8+ hour, 52+ min ago   (365+ words) By Cate McCurry, Press Association The number of taxi drivers in Ireland has surged to its highest level in a decade, new research shows. Some 1,893 new driver licences were issued last year, bringing the total number of drivers to 27,891. The…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (147+ words) Sales of electric cars in County Roscommon have more than doubled, according to the latest figures from the SIMI. To date in 2026 there have been 249 electric car registrations as compared to 94 for 2025. The percentage share for electric cars increased from…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (474+ words) Pictured are Denis Hadzialic, Engineering Manager, VERDE Energy Group; Marty Dervin, Project Manager, Aurivo; and Paul Martin, CEO, VERDE Energy Group announcing that construction has begun on a 5MW ground-mounted solar farm at Aurivo's Ballaghaderreen facility. Pic: Paul Molloy Construction has…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (926+ words) PV panels at pool delivering ‘tangible results’ roscommonherald.ie PV panels at pool delivering ‘tangible results’ PV panels recently installed at Castlerea Swimming Pool are delivering tangible results. Pic: iStock Fianna Fáil councillor Paschal Fitzmaurice pointed out at last month's…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (608+ words) Sales of new electric cars rose by 110 per cent last month compared to the same month last year. Amid fuel protests and concerns over rising pump prices, sales of diesel cars dropped 30 per cent from last year. April’s sales figures…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (697+ words) Electric cars are now outselling both petrol and diesel models in the new car market. Regular petrol-electric hybrids are the best-selling new cars, accounting for 28.3 per cent of the market, followed by EVs with 21.2 per cent, petrol with 20.9 per cent…...