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Calls for Greenway to be extended through Offaly village

Calls for Greenway to be extended through Offaly village Reporter: );   ); Offaly Ógra Fianna Fáil has unanimously agreed to advocate for the proposed routes 4 and 5 which would bring the greenway through Shannonbridge. Shannonbridge, a small and beautiful village in West Offaly, located on the banks of the Shannon, has recently been dealt a hammer blow with job losses in both the ESB and Bord Na Móna as the West Offaly Power Station has closed down, a statement from Offaly Ógra Fianna Fáil read. This had been a massive employer for generations and in turn helped to create multiple spin-off jobs. 

Loss of peat-based activity in midlands: Employment is gone and there is no replacement

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

West Offaly Power Station closure: A final plea to ensure reason and sense prevails
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End Of East Galway Link To National Grid As Shannonbridge Power Station Disconnects

End Of East Galway Link To National Grid As Shannonbridge Power Station Disconnects
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Shannonbridge turbines to turn for final time

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.  

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