Update 1pm: The second woman killed in yesterday evening’s road accident has been named as Kathy McDonald.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a crash that's claimed the lives of two women near Ardee County Louth this evening.

A Dublin man, who has never had a full driver's licence, has been spared a jail sentence for fraudulently operating a taxi using forged documentation.

Bahrain-based Arcapita Bank has hired JP Morgan to lead a share listing for Irish energy firm, Viridian Group, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, in a deal that one said could give the firm a value, including debt, of nearly £1bn (€1.25bn).

Gardaí are investigating if speed was a factor in the death of two young men in a single-vehicle car crash in Blanchardstown, north Dublin, in the early hours of yesterday morning.

There were heartbreaking scenes in Huntstown, Co Dublin, at the funeral Mass yesterday of a man who died shortly after attending a concert in Phoenix Park last weekend.

THE family of Irish man Paul Nolan Miralles who were left to recover his dismembered remains from an Amsterdam canal after police called off a search for the missing man, have said they are taking action against the Dutch authorities.

A Dublin father-of-five with a history of drink driving has been given a three-year sentence for knocking down a pedestrian leaving him with crushed legs.

A young Dublin mother has been given a two-year suspended sentence and 240 hours of community service for storing €39,000 of cocaine for another woman, who stands trial for murder.

A MAN is due to be charged this morning in connection with last week’s tiger kidnapping in Dublin.

Four men are being held under drug trafficking legislation after cannabis herb was seized in three counties yesterday. The seizures have a total value of €120,000.

Carry Out, the Irish off-licence franchise, has awarded the electricity supply rights for its 60 stores to electricity provider Energia in a one-year deal worth €250,000.

Electricity supplier Energia has won the contract to supply outdoor advertising firm, JCDecaux, with electricity to 25 of its outdoor advertising sites.

AN uninterrupted electricity supply cannot be guaranteed following an ESB decision to close down four generating plants without concrete assurances that lost power will be replaced.

THE Quinn Group will be a huge player in the electricity market as soon as 2010, a move which could result in cheaper energy costs for consumers.

Irish energy supplier Energia has been awarded a €2.4m contract by Musgrave Group to supply green electricity to 12 major Musgrave sites throughout Ireland.

Energy supplier Energia, has secured an electricity deal to supply green energy to auctioneers Gunne Residential.

MAYO Power Ltd is to build a €140 million mixed fuel electricity station that will create up to 200 jobs when it is commissioned in 2010.

A state-of-the-art gas turbine which will form the heart of the Viridian Group’s second major power station in Huntstown, north of Dublin arrived on site yesterday.

Energia, an energy supplier and part of the ISEQ-listed Viridian group, has signed a new nationwide power-supply agreement with Travelsavers Ireland.

Northern Ireland Electricity’s parent company, Veridian, today reported an 11% jump in profits and a major increase in business in the Irish Republic.

THE Government’s failure to plan education facilities has left more than half the children in west Dublin schools in some of the country’s most overcrowded classes, the Labour Party has claimed.

A GROUP of schools has saved thousands of euro on power bills - thanks to students opting for green energy.

International pizza restaurant Pizza Hut has awarded electricity supply rights for Ireland to electricity supplier Energia.

A PRIVATE company wants to build a €250 million gas-fired electricity generating plant in Cork harbour.

Australian consumer electronics and furniture group Harvey Norman has awarded its electricity supply rights in Ireland to electricity supplier, Energia.

NORTHERN Ireland energy group Viridian has reported double digit increases in sales and profits for last year.

One of the North’s biggest companies today reported a 15% jump in annual profits.

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen said he favoured a majority sell-off of Aer Lingus which would put an end to speculation about the future of the airline.

Belfast-based independent electricity supplier Energia has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade.

THE explosion of housing developments in north Dublin without matching school expansions has left more than 100 children in danger of having no classes next autumn, the Labour Party has claimed.

Iarnród Éireann today confirmed the award of electricity supply rights for Dublin’s DART to power provider, Energia.

Northern power generator Viridian, which operates the Huntstown power plant in north Dublin, has appointed Dipesh Shah as its new chairman.

VIRIDIAN, the Northern firm that owns the Huntstown power plant in Dublin, has reported flat first-half profits.

Northern Ireland energy group Viridian has announced pre-tax profits of £54.9m (€78.5m) for the six months to September 30, 2004, compared to £53.8m (€76.9m) for the same period in 2003.

NORTHERN energy group Viridian is to build a 400 megawatt power station beside its plant at Huntstown in north Dublin.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed slightly down after the opening trading of the week, slipping 7.09 to 5,632,.48.

Viridian Group PLC has announced the construction of a second power plant at its Huntstown site, north of Dublin. The €250m project will be completed during 2007.

The ISEQ index of shares failed to recover from a bad start to the day to close down 40.99 at 5,645.74.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares has got off to a stuttering start today, falling 50.17 in morning trading to 5,636.56.

LOWER electricity prices may be on the way in the medium term after energy regulators on both sides of the border yesterday agreed a July 2007 deadline for creating a single All-Ireland power market.

University College Cork has awarded electricity supply rights for its Lee Maltings complex to the competitive power supplier Energia.

Two armed and masked men have made away with around €40,000 after an armed robbery of a security van in Dublin.