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Islanders from Rathlin have participated in a special Housing Executive project to mark the organisation’s 50th anniversary.

The island lies nine kilometres off the coast of Northern Ireland and has only been connected to the electricity grid since 2007.

BBC News By Maria McCann Rathlin Island was only connected to Northern Ireland's main electricity grid in 2007. Prior to that it was powered by unreliable wind turbines and old diesel generators. Now islanders want to use the wind and waves that surround them to create their own green energy. The ambition is to become completely carbon neutral by the end of the decade, according to Michael Cecil from Rathlin's Development and Community Association. "The island relies on its ferry service, home heating oil, diesel and petrol for transport on island and gas for cooking," said Mr Cecil. "All of...

Des Moines County supervisors hear vaccine update Bob Saar for The Hawk Eye When the Des Moines County supervisors met Tuesday, the agenda was mostly the COVID-19 vaccine situation. Chair Thomas Broeker, Jim Cary and Shane McCampbell heard reports from department heads before turning the meeting over to Des Moines County Public Health Administrator Christa Poggemiller, who brought everyone up to speed on the current state of vaccinations in the county. COVID vaccine The bad news? There is currently no first-shot vaccine available or scheduled for DMC until the estimated Feb. 1 date for Phase ...

Valentia Harbour Both Michael Cecil, Rathlin Island Development and Community Association Chairman and Colum O’Connell, Chairman of the Valentia Energy Group in Kerry have welcomed the new courses. DCU have developed the Masters major and undergraduate degrees enrolling in 2020-21 including modules on Advanced Sustainable Energy Systems that must include a sustainable hydrogen element. Dr. James Carton, DCU Assistant Professor in Energy Sustainability and Hydrogen acknowledges the role the Irish islands can have in this new academic offering saying, “Cormac Walsh of Energy CoOps Ireland...