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DID Electrical is an Irish chain of electrical and electronics shops. It has 23 outlets throughout Ireland, employing some 400 staff. It has 23 outlets throughout Ireland, employing some 400 staff. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was founded in 1968, with a shop on Mountjoy Square, Dublin.
The Pale. The Pale ( Irish: An Pháil) or the English Pale ( An Pháil Shasanach or An Ghalltacht) was the part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages. It had been reduced by the late 15th century to an area along the east coast stretching north from Dalkey, south of Dublin, to the garrison town ...
Brexit. The border between the United Kingdom and the European Union in Ireland. The UK–Republic of Ireland border crosses this road at Killeen (near Newry ), marked only by a speed limit in km/h (Northern Ireland uses mph). The impact of Brexit on the Irish border and its adjacent polities involves changes in trade, customs, immigration ...
As of 2021 the island of Ireland has 5,585 megawatt and the Republic of Ireland has 4,309 MW of installed wind power nameplate capacity, the third highest per capita in the world. [11] In 2020, wind turbines generated 36.3% of Ireland's electrical demand, one of the highest wind power penetrations in the world. [12] [13]
Poolbeg Generating Station(Irish: Cumhachtstáisiún an Phoill Bhig), colloquially known as The Poolbeg Stacks, is a power station owned and operated by the Electricity Supply Boardof Ireland (ESB). There are two stations on the site, the older thermal station containing units 1, 2, and 3 and the combined cyclegas station containing units CG14 ...
Peace lines. The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly Irish republican or nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from predominantly British loyalist or unionist Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast and elsewhere.
ESB Group. The Electricity Supply Board ( ESB; Irish: Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais) is a state owned (95%; the rest are owned by employees) electricity company operating in the Republic of Ireland. While historically a monopoly, the ESB now operates as a commercial semi-state concern in a "liberalised" and competitive market.
History of Ireland. The Irish state came into being in 1919 as the 32 county Irish Republic. In 1922, having seceded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, it became the Irish Free State. It comprised 26 counties with 6 counties under the control of Unionists which became Northern Ireland in 1921.