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Government subsidising fossil fuel industry to tune of €2.4bn a year
- Energy & Resources
- November 23, 2020, 12:16
The Government provided €2.4 billion in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry here in 2018, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). This wa(...)

More than €60m to expand and improve greenways
- Irish News
- November 9, 2020, 16:40
Over €63 million has been allocated to improving and expanding greenways around the country next year. The Midleton-Youghal Greenway in Cork will re(...)

Population growth projections for Tullamore queried
- Environment
- October 26, 2020, 22:06
The State’s planning watchdog has questioned proposals by Offaly County Council to plan for a 33 per cent increase in the population of Tullamore over(...)

Parents of boy killed in 2018 air crash sue for psychiatric shock and loss
- Crime & Law
- October 12, 2020, 03:07
The parents of a seven-year-old boy killed in a 2018 plane crash have taken legal actions against the Irish Parachute Club and the owners of the aircr(...)

Eleven Covid-19 cases confirmed at Larry Goodman-owned meat plants
- Irish News
- August 25, 2020, 08:15
Two separate outbreaks of Covid-19 have been confirmed in factories owned by Larry Goodman. Testing of the 350 staff at the ABP Foods plant in Clone(...)

Midlands lockdown: ‘Why shut down Offaly and leave Dublin open?’
- Irish News
- August 8, 2020, 03:00
As rumours swirl around much of the midlands on Friday regarding Covid-19 lockdowns, Brian Cloonan takes delivery of nine pallets of Christmas decorat(...)

Peat workers demand proper funding after ‘livelihoods destroyed’
- Environment
- June 1, 2020, 14:21
The scale of job losses already affecting the Midlands underlines the need for the Government to properly fund a “just transition” for the region as B(...)

Covid-19 testing centre for families of meat-plant workers planned
- Irish News
- May 16, 2020, 01:56
The HSE is planning to set up a testing centre in Mallow in north Cork for family members of those working at Kepak in Watergrasshill who have tested (...)

Inside a Covid-19 outbreak at a meat plant: ‘It is a miracle he is alive’
- Health
- May 16, 2020, 01:00
“He is very, very lucky to be alive,” she says of her husband. The Offaly woman Mary and her husband John (not their real names) do not want to be pub(...)

Up to 600 meat-plant workers have Covid-19
- Health
- May 15, 2020, 01:09
As many as 600 meat processing workers have tested positive for Covid-19, according to Siptu. The claim comes as concerns mount that the pattern could(...)