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IFA negotiates new landowner payment agreements with ESB and EirGrid
Amy Forde
One covers compensation and goodwill payments to landowners for the refurbishment and upgrade of existing overhead electric lines, the other is in relation to the placing of new underground cables.
9 April 2025 News
ICMSA criticises additional land access powers for the ESB
The proposal by the ESB would support a reappraisal of the system following the breakdown and delayed reconnections in the aftermath of storm Éowyn.
17 March 2025 Renewables
Permission granted for ESB and Coillte wind farm in Donegal
The 15-turbine wind farm will be the biggest on the Inishowen peninsula, but, according to an inspector at An Bord Pleanála, could pose a risk to the environment
Éowyn ravages €800,000 plantation
Paddy McGowan's forestry plantation was worth around €800,000 before storm Éowyn struck; its current value is pure guesswork or conjecture. Declan O’Brien reports.
5 March 2025 News
Sinn Féin calls for hedge-cutting exemption
One of the main factors for power outages was trees falling on power lines and blocking access to power lines.
25 February 2025 News
Farmer writes: let there be light in Leitrim
After 15 days without, power has return to Karen McKabe’s home and farm.
12 February 2025 Farmer Writes
People in west feel left behind after storm Éowyn - IFA
"There isn’t enough being done – regardless of whether you’re an islander or mainlander. People feel left behind," the IFA's Teresa Roche has said.
7 February 2025 News
High voltage lines within 5m of forestry in ‘many cases’, Dáil hears
A Sligo-Leitrim TD has raised the issue of forestry plantations being close to power lines during a Dáil debate.
6 February 2025 Forestry
ICMSA makes case for including diesel generators in TAMS
The ICMSA's farm business chair Pat O’Brien has also called on Revenue to allow farmers to claim VAT back on generators.
6 February 2025 News
‘The sight of those bright yellow ESB vans pulling into the drive was wonderful'
After storm Éowyn, communities came together, neighbours helped neighbours and the ESB came to our rescue.
5 February 2025 Katherine O'Leary
Editorial: still no power in the aftermath of storm Éowyn
When all is said and done, we need somebody to own and report a review on this debacle.
5 February 2025 Viewpoints
Silly stone wall prices
The Dealer wonders if the Government is braced to pay out for the future-proofing of the country’s telecommunications network and water infrastructure that was damaged during storm Éowyn.
5 February 2025 Dealer