Rural Life
Power being restored to thousands following overnight winds
Several thousand homes are without power this morning (Tuesday, December 18) following severe winds overnight, according to ESB Networks. The...
Rural Life
Several thousand homes are without power this morning (Tuesday, December 18) following severe winds overnight, according to ESB Networks. The...
Environment
The Ratheniska Timahoe Spink (RTS) Substation Action Group has told Eirgrid that it will escalate its campaign, and will not...
Environment
Approximately 40,000 homes are currently without power as Storm Diana wreaks havoc across the country, the ESB has confirmed. The...
Agri-Business
The planning application to co-fire the ESB’s West Offaly Power Station with peat and biomass has been lodged to An Bord Pleanala,...
Environment
The ESB’s application to co-fire peat-fuelled power plants with biomass is ‘long overdue’, according to Fianna Fail TD Barry Cowen....
Environment
The ESB and Coillte have secured financial backing for the Castlepook Wind Farm project in Co. Cork, which represents an overall investment...
Rural Life
The Government must immediately start spending money on dredging the River Shannon, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association Rural...
Rural Life
A lorry driver had a lucky escape after the load of bales he was hauling came in contact with an...
Rural Life
Are you an agricultural student and want to win an all expenses paid trip to the Livestock Event and free admission...
Rural Life
While 2014 saw a horrific amount of farm fatalities in Ireland one area where safety on Irish farms has improved...
Machinery
Tractors and machinery are the main cause of farm accidents in Ireland, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) says and...
Rural Life
Since the year 2000, 49 people have died after coming into contact with electricity, including farm deaths, some involved the...
Rural Life
The ESB is reminding farmers to be safe this Christmas and to never take risks with electricity. It says that in...
Rural Life
Over 60 people have been killed by electricity in recent years and to help raise awareness of the dangers the...
National Ploughing Championships
Electricity is a wonder of nature: it is also extremely dangerous. Those were the key themes addressed by Minister for...
Breaking News
There is growing concern over new wayleave rights in ESB legislation, which could see private contractors gain compulsory access to...
Breaking News
ESB Networks currently imports more than 15,000 timber poles a year due to insufficient supply from Coillte as a result of...
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, and farming organisation, the ICMSA, have described the threatened industrial action at ESB as “a...