The extent of the problem is costing Bord na Móna a lot of money, according to Mr Riordan. “Even the time taken to go and investigate and contact the guards, it’s just a disaster,” he said.

As part of its green strategy, Bord na Móna plans to have developed wind, solar and other assets capable of supplying around one-third of all Irish homes with renewable energy by 2030.

Bord na Móna’s renaissance as “a climate solutions” company is finally achieving some momentum with confirmation it is to create 885 new jobs mainly in the midlands.

Bord na Móna’s last full peat harvest took place in 2018 - with a “partial harvest” in 2019. The company’s suspension of peat harvesting last year followed the 2019 High Court decision.

Bord na Móna has delivered its highest ever operating profit, of €106.7m, for the financial year to last April, which it says reflects the successful completion of a “brown-to-green ...

Gabriel D’Arcy, CEO, Bord na Móna Biomass agenda Bord na Móna has also been advancing its co-fuelling agenda, with 7.8pc of biomass feedstock replacing peat into its Edenderry Power station.

Bord na Móna cut losses by half in a 12-month period according to figures from the state company's annual report. Bord na Móna chief executive Tom Donnellan confirmed to The Irish Times that the ...

Semi-state company Bord Na Móna footed the benefit-in-kind tax bill for its chief executive's €127,000 electric BMW and health insurance at a cost of €64,000 in 2022.

Bord na Móna and ESB have agreed to develop solar power across four midlands locations in Kildare, Offaly and Roscommon. The joint venture aims to collectively deliver up to 500 MW of power from ...

BORD na Mona are creating 1,435 new jobs in the midlands as it transforms into a "climate solutions company" over the next five years.Some 1,100 of th. Jump directly to the content.

BORD na Móna is close to an agreement with its unions on talks aimed at clearing the way for the state company to be privatised, it has been learned. Monday, 2 June 2025. ePaper; ...

Bord na Móna's Head of Renewable Energy John Reilly said: “We are very excited to launch the construction phase of Timahoe North, Bord na Móna’s first solar energy farm in partnership with ESB.