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Siptu seeks clarity on whether Bord na Móna chief plans to repay controversial €57,000 perk
Union says workers deserve transparency over payment which covered benefit in kind
Bord na Móna halted CEO’s ‘grossing up’ payments for fear of public outcry
Earnings covering Tom Donnellan’s health cover and car risked undermining public pay policy, department documents show
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higher
Resignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level pay
Bord na Móna chief’s €50,000 ‘grossing up’ arrangement drew departmental ire
Fine Gael TD angry that ‘Joe Soaps’ would be shocked that chief executive’s benefit-in-kind bill covered by semi-State firm
Mapping the hidden black gold that is peat soil
The maps we use have profound implications for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from our land sector
‘€100k a minute, no trespassing’ sign put up on land at centre of row over unlawful peat extraction
Man has been repeatedly ordered by court not to trespass on 400-acre Bord na Móna midlands bog
Illegal peat harvesting is still taking place on a large scale, EPA report finds
Local authority enforcement is ‘patently inadequate’, with equipment and warehouses on some sites
Ireland’s remaining bogs can have a second tale - of creation rather than extraction
Unlike trees, a living, healthy bog will soak up more carbon per square metre than almost any other ecosystem on Earth
How nature took the lead in the return of the crane to Ireland
Cranes were culturally significant in Ireland, kept as pets by nobility and may have been associated in folklore with death
Possible lay-offs at SSE Airtricity as it reviews businesses
Energy provider confirms potential for job losses but numbers remain unclear
KAES Recycling cleared to buy Bord Na Móna waste company
Competition watchdog flags general concern about household waste collection market
‘Thanks to the bogs, life will continue. Just not ours’: The Irish bog and our national psyche
BogSkin, an exhibition by the Royal Hibernian Academy, prods us by showing that Ireland’s bogs aren’t simply repositories for our collective unconsciousness, they are precious sustainers of life and, in a hugely destructive inflection of past habits, we are sacrificing them
Strike at Bord na Mona bin collection service deferred as new talks planned
Siptu says it still wants to discuss sale of company with Government
Death announced of businessman Pat Dineen
Mr Dineen chaired Bord Gais and Bord na Mona, among other firms
Bin collections set to be hit by strike action at Bord na Móna
Siptu concerned staff terms and conditions may be eroded if sale of last publicly-owned waste disposal operation goes through
Bord na Móna recycling workers vote for strike
Workers say they want to prevent privitisation of last publicly-owned waste-collection service
Darragh O’Brien pressed to block Bord na Móna wheelie bin sale
Siptu claims KWD Recycling deal is ‘economic vandalism’
Renewable energy can sustain Ireland’s economic growth
‘It is time for urgent action to enable the world to decarbonise and SSE wants to help Ireland meet its onshore and offshore wind targets’
State must pick up €2.8m tab into pension scheme of company that went bust in 2009
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Bord na Móna nears the finish line on sale of its waste management business
Talks on possible €55m sale head for conclusion
Ireland’s corporate tax boom makes the front page of the Wall Street Journal
Seen & Heard: Party manifesto funding ‘holes’; Daft.ie nears €300m sale; Buyer for Bord na Móna recycling operation
Bord na Móna delays full dividend payment until 2028
State and workers must wait for full €30m payout
The businessman restoring a blanket bog in one of the most remote parts of Ireland
‘You could over-complicate it,’ Joe Devine says. ‘This is about reversing the drainage of a bog, and seeing what benefits are going to emerge’
‘I am a hunter but I am a conservationist’: Meet the Roscommon gun-club members protecting endangered bird species
Many bird species have thrived since Ballydangan Bog was re-wetted and the drains removed
Asset sales boost Bord na Móna profits as revenue falls
State company continued to invest in energy projects but reported a €45m fall in renewable energy sales cts
Review of CEO pay in commercial State firms looks at rates in private sector
High profile semi States including ESB, DAA, VHI and Bord na Móna have called for greater flexibility on pay to retain talent
Two-month shutdown of Ireland’s largest onshore wind farm due to cable fault
Repair works ongoing at site in Co Mayo, a joint ESB and Bord na Móna venture
Bord na Móna and Amazon strike energy deal
State company to spend €1 billion on new energy park covering 3,000 hectares in Co Offaly
The lessons from where turf extraction has ended
The more we learn about bogs the more their wonders as climate and biodiversity powerhouses becomes apparent
Gas Networks Ireland to connect Bord na Móna’s Edenderry power plant to its supply network
Connecting Bord Na Mona plant to system will cut carbon by 40%
Plan to spend €1bn on onshore wind farms capable of supplying electricity to 500,000 homes
State-owned Bord na Móna and SSE Renewables will build green energy projects across the midlands
Ireland’s elusive grey partridge in fight against extinction
The species was first surveyed in 1991, and wild populations were found in Wexford and Offaly. By 2006 there were just 20 pairs left
Unveiled: Ireland’s largest onshore wind farm to power 140,000 homes
Launch of State’s first industrial strategy for offshore wind energy aims to create 5,000 jobs by 2030
Eddie O’Connor obituary: Global entrepreneur in the energy sector and radical thinker
He will be remembered most for his pioneering work in the renewable energy sector and the development of wind energy
‘If I kill a family in the lorry, it’s down to you’ – Bord na Móna admits liability in driver’s working hours claim
Workplace Relations Commission hears allegation of excessive hours and inadequate rest periods, which company says was not the norm
Entrepreneur and energy supergrid promoter Eddie O’Connor dies
Former chief executive of Bord na Móna went from being Ireland’s ‘leading polluter’ to a prominent promoter of renewable energy
Viotas in management buyout of Bord na Móna stake
Electricity demand manager yields return for Bord na Mona
Bord na Móna reports record €95m profit on back of shift to renewables
Semi-State turns in best financial performance in 90-year history following strong wholesale energy prices
Data centre energy use ‘heading toward 30%’ of Ireland’s supply, claims environmental group
Granting of permission to Amazon for three new data centres will lock us into dependency on fossil fuels, says Friends of the Earth
Bord na Móna paying tax bill for chief’s €127,000 electric BMW ‘is unacceptable’
Semi-states should cap car purchase at €60,000, Fine Gael TD Fergus O’Dowd says
Government must fund State agencies to help meet green energy planning, says industry group
State climate plans aim to generate 80% of electricity used here from renewable sources by the end of the decade
Common crane back on peatlands after going extinct in Ireland 300 years ago
Breeding pair seen on Irish bog augers well for a species which was once common in Ireland
Challenge to Ballivor wind farm may hit Bord Na Mona’s ‘brown to green’ transition
Bord Pleanála told of significant hurdles in Irish and EU law to development on bogs
Q&A: What is rewetting and why is it important?
EU Nature Restoration Law aims to tackle large losses in biodiversity over past half century
€169m EU fund aimed at helping midlands transition away from peat production
Money aimed at supporting tourism, small business and town and village regeneration
Michael Loftus obituary: The only Mayo man to have been GAA president
He had an innate ability to understand people and respond appropriately to their grief, pain or joy
A new dawn for Irish peatlands? Proper management could have big impact on carbon emissions
Rewetting and correct land management can have a transformative effect - turning from a carbon source to sink
Ireland is undertaking one of Europe’s largest environmental projects. But farmers fear its effects
Semi-state is attempting to rehabilitate 33,000 hectares of Midlands bog in one of the largest environmental projects being undertaken in Europe
Banks ‘awash with money’ criticised for failing to provide Just Transition project funding
Commissioner tasked with enabling fair change over for workers affected by climate mitigation policies, including Bord na Móna staff
Rainy day fund options; Microsoft’s job cuts; and no to nuclear
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Bord na Móna under fire over transport of material for burning in midlands plant
Edenderry power plant is sourcing peat from bogs 80km away along with wood materials from Brazil over a distance of almost 7,500km
Bord na Móna and Ocean Winds join forces in offshore wind energy partnership
Companies will develop energy projects around the Irish coast, with potential to power 2m homes with renewable electricity by 2030
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