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.

Bord na Móna has been accused of locking out workers, amid claims it has tried to impose unilateral changes to work practices at a base in the Midlands.

The ESB has reported a 4% year-on-year increase in first-half revenues to just over €1.7bn, adding that it remains on course to meet its stated targets of €280m in recurring annual savings by 2015.

THE All-Ireland Vocational SAFC trophy arrived in the West Offaly town of Ferbane for the first time on Saturday evening after a powerful late burst saw Gallen CS dethrone champions Clonakilty CC in Croke Park.

A BUSY National Organic Week has left the sector buzzing. Plenty of well attended events, some new research, promising policy developments and upcoming opportunities have emerged.

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.

MINISTER of State Tom Parlon has come under fire over the Government’s response to flooding in the Midlands, with Fine Gael accusing him of being “two-faced.”

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.