Rural Life
The SEAI has published its end of year review, to highlight the progress and investment made in 2024 towards a clean energy transition.
Minister of State for nature, heritage and electoral reform, Malcolm Noonan has launched new...
Oil and gas boilers were installed in less than 5% of new houses in 2023, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage said.
The Micro Renewable Energy Federation (MREF) has called for low interest retrofit project loans to be extended to farmers.
A government plan to ban new installations of gas and oil boilers in new and existing homes has been slammed as "lunacy" by one TD.
A TD has claimed retrofitting local authority houses will take at least a decade and the proposed ban on the sale of turf is "premature".
Environment
An Irish MEP has called for minimum energy performance standards in every EU country to protect households from high energy costs.
Following news of a package of supports to help homeowners retrofit their homes, concerns have been raised that it does not go far enough.
€1.3 billion has been ringfenced from carbon tax receipts to support the national retrofit...
Agri-Business
A retrofitting scheme aimed at improving the energy efficiency and warmth of homes has been criticised by the European Court of Auditors.
