Back to the Bogs to Ward Off Scarcity of Electricity and Gas – Danny Healy Rae

The Old Reliable: Bringing home Seán and Mary Brennan’s turf in July 1992 were from left: Ger Nolan, Seán Brennan, RIP; Mike O’Mahony, RIP; Denny G. O’Sullivan, RIP; Eoin, Kieran and Conor Brennan, Denny B. O’Sullivan, RIP and T.J. Brennan. ©Photograph: John Reidy 16-7-1992

**Deputy Danny Healy Rae has called on the government to look to Bord Na Mona stations to help ward off threatened electricity and gas supplies. ©Photograph: John Reidy**

Danny Healy Rae TD is calling on the government to open up the two Bord Na Mona power plants, Lanesboro and Shannon Bridge immediately.

“This is,” said Deputy Healy Rae, “to ensure security of supply to people all around the country who depend on electricity to keep businesses, farmers, and the hospitality sector going.

“It’s also for people who depend on electricity to heat their homes and who now have no chimneys in their houses and for people who have just purchased electric cars.

“It is absolutely ridiculous to think that we are leaving the way of producing our own energy behind us when there is a scarcity of gas and electricity worldwide,” he said.

You can contact The Maine Valley Post on… Anyone in The Maine Valley Post catchment area who would like to send us news and captioned photographs for inclusion can send them to: jreidy@mainevalleypost.com Queries about advertising and any other matters regarding The Maine Valley Post can also be sent to that address or just ring: 087 23 59 467.