On a day that summer forgot, with grey skies and torrential showers, Belfast International Airport is buzzing with people departing for sunnier climes.

There can be few things more irksome and irritating as a GAA player than losing a game in Croke Park and then finding you’re one of the players being drug-tested straight after.

The largest solar energy firm in the UK — Lightsource Renewable Energy — has begun engaging with businesses, schools and local communities in a bid to find potential sites to build solar farms here.

Coillte, the State-owned forestry body, is targeting an expansion into the solar energy market and is likely to begin seeking a development partner imminently.