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Ministers visit midlands after decision to close peat power plants
- Irish News
- November 11, 2019, 10:23
Senior Ministers will visit the midlands on Monday to meet people affected by last week’s decision by the ESB to close two peat-burning power stations(...)

Ministers to visit two power stations set for closure
- Environment
- November 11, 2019, 00:01
A group of senior Government ministers is to visit the midlands on Monday to meet people affected by last week’s decision by the ESB to close two peat(...)

Castles and cottages with an edge in the conservation game
- Homes & Property
- October 12, 2019, 06:00
What do 1830s almshouses in Co Waterford, an “off-the-peg” Swiss cottage in Co Leitrim, a Tudor-era tower in Co Kilkenny and a mid 18th-century house (...)

Reopening of Longford power station set to be delayed
- Environment
- August 13, 2019, 22:03
Plans to reopen a power station in Co Longford have suffered a setback after An Taisce lodged an objection to proposals to reissue the plant with a li(...)

Failure to ban smoky coal endangering citizens’ lives - lobby group
- Irish News
- June 11, 2019, 02:00
Irish citizens’ lives are being endangered by Government inaction on smoky coal and must be put ahead of “vested commercial interests”, a group of sci(...)

Rescuing a ruin on Henrietta Street: ‘The bank just didn’t want to know’
- Interiors
- May 11, 2019, 00:00
I never thought I would live to see the day when we would be able to herald the arrival of a renaissance for Henrietta Street, in Dublin 1. But with t(...)

ESB plan to combine peat with biomass opposed by environmental groups
- Energy & Resources
- April 23, 2019, 01:30
A move by the ESB to combine peat with biomass at its West Offaly Power Station is “fundamentally misconceived”, according to environmental groups led(...)

New peat-cutting rules mean bog destruction will continue, says action group
- Environment
- February 5, 2019, 01:00
Changes in planning rules will mean commercial peat operators will not have to seek planning permission and allow them to operate without comprehensiv(...)

ESB International coal contract criticised at UN climate conference
- Environment
- December 12, 2018, 20:17
The Government should cancel a 10-year contract won by ESB International to run a new coal-fired electricity power station in the Philippines, environ(...)

Push to finalise rulebook on implementing Paris agreement
- Environment
- December 7, 2018, 18:00
The pace of negotiations at the UN climate talks has quickened in advance of politicians returning to Katowice in Poland this weekend. An attempt to f(...)