Inland Fisheries Ireland Hits the Road with ESB Great Electric Drive

Press release, Thursday, 19th March 2015

As part of this year’s ESB Great Electric Drive, Inland Fisheries Ireland has received a Renault Kangoo 100% electric van for a four month trial.

The electric van will join Inland Fisheries Ireland’s fleet, and will drive between two of Inland Fisheries Ireland’s Dublin premises at Citywest, Dublin 24, and Swords, Co Dublin - a distance of around thirty kilometres each way and in the greater Dublin area where required. The van will be used to transport operational and research equipment and supplies, and replaces a diesel van.

Thomas McGrory of Inland Fisheries Ireland, outside the IFI offices in Citywest, Dublin with the Renault Kangoo Z.E. 100% electric vehicle that he is trialling as part of ESB’s Great Electric Drive

By using this electric van, Inland Fisheries Ireland hopes to reduce their fuel costs and their impact on the environment as well as further promoting their sustainable ethos.

Dr Ciaran Byrne, CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland, commented: “Inland Fisheries Ireland is delighted to have been selected as one of six commercial ecar ambassadors and to take part in The Great Electric Drive. It is in our ethos to be sustainable and we work to ensure Ireland’s valuable natural resources of inland fisheries and sea angling are conserved to generate a positive return for the community and environment. We look forward to further reducing our impact on the environment by using the 100% electric van over the coming months.”

Dr Ciaran Byrne, CEO Inland Fisheries Ireland with Thomas McGrory, Project Co-ordinator, Inland Fisheries Ireland and Brendan O’Mahony, Chairman Inland Fisheries Ireland, outside their offices in Citywest, Dublin with the Renault Kangoo Z.E. 100% electric vehicle that they are trialling as part of ESB’s Great Electric Drive.

Gareth Davis, Manager, ESB ecars said, ‘The Great Electric Drive trial has been successful in encouraging the public and commercials to experience electric driving. We are very happy that Inland Fisheries is taking part and we look forward to hearing how they get on.

Inland Fisheries Ireland is one of 32 ecar ambassadors selected by ESB, from over 20,000 public and commercial applicants from across Ireland. This is the second year of The Great Electric Drive, which gives members of the public and also commercial organisations the opportunity to trial an ecar.

Over the course of The Great Electric Drive, the ambassadors will drive a wide range of electric vehicles and get first-hand experience of the benefits of electric driving.

Each ecar ambassador will have a home charge point installed in their property or workplace and will also be able to access a nationwide network of public charge points (including fast charge points along main inter urban routes) that have been rolled out by ESB across the country. Cross border compatibility will allow electric vehicle drivers access the public charging infrastructure in Northern Ireland.

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Note for Editors:

Further Information: Suzanne Campion
Head of Business Development
Inland Fisheries Ireland
Anglesea Street,
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Tel: 052 6180055 Fax: 052 6123971
Email: suzanne.campion@fisheriesireland.ie Website: www.fisheriesireland.ie

Photo Captions

1.Pictured here is Dr Ciaran Byrne, CEO Inland Fisheries Ireland with Thomas McGrory, Project Co-ordinator, Inland Fisheries Ireland and Brendan O’Mahony, Chairman Inland Fisheries Ireland, outside their offices in Citywest, Dublin with the Renault Kangoo Z.E. 100% electric vehicle that they are trialling as part of ESB’s Great Electric Drive.

2. Pictured here is Thomas McGrory of Inland Fisheries Ireland, outside their offices in Citywest, Dublin with the Renault Kangoo Z.E. 100% electric vehicle that he is trialling as part of ESB’s Great Electric Drive.

About ESB ecars
ESB ecars is responsible for the roll-out of a nationwide charging infrastructure as well as the supporting IT and Communications platforms. To date, the total number of charge points installed is 1,200 public charge points across the island of Ireland.

The ecars programme is part of ESB’s Innovation business division, which focuses on developing new emerging technologies such as ecars, ocean and solar energy as well as energy efficient products to help advance a low carbon future.

About Inland Fisheries Ireland

Inland Fisheries Ireland is a statutory body operating under the aegis of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and was established under the Fisheries Act on 1st July 2010. Its principal function is the protection and conservation of the inland fisheries resource. IFI will promote, support, facilitate and advise the Minister on, the conservation, protection, management, development and improvement of inland fisheries, including sea angling and develop and advise the Minister on policy and national strategies relating to inland fisheries and sea angling. For more information visit www.fisheriesireland.ie.

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