❄️ As winter sets in, maintaining stable indoor temperatures becomes essential for reducing heat loss.

🔹A well-insulated building envelope helps limit energy demand, supports heating efficiency and improves day-to-day comfort.
🔹With its reliable thermal performance, EPS offers a resource-efficient way to keep buildings warmer and energy use under control.

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The Irish rock music invasion keeps on rolling!

Much like the British Invasion the 1960s and their second invasion the 1980s, 2025 has been a banger year for alternative, indie, garage, and post-punk rock music coming out of the Emerald Isle. This blog author’s favorite news song of the year is“My Favorite Monster” by Cliffords and my choice for best new album of 2025, Altar, was released by NewDad in September.

Among the rock bands from Ireland that are quickly becoming household names, are the following nine (presented in alphabetical order):

Cardinals – must listen songs – “Masquerade” and “Barbed Wire”

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Cliffords – must listen songs – All of them on their Salt of the Lee EP and the tune “Marsh.”

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Florence Road – must listen songs – All of them on their Fall Back EP, plus “Storm Warnings,” “Break the Girl,” and “Miss.”

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Fontaines D.C. – must listen songs “Favourite” and “It’s Amazing to Be Young”

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Inhaler – must listen songs (Bono’s son is the lead singer) – “You Might Get What You Want” and “Dublin in Ecstasy”

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NewDad – must listen songs – Every song, especially those on their Altar and Madra LPs

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Pillow Queens – must listen songs – “Holy Show” and “Like a Lesson”

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Sprints – must listen song – “Better”

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The Murder Capital – must listen songs : “Love of Country” and “Words Lost Meaning”

What’s really cool is the music isn’t just coming out of Dublin. Its emanating from across Ireland in places like Cork (Cliffords and Cardinals), Galway (NewDad), and Bray (Florence Road) too. Another special aspect about Irish rock is the inclusion of traditional instruments like fiddle, accordion, and trumpet into the music.

If you get a chance, check these and other terrific Irish bands out online or on your favorite music app.

Peace!

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💡“We cannot stop the tide of regulation. However, we can make sure that our industry is not caught off guard. We protect our industry with our services.”, explains Jürgen Lang in EUMEPS Talks.

🤝This is one of the main reasons companies join EUMEPS: early insight, trusted interpretation, and support that helps them plan ahead.

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💡In episode 4 of EUMEPS Talks, Jürgen Lang shares how EUMEPS supports an SME-dominated industry by tracking legislation and turning it into practical guidance.

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💡 Becoming a member of EUMEPS means having one clear voice in Brussels.
“It’s a loud voice and we tell our side of the story. Sustainability, innovation and circularity…”, says our Director General

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🎬 EUMEPS Talks – Episode 4
Extract from the conversation between Ingrid and Jürgen:
“We make sure that no one has to face the European institutions alone. Our industry brings innovation, recyclability and circularity — and we make sure this is seen.”

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📊 New LCA study by TNO shows that the protective function of packaging has a major effect on environmental performance. Even small changes in damage rates can shift climate impact.
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Favorite new album cover art of 2025

A new category for this year is favorite album cover art. Figured since there will be a grammy for this, this blog’s two cents worth should be thrown into the mix. So here are my favorites from 2025. Hope you enjoy these images. So often, like music itself, album art is a personal choice in style and focus. Peace and Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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All Washed Up by Cheap Trick:

Who cares if they’ve been around for a half-century, this whimsical album cover says it all both in its title and the hilarious image. Each of the four washing machines is personalized to epitomize each the four (4) band members from guitarist and lyricist Rick Nielsen’s checker-flagged fashions to a soapy “Z” for lead singer Robin Zander in the second machine onward. Hey, and the new music is pretty damn good too. Well done!

As I Watch My Life Online by Late Night Drive Home:

In our dystopianesque world of digital addictions or constant doom-scrolling, texting, and video posting, this album cover says it all…as do the tracks on the album. When you get to the point when you are scrolling online in the shower…something’s truly amiss.

Fall Back EP by Florence Road:

Love the surreal and hypnotic feel of this cover art. It is memorizing without being dark or sinister — just the four band members crossing the Irish countryside with an abstract background image mixing shades of sky, clouds, and fog in a unique and comforting pattern.

Billboard Heart by Deep Sea Diver:

A shimmering wall of red filaments floating effortlessly above a coastline against a blue sky horizon. Like a billboard, the filaments would be hard to miss and the red links it to our hearts.

Salt of the Lee EP by Cliffords:

For a band coming from the seacoast city of Cork, Ireland, this image of a seafarers’ weather vane is a perfect reflection of home and the essence of this historic city.

Altar by NewDad:

The gothic-style house on the cover was built during the recording of the band’s Safe EP from early 2025 and continued/completed construction during the creation of the Altar album and the videos for each song. Given the Altar album includes several songs reflecting the band’s homesickness after moving from Galway, Ireland to London, the cover may also reflect an image of their home town.

Welcome To My Blue Sky by Momma:

A cover that reflects the linkages between the two female founders of the band and their importance to one another. Simple, yet still symbolic.

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🛠️ A fair and effective Clean Industrial Deal must recognise the challenges faced by European manufacturers.

EPS can contribute to a more circular, resilient, and low-carbon Europe, but it needs the right regulatory conditions to succeed.

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