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Tánaiste Mary Coughlan and energy minister Eamon Ryan today announced the establishment of a high level action group on the green economy.

Tánaiste Mary Coughlan today announced details of new training programmes for those who have lost their jobs in the construction sector.

150 Irish and international exhibitors and over 4000 Irish energy professionals are expected to descend on Dublin’s RDS on 29 and 30 April at the Energy Show, according to Sustainable Energy Ireland.

Four Dublin colleges have achieved energy cost savings amounting to €3million by participating in an energy saving initiative.

Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology and Dublin City University have  just completed their e3 annual energy review, and achieved their 2008/9 target of an average 6 per cent reduction in energy use in 37 buildings after two years.

ESB yesterday announced a series of initiatives to create up to 6,000 new jobs and training opportunities. Up to 3,700 new jobs will be created outside the company in Ireland in sectors such as smart networks and smart metering, wind energy, electric vehicles, home insulation and new sustainable technologies.

 IRELAND WILL be one of the few countries left that will be habitable when global warming leads to a planet-wide catastrophe, one of the world’s best known scientists has predicted

Data supplied to the EU Commission by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that the verified emissions of greenhouse gases in 2008 for companies in Ireland covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme are lower than the previous year

ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs will be part of social partnership from now on, Minister for the Environment John Gormley has announced.

Energy minister Eamon Ryan TD has announced his department’s supplementary budget estimates for 2009.

ROCKWOOL IRELAND, the world’s leading producer of stonewool insulation, has welcomed the Home Energy Saving scheme, which could help Irish homeowners save up to €700 a year on their energy bills.