Ireland might seem an unlikely candidate to be Europe’s next great solar energy powerhouse. After all, while Ireland is famous for many things, great weather is not one of them.
An Bord Pleanála has delayed a decision on the application to expand Russian oligarch-linked Aughinish Alumina until at least September.
Businesswoman Jacqueline O’Donovan, managing director of London-based O’Donovan Waste Disposal and a keen supporter of the Irish community there, has sold the firm to Sortera, a Swedish firm seeking to become one of Europe’s leading recyclers of construction waste.