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VAT cut won't be added to home heating oil

Hard-pressed householders who use home heating oil to heat their homes will miss out on a proposed Vat rate cut, it has emerged. The Government is expected to announce plans to cut Vat on electricity and gas today to ensure homeowners are not ...

13 Apr 2022 at 13:26

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Laois call for zero duty on home heating oil and a halt to the carbon tax

Laois Offaly Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has criticised government fuel tax cuts and called for zero duty on home heating oil. He wants duty on petrol and diesel prices reduced at the pump by 25 cents per litre overnight, and for excise duty ...

09 Mar 2022 at 18:53

Local News

'Eat or heat?' Laois Offaly families struggling to cope with fuel and heating bills

Laois familes are spending up to €80 a week to heat their homes while the bills being clocked up by Laois commuters are hitting €150 weekly which is leaving families to face the choice of eating or heating. That's according to Laois Offaly ...

24 Feb 2022 at 14:53

National News

Guinness to cut carbon footprint of pints through agricultural programme

Guinness has launched a major agricultural initiative to cut the carbon footprint of its pints. The Irish brewer described the three-year farm-based programme as one of the most ambitious ever undertaken on the island of Ireland. It is ...

23 Feb 2022 at 11:48

National News

Govt will 'treat the symptoms' to tackle cost of living crisis, says Varadkar

The Tánaiste has played down hopes for another major Government intervention in tackling the rising cost of living. Leo Varadkar said today (Friday April 8) that while the Government is meeting next week to consider further action to ...

08 Apr 2022 at 13:45

Varadkar promises further measures as soaring inflation reaches 6.7%

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Varadkar promises further measures as inflation jumps to 6.7%

The Government will “offset” the upcoming rise in the carbon tax, Leo Varadkar has told the Dail. It comes as new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows that inflation now sits at 6.7%, the largest annual spike since ...

07 Apr 2022 at 14:35

National News

Government will go ahead with carbon tax increases - Taoiseach confirms

The Government will not be rowing back on plans to introduce the increased carbon tax, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed. With rising fuel costs, there have been calls for the increase to be scrapped as households grapple ...

05 Apr 2022 at 16:15

National News

Taoiseach was warned failure to introduce carbon markets would set back the post-pandemic recovery

Failure to introduce carbon markets, which effectively allow countries to buy and sell emissions reductions, would set back the post-pandemic recovery, the Taoiseach was warned before Cop26. Ian Talbot, the chief executive of ...

03 Jan 2022 at 11:38

National News

New satellite aims to protect world's forests by measuring carbon

A UK-built satellite will measure the Earth’s biomass in a bid to help to protect the planet’s forests and more accurately measure the carbon they hold. The mission will essentially take a scan of the lungs of the Earth, ...

23 Aug 2022 at 18:02

National News

Energy prices, TV and bin collection charges all set to rise

The cost of living is set to rise for many with charges set to rise for bin collection, TV packages and an energy price increase. It has been announced that Panda Recycling, Thorntons Recycling, Panda Power, Pinergy and ...

02 Nov 2021 at 12:26

National News

'This will be challenging' - New report outlines aim to reduce emissions by half over next decade

Ireland's emissions should fall by 95 million tonnes between 2021-2025 and 2026-2030, the newly proposed carbon budget outlines. For the first time, the Irish government is due to implement two carbon budgets, each ...

26 Oct 2021 at 10:46

National News

Green measures will see tourists provided with carbon calculators

A plan to provide tourists visiting Ireland with carbon calculators is expected to be agreed this week. Carbon calculators are expected to be in place by the end of March, 2022. This will enable tourists to ...

19 Oct 2021 at 12:40

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