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.
West Offaly Power Station closure: A final plea to ensure reason and sense prevails
agriland.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from agriland.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
End Of East Galway Link To National Grid As Shannonbridge Power Station Disconnects
galwaybayfm.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from galwaybayfm.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Midlands Correspondent
The turbines at the West Offaly Power Station in Shannonbridge will turn for the final time today as the ESB prepares to shut down production.
Workers arrived for the final shift before 9am and last night Bord na Móna staff brought in the last trailer of peat from the Blackwater Bog nearby to be burned.
Former employee Michael Mannion, who was the first man to haul into Shannonbridge in 1965, was present to see worker Adrian Murray of the present transport group become the last man to tip peat from the trailers into the production at West Offaly Power.