Beset by Brexit, there is a national impulse now to self-inflict the most damage at the worst moment.

Fears have been expressed today for the future of around half of Moneypoint power station's 194-strong workforce.

There is disruption on the Luas this morning as a section of the Red Line closed to commuters after it was hit by a power failure.

All Irish customers will be affected "sooner or later" by the raft of energy price hikes that are still in "full swing", a consumer comparison website has warned.

More than 6,300 ESB customers are without power tonight in parts of Cork city centre and northern suburbs.

Regularly switching energy providers could save consumers more than €1,400 over a four-year period.

Two more energy suppliers have announced price hikes for customers in Ireland.

The faults mainly affected parts of the west, midlands and south-east.

All national roads and all but a handful of regional roads in Co Cork are now passable, but work was still being carried out last night on 70 rural roads still blocked by fallen trees and 74,000 homes in the county remain without electricity.

President Donald Trump has declared that the US nuclear arsenal is "far stronger and more powerful than ever before".

Over 4,000 homes around the country went without power overnight following Storm Doris.

The ESB says it hopes to have power restored to the Aran Islands by tonight.

Energy giant EDF is to press ahead with building the first new nuclear power station in the UK for a generation after final approval from its board.

Operating profits at the ESB increased by 13% to €635m in 2015 as a result of its power plants being operational for a greater period of time.

Fianna Fáil has said it will create a sentencing Council if returned to power.

A former Labour Minister has said that the party wants control, and it wants power.

Over 2,000 homes and businesses are without power around the country.

Residents of an unofficial halting site in County Wicklow are appealing to the local council to supply them with running water.

A new €650m hydro-electric power station is being planned for a disused mine.

About 1,000 homes and businesses nationwide will be without power overnight as ESB crews try to restore power to areas hit by Storm Frank.

Sixteen thousand homes and businesses are without power following high winds this morning and last night.

Hundreds of people are without power this Christmas afternoon.

Eighteen hospital patients died after heavy rain caused floods which knocked out generators in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said.

Around 2,000 people are without power this morning as Storm Desmond made landfall last night.

The seaborne coal market is heading into 2016 with the biggest glut in at least four years.

Power has been restored to several thousand properties around the country this evening.

Thousands of homes and businesses remain without power after storm-force winds battered the southern half of the country.

Thousands were without power overnight, as adverse weather conditions damaged parts of the ESB network.

The International Space Station has taken a power hit, and spacewalking repairs may be needed. First, though, a replacement part must be delivered via rocket.

The Dublin Fire Brigade is warning householders in Dublin to make sure electric appliances are switched off as the power comes back on this morning.

A power plant operator will restart a reactor in southern Japan today, the first under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster and a milestone for the nation’s return to nuclear power.

Barack Obama has moved ahead with even tougher greenhouse gas cuts on American power plants, aiming to jolt the rest of the world into action.

"I feel beautiful on the day when I feel like life is fun,"

I had this client due in for a breakfast meeting the other day. A powerful and important woman, this client, albeit possessed of such physical fragility she looks like she eats a single rusk once a fortnight. She clearly needed building up, so I started to cook breakfast for her.