With tensions in the Middle East causing crude oil prices to rise, a co-op’s new woodchip-burning energy plant in Roscommon can cut oil use by 70% and halve carbon emissions, reports Ray Ryan.

HE has already caused ructions in Fine Gael after looking for money from developers on the golf course. But as Enda Kenny continues on the quest to raise party funds he has started to look in the most unlikely of places.