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On the back of growing profits in 2024, state-owned companies are set to pay a near-record contribution from their profits into the Exchequer.

The information commissioner recently ruled that ESB and Coillte must reexamine decisions where they refused to release data on legal fees paid out to fight requests for environmental documents they hold.

The semi-state is tackling alleged unauthorised activity on seven bogs, with hundreds of thousands of euro worth of peat cut. It has taken legal action in one case and is weighing up more.

In the coming days, the government will unveil the rules of the first renewable electricity support scheme in five years. Overseas capital is lining up to fund Irish environmental projects with billions of euro in energy, waste and forestry.