Profits at the ESB’s customer-solutions division – primarily driven by its 1.4 million electricity and gas customers in ...
Storm Éowyn was a real eye opener about the damage an extreme weather event can cause in Ireland and highlighted key vulnerabilities in electricity, water, and telecommunications, writes George Lee.
ESB crews and contractors are deployed where ... 9.45am Achill was struck by "a hurricane from the west" a few hours after Storm Eowyn hit Ireland last night. Journalist and writer Edwin McGreal ...
Paul Stapleton, chief financial officer at ESB, said the company plans to more than double the scale of investment in the ...
Those anxieties emerged last month when ESB Chief Executive Paddy Hayes stated on RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne the costs associated with the storm would likely fall back on its customer base.
A former Sinn Fein MP has hit out after Ireland’s ESB Networks’ retail arm recorded millions in profit this year despite a lack of compensation for those in Northern Ireland affected by Storm Éowyn.
Now that we have an estimate of the scale of the problem, we can begin looking at options, including a Reconstitution Scheme, writes Michael Healy-Rae, Minister of State.
Insurance company FBD has said that two weather events last month - Storm Éowyn and a cold spell - are expected to cost it €30 million.
The government is being urged to provide funding and support to ensure Ireland is "much better prepared" for extreme weather ...
Ireland’s critical infrastructure is vulnerable to the ever-increasing impacts of extreme weather events, and the Government “cannot procrastinate any longer” on addressing the issue ...
Ireland needs to be better prepared for the next major weather event, the Climate Change Advisory Council has said. The ...