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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Breakfast Business with Enterprise Ireland on Newstalk.
Good morning and welcome to Breakfast Business and thank you as ever to Eamon Torsney. It is Thursday the 24th of September at 6.30. Coming up on today's show we'll be talking to the ESRI with its latest thoughts on the economy, especially the pharma sector. And we'll be chatting live to Dell and all the markets as usual.
Chapter 2: What are the latest renewable energy projects announced?
You can email us business at newstalk.com. But first let's have a look at the main business stories in the newspapers and websites today.
Carolina Doherty in the Irish Times reports that five onshore wind farms and 18 solar parks are the latest renewable energy projects to win state contracts to supply clean electricity. The 23 projects have the capacity to provide just over 1,000 megawatts of electricity or enough to meet the needs of 350,000 households.
The contracts awarded after an auction initially involving 40 bidders set a price of ā¬99 per megawatt hour of electricity, lower than the current wholesale price of around ā¬123.
Chapter 3: How is Dublin Airport expanding to handle passenger growth?
For households, that works out at just under 10 cents per unit of electricity, although the price charged by suppliers adds various standing charges and levies to that base cost. Gordon Deegan in the Irish Times reports that Fingal County Council has signed off on plans by Dublin Airport operator DAA to expand the existing Pier 1 West building to help deal with overcrowding.
In granting planning permission to add a second story to the western end of Pier 1 West, the council has concluded that the proposal for additional space for passengers is not expected to have a negative impact on the public immunity of the area.
The development will include two new boarding gates to ease bottlenecks and improve on-time departures as well as additional seating, new food and beverage outlets and upgraded toilet facilities. Those moves should make waiting times more comfortable and convenient.
Chapter 4: What changes is Ryanair making to its boarding pass system?
The permission is subject to eight planning conditions. Martin Claffey in the Irish Examiner reports that Ryanair will make a move to 100% paperless boarding passes after the midterm break for schools in November. Around one in five passengers still use paper boarding passes, but the airline said it would move to 100% digital boarding passes from November 12th.
Originally, the carrier had planned to move on November 3rd, but it has been held over until after the busy period.
Chapter 5: How do the latest business headlines impact the economy?
Breakfast Business with Enterprise Ireland on Newstalk.