Ireland has exceeded its greenhouse gas emissions budget for the third year running and has moved even further from its climate action commitments.

Councillors Dearey and Carr (Letters, May 24) take issue with your editorial of May 22 in which you suggest that it is time to consider nuclear power in Ireland.

ELECTRICAL supplies could be severely affected by as early as this afternoon after the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) yesterday served strike notice with immediate effect on one of the ESB’s largest plants.

The Government is preparing a radical overhaul of employment law, which will involve transforming the labour inspectorate into a standalone body with robust new powers to tackle workplace infringements.