Mr Geoffrey Meagher has been appointed as Director and Chairperson Designate of the Board of Bord na Móna.

He will take up the role for five years with immediate effect.

The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Mr Denis Naughten, T.D. made the appointment.

Bord na Móna is a majority State owned company which operates in the power generation, fuel supply, peat production, horticulture supply, biomass supply and resource recovery industries throughout Ireland, particularly the Midlands.

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Minister Naughten said: "I am pleased that Mr Geoffrey Meagher has accepted my invitation to become Director and Chairperson Designate of the Board of Bord na Móna. Geoffrey brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the position combined with an appreciation of the future role Bord na Móna must embrace to support economic and social development in rural areas, especially across the Midlands. Under his leadership, I am confident that Bord na Móna will continue to meet the challenges of the changing environment in which it operates."

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