The ESB's last peat burning power station in the country will be taken down from the national grid today after 62 years of operations.

Plans for a major new 600mw power plant and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal on the banks of the Shannon will be lodged shortly with An Bord Pleanála.

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 licence to operate. The ESB shut down its Lough ...

Adur District Council gave planning permission for a 1,000ft long peat processing plant at Shoreham Harbour in June and met last Monday only "to discuss changes to its layout" (The Argus, February ...

An Bord Pleanála has granted Shannon LNG permission for a 600mw gas powered powerplant on the Shannon Estuary in North Kerry.

PRESSURE must be put on the Government to ensure the damaged Rhode power station is repaired "to ensure continuity of employment for Bord na Mona workers", a union leader urged last night.

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.

ESB Lough Ree Power had sought planning for the continued operation for the peat-fuelled power station to facilitate the failed transition to firing it with biomass.

The ESB have suspended operations at Lough Ree Power Plant in Lanesborough, Co Longford amid worries over hot water discharges into the River Shannon. Friday, 20 June 2025 ePaper ...