November 8th, 2019 The ESB has announced that it will shut its peat plants in the Midlands when current planning permissions expire at the end of 2020. The decision will have deeply felt ramifications for Midlands communities dependent on the semi-state body for employment, especially as the plants were scheduled Read more…
December 3rd, 2018 All three coal-fired units at ESB’s Moneypoint power station have been out of action for the past two months due to a forced outage at the Co Clare facility. Moneypoint is one of Ireland’s largest generating stations with a total generation capacity of 915MW, making up over Read more…
August 14th, 2018 Over 30 conservation and environmental groups in the US have voiced concern that plans for large-scale biomass burning at Ireland’s peat-fired power stations are a serious threat to southern US forests. The findings of the groups, including the National Resources Defence Council and the Southern Environmental Law Read more…
January 3rd, 2017 Galway City suffered severe flash flooding yesterday evening as storm Eleanor swept in from the West Coast. The first storm of 2018 left 134,000 homes, farms and businesses without power overnight, with counties Mayo, Leitrim, Sligo, Galway, Cavan and Monaghan hit hardest. Met Éireann issued two ‘status Read more…
May 1st, 2017 A conclusive end of life strategy for cutaway bogs is required before any work commences on a newly announced solar project between Bord na Mona and the ESB, says An Taisce official. The semi-state bodies announced plans this week to develop four large solar farms on cutaway peatlands Read more…
August 2nd, 2016 Wind Turbines were responsible for the deaths of at least three rare White-Tailed Sea Eagles in the Cork-Kerry area, the National parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has revealed in a report to An Bord Pleanála. The report was delivered as part of an objection to a planned Read more…
The ESB, National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS), Cork County Council and Inland Fisheries Ireland are exploring options to potentially save a rare river forest in County Cork.
The Gearagh, near Macroom , County Cork, was controversially flooded 60 years ago to provide water for the hydroelectric dams at Inniscarra and Carrigadrohid.
