The proposals for the facility in Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly would have seen it fuelled with biomass as well as peat.

Susan O’Shea went in search of the happy time she spent on the Shannon as a 13-year-old and found her halcyon memories were not misplaced.

The success of Offaly footballers in 1982 was rooted in the bogs of the county.

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten has today welcomed the decision to allow a power station in the midlands continue operating until 2030.

Almost 1,500 jobs in the Midlands could be threatened, if Bord na Móna fails to secure an extension of planning permission for a large power plant near Edenderry, Co Offaly.

We should be managing our resources while being aware that we share a small planet, writes Victoria White

Around 90 families in Co Westmeath are facing the prospect of flooded homes as the River Shannon continues to rise in Athlone.

The heartbroken father of an “extraordinary little fellow” killed in an accident on his farm has told of how Christmas will never be the same without his six year-old son.

Wind and renewable energies make up just 10% of the approximate €210m in subsidies that domestic and commercial electricity customers are forced to pay in their electricity bills to support power plants in this country.

New York captain Brendan Quigley says talk of removing the team from the Connacht championship makes no sense in light of the strong preparations they are putting into Sunday’s provincial opener with Mayo.

Strong winds have caused an electricity pylon to crash into two homes in Co Down.

Ireland’s wheelchair rugby athletes put everything on the line to reach European Championships

Gardaí have released two men in their 30s who were being questioned in connection with the theft of a religious artefact in Co Offaly.

Two men have been arrested today in connection with the theft of a priceless religious artefact from a church in Co Offaly.

A priceless artifact has been stolen from St Manchan's Church in Boher, Co. Offaly.

Gardaí in Co. Offaly are appealing for witnesses after a woman died yesterday afternoon when the car in which she was travelling entered the Royal Canal.

A GARDA whose nose was broken when he was punched by a man he had arrested following a fracas has been awarded €16,000 damages in the High Court.

PERFECT for horses, ponies and people is the family home Rachra, near Monkstown and Carrigaline in Cork’s harbour area.

Management at Bord na Móna has dismissed claims that 500 jobs are under threat at the company.

Bord na Móna and trade union representatives at two midlands power stations say claims that 500 jobs could be under threat are "alarmist".

Ireland's first ever "climate camp" is getting underway in Co. Offaly today.

YOU’VE just arrived at Shannon Airport from Boston on your inaugural trip to the land of your forebears. You pick up your hired car and, within a minute, are facing your first challenge – a roundabout.

MUNSTER, who roll out the big guns at Thomond Park tonight, will be led by Paul O’Connell as the champions wrap-up their Magners League programme against the Ospreys (7.45pm).

Two men have been killed in separate road accidents in counties Offaly and Limerick.

CONTROVERSIAL Turkish construction company Gama has recorded a profit at its Irish operation following the sale of part of its stake in the Tynagh electricity plant in Galway.

BORD na Móna workers may go to the Labour Relations Commission to recoup more than €2.25 million in earnings lost due to closures at two peat-fired power stations.

EIRCOM is today expected to be served with notice of industrial action up to and including strike action by 4,500 of its workers.

TWO of Ireland’s main peat-fuelled ESB power stations in the midlands are closed today because the ESB has to rely on trial and error to work out how to stop the plants being corroded by dangerous chemicals.

Two ESB power stations in the midlands have been shut down due to technical problems today.

The new €240 million West Offaly Power Station at Shannonbridge, the largest peat burning facility of its kind in the world, has been shut down for safety reasons with losses to Bord na Móna of €5 million.

The temporary closure of a €240m power plant due to a technical fault will cost millions of euro and up to 200 jobs, it emerged tonight.

UP to 70 Polish workers employed at the ESB power station at Moneypoint are owed an estimated €600,000 in wages after a probe found they were being paid less than a third of the agreed hourly rate.

WITH thousands of Irish workers losing their jobs as international firms relocate to the sweatshop economies of Asia, the pay and conditions of employees in Ireland are also at risk of being eroded by the shameful exploitation of immigrant workers.

CONTROVERSIAL Turkish construction firm Gama, saw its losses in Ireland swell to more than €15 million in 2004.

Gardaí in Co Offaly are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 29-year-old man whose body was found in Shannonbridge yesterday afternoon.

Bord na Móna has announced another record year of bumper figures at its AGM today with turnover, profit before reorganisation costs, shareholders' funds, and capital investment increased.

Four people were arrested today after a garda patrol car was rammed by a stolen vehicle in Co Offaly.

THE cooling towers at Rhode Power Station in Offaly were demolished in a cloud of dust yesterday.

DOZENS of workers received €250,000 yesterday when the ESB power station at Rhode, Co Offaly, closed.

Foreign Affairs Minister Brian Cowen has launched a new power station project at Shannonbridge, Co Offaly this afternoon.

Contracts have been awarded to build two new peat-fired power plants in the midlands.