Minister for Energy said the North-South Interconnector may be too far advanced in its planning application, to be included in the expert panel review of pylons.

ESB staff who helped restore power to more than 100,000 customers are being commended by the Government.

The Minister for Energy is insisting he has not sold Bord Gais Energy below its value.

The decision by unions at the ESB to lift the disproportionate threat of a Christmas power strike is very welcome for myriad reasons.

Last week, Minister for Energy Pat Rabbitte said that the Government intends to draw up a national policy framework, which will guide planning authorities on suitable locations for wind farms that export the energy they produce.

Cheaper energy, job creation and the diversity and security of energy supply are being thrown back in the faces of foreign investors, according to the US-owned Shannon LNG.

THE final cost of the controversial Corrib Gas project is now expected to near €3 billion, as one of the partners admitted that it may not be until late 2014 when gas is finally flowing.

HOMEOWNERS’ potential annual property tax bill should be reduced if they invest in energy efficiency house retrofitting, according to the Construction Industry Federation (CIF).

ANTI-PYLON protesters have expressed hope that an international commission, which is to examine the controversial North-South electricity commentator, will recommend that power lines for the project be placed underground.

THERE is a common root to the terrible hardships facing the people of Japan and Libya.

DAVID KELLY and his young family say they have noticed a marked difference in the “comfort” of their 1960s bungalow since they got its exterior insulated – using the state grants available to householders.

Environmental campaigners formed a human wave in Dublin today to call on the Government to push for a meaningful deal at the forthcoming UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.

Business chiefs today called for energy prices to be slashed by more than 10% in a bid to boost spending and restore confidence in the economy.

THERE were calls yesterday for Anglo Irish Bank’s disgraced former chairman to face the full force of the law after secretly borrowing up to €129 million from the bank.

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

SHELL unveiled plans for its onshore gas pipeline yesterday with a route twice as far away from houses as the previous design.

The Green Party welcomed last night's agreement by EU leaders on a timetable for finalising the Union's climate change package.

Thousands of jobs are to be created as Ireland places itself at the centre of a global green energy boom, the Government claimed today.

Minister for Energy, Eamon Ryan has announced financial incentives aimed at attracting more wind-power providers into the Irish market.

Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan today announced the publication of a ground-breaking report on renewable energy and the electricity grid on the island of Ireland.

Climate change activists have demanded that the Government respond strongly to the climate crisis.

Consumers could see a reduction in their power bills as a result of a single electricity market on both sides of the border which comes into effect today.

Six towns can be newly-linked up to the country's natural gas network within two years if there is a demand, Bord Gais announced today.

New houses built in Ireland will be more environmentally friendly according to plans unveiled today by the government’s Green party ministers.

Ireland’s over-dependence on dwindling supplies of oil poses a significant burden to the economy and a threat to future energy security, a major international report published today revealed.

Two full ministries for the Greens would be in line with previous Fianna Fáil-led coalitions.

Warm tributes were paid today to former Tánaiste and Labour Party leader Michael O’Leary, who died after a long political and legal career.

The Consumers' Association has urged the Government and the Energy Regulator to resist An Bord Gáis’s latest request for a massive price hike.

A cross-party delegation of Assembly members was today heading off on a four-day fact-finding mission to Denmark and Belgium to look at alternative energy sources.