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Man dies in Co Roscommon road crash
- Irish News
- October 28, 2020, 09:06
A man in his 30s has died in a collision between a car and a truck in Co Roscommon on Tuesday evening. Gardaí and emergency services were called to t(...)

John Joseph ‘Sonny’ Egan obituary: GAA nut, trad fan and people person
- People
- July 23, 2020, 15:00
This article is one of a series about people who have died with coronavirus in Ireland and among the diaspora. Read more at irishtimes.com/covid-19-li(...)

John Burns obituary: Keen walker, GAA fan and lifelong Guinness man
- People
- June 11, 2020, 13:00
This article is one of a series about people who have died with coronavirus in Ireland and among the diaspora. Read more at irishtimes.com/covid-19-li(...)

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(...)

Midlands must be made green energy hub, Mulvey says
- Environment
- May 22, 2020, 17:23
The Midlands should become a major hub for renewable energy, and act as a second location for businesses based in coastal Irish cities, according to J(...)

Life after peat: Men of the bog – and proud of it
- Environment
- November 16, 2019, 02:00
A few kilometres south of Edenderry, near the Offaly-Kildare border, a Bord na Móna power plant is pumping blue smoke out of a red and white chimney. (...)

Midlands communties ‘need honesty’ over peat-industry exit
- Environment
- November 14, 2019, 11:08
There is a pressing need to be honest with what communities in the midlands are facing as the region gets out of peat, the Oireachtas Climate Action C(...)

ESB to close two peat-powered generating stations
- Energy & Resources
- November 8, 2019, 11:28
The ESB has announced the closure of two peat-powered generating plants after failing to secure permission to switch them to biomass power stations. (...)

ESB not ruling out closing two peat-burning plants
- Energy & Resources
- October 30, 2019, 02:23
ESB is not ruling out closing two peat-burning power plants in a move that could cost hundreds of jobs at fellow State company Bord na Móna. A paper (...)

Offaly plant refused permission to keep burning peat after 2020
- Irish News
- July 23, 2019, 14:41
An ESB power plant in Co Offaly has been refused permission to redevelop in order to burn biomass rather than peat, in a decision by An Bord Pleanála (...)