'We've given our life to Bord na Móna': Workers protest Offaly station closure

Bord na Móna workers are protesting in Co Offaly this afternoon, saying the government's failing to deliver good quality replacement jobs under a "just transition" away from fossil fuels.

'We've given our life to Bord na Móna': Workers protest Offaly station closure

Bord na Móna workers are protesting in Co Offaly this afternoon, saying the government's failing to deliver good quality replacement jobs under a "just transition" away from fossil fuels.

An Bord Pleanála refused the ESB permission to keep burning turf until 2027 at Shannonbridge power station, while it switched to biomass.

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