Rural Life
An Taisce confirms objection to 'revised licence' for Lough Ree Power Station
Plans by ESB to re-open the Lough Ree Power Station in Lanesboro have been curbed this week after An Taisce...
Rural Life
Plans by ESB to re-open the Lough Ree Power Station in Lanesboro have been curbed this week after An Taisce...
Rural Life
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed guidelines on a revised licence to the ESB which, if approved, could reopen...
Environment
The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton, visited Bord Na Mona’s Newbridge offices on Wednesday, July 31. He...
Rural Life
Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice has called on the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton, to highlight to Bord...
Environment
A situation like this impacts negatively on the local economy – the shops, the butchers, etc. It also impacts negatively...
Rural Life
It has been claimed by a prominent rural TD that some Bord na Móna personnel are driving an “agenda” to...
Rural Life
A local area representative and publican in Lanesboro, Co. Longford, has indicated this week how disappointed workers and residents of...
Rural Life
Tommy Murray has worked for Bord na Móna for 42 years. Born and reared in Lanesboro, Murray took up an...
Environment
Bord na Móna has launched its annual report for the year ending March 27, 2019, and it indicates that turnover...
Rural Life
ESB has confirmed that it has been left “disappointed” over the decision to reject its application to convert West Offaly...
Rural Life
A local businessman in Lanesboro – where Bord na Móna’s Lough Ree Power Station is situated – has pointed to...
Rural Life
Basil Mitchell has been a seasonal worker with Bord na Móna for seven years and last week he was laid...
Rural Life
The really frustrating thing about this is that it’s about 150 jobs – that’s 150 people and families that are...
Environment
Bord na Móna workers in Co. Longford are holding a public protest in Lanesboro this evening, Monday, July 22, in...
Rural Life
An independent TD has warned that there “seems to be little or no future for workers on the bog with...
Rural Life
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has accused the Government of being “intent on creating mass unemployment in the midlands”. His statement...
Agri-Business
Bord na Móna has announced its intention to hold meetings with unions over the difficulties posed to employees by a...
Environment
An oral hearing by An Bord Pleanála into the development of a wind farm in Co. Longford heard last week...