January 3, 2021 9:00 am
It has been the end of an era for the midlands in the last number of weeks, with the closures of the West Offaly Power Station at Shannonbridge and Lough Ree Power Station at Lanesborough.
As much as people have looked back on times gone by, with many having spent years working in the peat-powered electricity production industry in the area, others are looking forward to seeing how a just transition may be achieved.
One such person is Seamus Boland, CEO of Irish Rural Link, chair of the Peatlands Council and, most recently, with the start of the 2020 to 2025 term of office of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), is the new president of its Diversity Europe Group.