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Bord Na Mona to consult on Portlaoise Anaerobic Digester

Bord na Mona is seeking to consult with anaerobic digestion providers as it prepares to progress the Cúil Na Móna Anaerobic Digestion Facility. The major anaerobic digestion site just outside Portlaoise was approved by An Bord Pleanala last May ...

20 Aug 2022 at 19:53

Portlaoise

Major Bord na Mona Biogas plant approved in Laois

Bord na Móna Powergen Ltd has been granted permission to build a major renewable gas facility in Portlaoise. An Bord Pleanala upheld Laois County Council’s decision to grant planning permission to the proposed development on a section of the ...

07 Jun 2022 at 12:45

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Laois TD says action to stop peat stockpile use could cause pollution

A Laois Offaly TD has claimed legal action to prevent the removal of stockpiled peat may inadvertently pollute watercourses and prevent bog rewetting. According to Deputy Brian Stanley, the peat is covered in plastic sheeting which will ...

20 May 2022 at 11:53

Your Community

Pat recalls an eventful life in Offaly and Laois

I am from Lockclose, the eldest of five siblings, Mary, Tom, Johnny and Jimmy. My mother Sadie Dunne was from Ballinvalley and my father Tom Feery from Castlebrack. Growing up we had great neighbours and still do, my mother’s sister ...

30 Jan 2022 at 21:23

National News

Switched off Midlands power stations could be switched on in emergencies - claims Green Minister

Two decommissioned peat-fired power stations in the midlands could be repurposed to tackle potential electricity shortages, according to the Minister for Climate and the Environment Eamon Ryan. Speaking to the Farming Independent ...

12 Oct 2021 at 11:31

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21 Sept 2021 at 07:28

EcoLive

Plans for massive Laois anaerobic digestion plant progressing

Bord Na Móna are progressing their plans for a massive anaerobic digester in Portlaoise that’s capable of taking 80,000 tonnes of feedstock annually. The Renewable Gas Facility at Cuil Na Móna on the outskirts of ...

02 Mar 2024 at 12:52

Local News

Bord na Móna welcomes Portlaoise planning approval

Bord na Móna has welcomed An Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant it permission to build a large Anaerobic Digester on the outskirts of Portlaoise. The Bord na Mona Powergen Ltd plant will operate at a 17 hectare, ...

15 Jun 2022 at 13:53

National News

Varadkar: Windfall tax will not curb investment in renewable energies

The new windfall tax on energy firms will not deter investment by private companies in renewable sources, the Tanaiste has said. Leo Varadkar added that the Government had considered the impact a revenue cap ...

23 Nov 2022 at 16:46

Business

Bord na Móna reveals €1.6 billion wind and solar power plans

IN the week concerns were expressed about the likelihood of Bord na Mona workers being employed in a major house retrofitting programme, the company has announced that it will raise €1.6bn to fund a series ...

23 Sept 2020 at 21:30

Arts & Entertainment

Lough Boora bike hire competition 'fair and open' says Bord na Mona

The Lough Boora bike hire controversy continues to grow and was aired on RTE Joe Duffy Show this week. Supporters of a bike company founded by a Bord na Móna employee, are saying they will boycott the ...

05 May 2021 at 14:57

Local News

REVEALED: Just Transition report calls for extra €25m investment in Midlands next year

ANOTHER €25m should be injected into the Just Transition fund for the Midlands next year, the Government has been told. In his report, Just Transition Commissioner Kieran Mulvey notes that funding of ...

23 May 2020 at 16:10

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