Rural Life
The ESB's decision to halt electricity generated at the Lough Ree Power Station in Lanesboro is "unacceptable" Michael Fitzmaurice says.
Production has been temporarily halted at Lough Ree Power Station as of today, Wednesday, April 15, the ESB has confirmed.
The ministerial visit to parts of the midlands today "needs to be more than photo ops and lip service", according to one TD in the region.
Workers at two ESB power stations in the midlands have been told that there are formal plans to close the units after 2020.
Environment
Lough Ree Power Station in Lanesboro, Co. Longford, will reopen and begin generating electricity over the course of the next week.
A Fianna Fáil TD has expressed "alarm" at the An Taisce objection to a licence that would allow Lough Ree Power Station to continue working.
Funding for environmental lobby groups should be cut if "the constant stream of objections to proposals continues", according to one TD.
A TD has called for Bord na Móna to be told by Minister Bruton about "the important role" it has in rural Ireland.
It has been claimed by a prominent rural TD that some Bord na Móna personnel are driving an "agenda" to let staff go.
Tommy Murray works in Bord na Móna and he says he feels "very let down" by the company and its plans to lay off 150 staff.
There are turbulent times ahead in Lanesboro as locals and business people count the cost of the latest job loses in the area.
Over 300 people including Bord na Móna employees, their families and members of the local community protested over job losses in the area.
Deputy Denis Naughen tells Bord na Móna workers' protest in Co. Longford that politicians 'stand united with the people of Lanesboro'.
Bord na Móna workers in Co. Longford are holding a public protest in Lanesboro this evening, Monday, July, 22, over planned lay-offs.
