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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar at the Ocean Winds and Bord na Móna offshore wind partnership deal event

Bord na Móna agrees windfarm deal with Ocean Winds

Bord na Móna has partnered with international offshore wind developer Ocean Winds to identify, plan and build a number of offshore wind farms.

Business • 23 Nov 22

The ESB is among those that have paid a dividend

Commercial semi-states pay out €179m in dividends

Commercial semi-state companies have to date this year paid out aggregate dividends of €179.4m to the Exchequer.

Business • 22 Sep 22

Bord na Móna is planning to invest €1.6 billion in renewable and sustainable projects over a ten year period as it moves away from peat energy

Bord na Móna sees profit jump to €78.9m

Bord na Móna has reported a near-trebling in its operating profit, as it continued its transition towards renewable energy.

Business • 20 Jul 22

Dublin-based Plus Architecture won the competition to design the Newbridge office

Bord na Móna plans fossil fuel free HQ for Newbridge

Bord na Móna has unveiled plans for a new multi-storey headquarters in Co Kildare, which will be mainly constructed of wood to reduce its carbon footprint.

Leinster • 05 Jul 22

Stock image. The application relates to a 24-turbine windfarm

Permission given to appeal court ruling on windfarm

The High Court judge has allowed An Bord Pleanála permission to appeal his decision to quash a planning permission granted to a subsidiary of Bord na Móna to build a windfarm to the Court of Appeal.

Business • 26 Oct 21

Accelerate Green will be located at Bord na Móna's existing office complex in Boora, Co. Offaly

'Accelerate Green Programme' launched for businesses

The Government has launched the Bord na Móna funded Accelerate Green Programme, an initiative for the Midlands which will enable companies to scale their business as the demand for sustainable and energy efficient solutions increases across the world.

Business • 15 Oct 21

Bord na Móna planning renewable energy business park

A new renewable energy business park is to be developed on 3,000 hectares of Bord na Móna land in Meath, Offaly and Westmeath.

Business • 27 Sep 21

885 new jobs as Bord na Móna switches focus to climate

Bord na Móna has said it plans to create a further 885 jobs in the midlands as it transforms into a "climate solutions company" over the next five years.

Ireland • 15 Jul 21

Bord na Móna has formally ended all peat harvesting on its lands

Bord na Móna formally ends peat harvesting operations

Bord na Móna has today formally ended all peat harvesting on its lands, as it continues to progress its "brown to green" strategy.

Business • 15 Jan 21

The arrival of power stations and Bord na Móna brought wealth to the midlands region

Shannonbridge helped change socio-economic landscape

The building of the original Shannonbridge Power Station in Co Offaly in the early 1960s was the third major development undertaken in the midlands as part of the then government's vision for not only creating employment in the region but dealing with an international oil crisis.

Ireland • 11 Dec 20

The restoration and rehabilitation measures will be overseen by Bord na Móna

Cabinet approves €108m for midlands peatland project

The Cabinet has approved funding for a major peatlands restoration plan in the midlands.

Ireland • 24 Nov 20

Lough Ree Power plant in Lanesborough will cease production on Friday 18 December

BnM unions surprised at earlier midlands plants closure

Unions at Bord na Móna have expressed surprise and disappointment at an announcement from ESB that its peat burning power stations in Offaly and Longford will cease to generate electricity earlier than originally expected before Christmas.

Ireland • 12 Nov 20

Bord na Móna said it continues to operate in a challenging business environment

Bord na Móna incurs exceptional costs of over €65m

The suspension of peat harvesting and redundancies linked to the move away from their traditional working practices has led to exceptional costs of over €65m, according to the Bord na Móna annual report published today.

Ireland • 22 Jul 20

The report outlines strategies to provide support for Bord na Móna and ESB staff

Calls for new climate change centre in Midlands

A new centre for climate change should be established in the midlands, according to the Government's Just Transition Commissioner, Kieran Mulvey.

Ireland • 22 May 20

The power station in Shannonbridge, Co Offaly

Concern for jobs in Bord na Móna & ESB as demand drops

It has been confirmed that the demand for electricity has reduced by more than 7.5% since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 08 Apr 20

Workers at the company are facing redundancy as the company moves away from peat harvesting

Mulvey: BnM staff should wait for clarity on employment

Just Transition Commissioner Kieran Mulvey has appealed to Bord na Móna workers to wait until the first impact of sustained efforts to create alternative employment become clear this summer, before they make a decision with their families to leave the midlands area.

Leinster • 12 Feb 20

Workers and their families marched in protest at what they say is a fear for their future livelihoods

Hundreds protest over 'growing crisis' at Bord na Móna

Over 500 people attended a rally in Shannonbridge in Co Offaly, to protest at what they say is a "growing crisis" for workers at Bord na Móna.

Ireland • 02 Feb 20

Alternatives are being sought for workers affected by the decision to close two power stations in the midlands

Calls for Bord na Móna management to engage with staff

There are calls for Minister for Climate Action and the Environment Richard Bruton to get Bord na Móna management to the WRC to engage "in a meaningful way" with the workers, the community and their representatives to look for a just transition.

Politics • 20 Nov 19

The redeployment opportunities arise from the decision agreed by the board of the company today

Bord na Móna announces staff redeployment plans

Bord na Móna has announced redeployment opportunities for up to 200 of its workers as well as the creation of up to 150 indirect construction jobs as part of its strategy to transition the company away from traditional peat-based activities.

Ireland • 16 Oct 19

Bord na Móna workers in the Midlands remain in limbo

Analysis: Midland peat workers wait on Budget promises

Pat Cox and his colleagues at the Bord na Móna Mountdillon Works on the Longford-Roscommon border were listening carefully to every word uttered by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe when he finally got to the tightly scripted "low carbon future" part of his Budget speech in Leinster House.

Budget 2020 • 09 Oct 19

Richard Bruton said the Government are making sure a framework to support workers will be in place within six months

Future of Bord na Móna workers a priority - Bruton

The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment has said the future of Bord na Móna workers is a priority.

Ireland • 06 Oct 19

Power station in Shannonbridge had looked for permission to continue to burn peat until 2027

Unions fear up to 1,000 jobs may be axed at power plant

The secretary of the Bord na Móna group of unions has said that up to 1,000 jobs could be lost in the Midlands after An Bord Pleanála refused planning permission to redevelop an ESB power plant in Co Offaly.

Leinster • 24 Jul 19

78 seasonal workers have already been laid off

Hundreds protest over Bord na Móna layoffs in Longford

Hundreds of people have attended a demonstration in Lanesborough, Co Longford this evening to protest the planned layoff of workers at the Bord na Móna plant in the town.

Leinster • 22 Jul 19

The source of the biomass timber product has caught attention this week

Why Is Bord na Mona adding more fuel to the fire?

Bord na Mona's plans to convert power stations to biomass, and the source of that biomass, is the cause for much debate this week.

Analysis and Comment • 14 Jul 19

37,000-tonne shipment of the wood is due to arrive at Foynes Port from Australia next month

Bord na Móna, An Taisce clash over biomass importation

Bord na Móna and the environment group An Taisce have clashed over plans to import thousands of tonnes of biomass wood products from Australia to Ireland for electricity generation.

Ireland • 13 Jul 19

Bord Na Mona