Dedicated nature fund needed to save Ireland’s remaining wildlife, advisory body says
Committee makes dozens of recommendations for new national Nature Restoration Plan
Bord na Móna
Ella McSweeney: Cornafulla Bog is a gold mine. Let’s not squander it
Siting wind infrastructure on the Shannon bogs is too high a price to pay for renewable energy
Ancient burial discovery by local sleuths has brought renewed focus on wind farm plans
7th century find raises concerns about juxtaposition of heritage protection and windfarm development
Uisce Éireann still in talks with State bodies over lands for Shannon-Dublin pipeline
Compulsory Purchase Orders issued to 500 landowners but most cases expected to be resolved without need for order to be pursued
Exchequer receives almost €440m in dividends from State companies in last two years
Harris says largest payment came from ESB as Social Democrats argue funding could be used to finance grid improvements and boost energy security
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
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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