#Energy Prices

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John-Whelan
John Whelan: Sluggish German economy hits Irish exporters
Energy costs
Taoiseach defends decision not to give energy credits, saying providers would 'factor them in' to prices
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the Government of doing nothing to stop energy companies 'brazenly ripping off' consumers

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Data centres: Industry body calls for timeline on energy policy
Data centres: Industry body calls for timeline on energy policy
Digital Infrastructure Ireland says we could miss out on investment if CRU does not clarify proposed new regulatory framework

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

Spain Blackout Report
Investment needed in under-pressure energy infrastructure to prevent blackouts
A 'series of unfortunate events' triggered the Iberian blackout in spring and highlighted that Ireland is similarly vulnerable given it is relatively isolated from mainland Europe

Sun, 12 Oct, 2025

Shoppers at supermarket Sainsbury's for their weekly shopping when special prices are on offer, dealing with the cost of living
Caitríona Redmond: Families go backwards as Paschal Donohoe peels an orange in his pocket
Soaring energy prices and food shrinkflation are battering even the most frugal of families — and Budget 2026 has done nothing for them

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Energy storage system or battery container unit
Rural communities ‘deserve transparency’ on energy storage developments
Senator raises concerns about proposed battery energy storage system in Newmarket, Co Cork

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

What Ursula von der Leyen’s EU energy plans mean for Ireland’s soaring household bills
What Ursula von der Leyen’s EU energy plans mean for Ireland’s soaring household bills
As energy bills rise again, EU leaders push sweeping reforms — but Ireland faces warnings it is lagging behind targets

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025

Young woman 20s attempting to read and understand her electricity meter reading and energy bill
Budget 2026: 9% Vat rate on gas and electricity should remain – Jack Chambers 
Public expenditure minister said the 9% rate should be retained to prevent further price hikes for consumers

Sun, 21 Sep, 2025

Electric bill charges paper
SSE Airtricity to hike electricity prices with average of €151 added to annual bills
SSE Airtricity said that its unit rates for electricity and its standing charges will increase by 9.5% from October 20

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

Demand for gas hits record low in June
Demand for gas hits record low in June
The fall in demand for gas comes as renewable energy met almost 38% of Ireland’s demand in the same month

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

A pensioner adjusting the temperature control on his combi boiler. Redcar, UK. 26/5/2021. Photograph: Stuart Boulton.
Government urged to reverse 'terrible decision' to withdraw energy credits in budget
In response, Simon Harris said Sinn Féin had had a 'bonkers idea' to keep energy prices down by 'giving taxpayers' money to energy companies'

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Electric bill charges paper
Customers face massive spike in bills as Bord Gáis and Pinergy hike electricity prices 
Public facing further €200 being added to energy bills with numbers in arrears already at a 'historical' high

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Food prices
Food inflation at highest level in two years, CSO reveals
The CSO said consumer prices rose by 2% in the year to August, compared to an annual reading of 1.7% a month earlier

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

Calculating energy efficiency and energy bill papers
Electric Ireland to cut gas prices by 4%, holding electricity prices steady for winter
Electric Ireland says its fourth gas price cut since 2023 will save households €57, while electricity prices remain unchanged

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025

Energia announces 10.9% electricity price hike as households warned of ‘new normal’ for bills
Energia announces 10.9% electricity price hike as households warned of ‘new normal’ for bills
Households face steep winter energy hikes as Energia confirms price rises, while Government insists support must be permanent, not once-off

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025

Electric bill charges paper
Energia confirms double-digit October electricity price rise
Energia says higher electricity bills are 'unavoidable' as system operator and network charges climb, with no change to gas prices

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

Boy using asthma inhaler to treat inflammatory disease, wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Allergy tre
When our homes are making us unwell, housing becomes a health issue
Budget 2026 is an opportunity for the Government to show leadership by supporting a healthy population and healthy housing, writes Eilís Ní Chaithnía

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

5/12/2012 Budget Day
Over €157m in welfare overpayments identified last year
Inspectors conducted some 85,000 investigations across all welfare schemes with a further 15,700 probes conducted into suspected fraud

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Cost of electricity: halogen bulb and twenty Euro notes
Irish consumers to see lower electricity bills as levy to fund renewable energy to fall 38%
PSO levy for domestic consumers to fall from almost €39 currently to €24 from October

Fri, 01 Aug, 2025

O’Brien wants lower 9% VAT rate on electricity and gas extended to 2026
O’Brien wants lower 9% VAT rate on electricity and gas extended to 2026
Darragh O’Brien wants the lower VAT rate on electricity and gas kept into 2026 to ease pressure on households

Fri, 01 Aug, 2025

Natural resource endowments more a curse than blessing for developing nations
Natural resource endowments more a curse than blessing for developing nations
Institutions must negotiate fair and transparent mining contracts with multinationals and uplift nations to escape the resource curse, write Rabah Arezki and Rick van der Ploeg

Thu, 24 Jul, 2025

Close up spouses calculating family budget paying online using laptop
MABS sees 10% surge in families in debt due to soaring cost of living
Money Advice and Budgeting Service calls for targeted supports in Budget 2026 amid spiralling cost of housing and utilities 

Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

Nodding donkey in the desert, Kingdom of Bahrain
John Whelan: As Ireland's oil imports continue to grow, falling prices ease the pain
The oil prices in euro terms are also lower as the US dollar has fallen in value since Trump’s inauguration

Mon, 07 Jul, 2025

Home energy scheme changes
Customer penalised with very high catch-up bill among 24,000 complaints to regulator
Over two in five (42%) of Uisce Éireann complaints and just under three in 10 (29%) energy complaints were upheld in favour of the customer

Mon, 30 Jun, 2025

Port of Cork set to open €100m deepwater berth dedicated to offshore energy development
Port of Cork set to open €100m deepwater berth dedicated to offshore energy development
CORE1 will be Ireland's first dedicated quay facilities for the offshore renewable energy sector

Mon, 30 Jun, 2025

Calculating energy efficiency and energy bill papers
New Government taskforce to devise plan to tackle Ireland's sky-high energy bills
New research has revealed that Ireland is the second most expensive country in the EU

Fri, 20 Jun, 2025

Bloom festival 2025
Taoiseach rejects 'housing vs data centres' energy claim by senior civil servant 
Department secretary general had said data centres had used up spare capacity in the energy grid and policymakers faced stark choices — 'is it housing or is it AI?'

Thu, 29 May, 2025

Kieran McCarthy: Is electric heating the solution for your home?
Kieran McCarthy: Is electric heating the solution for your home?
Builder Advice: There is a wide range of electric powered options when replacing an old oil-fired central heating system

Tue, 20 May, 2025

Solar Power Tariff Incentive Spurns Boom In Gainsville Solar Industry
European power prices drop far below zero as solar output surges
The phenomenon of negative prices has become a regular occurrence over the past few years across Europe

Mon, 28 Apr, 2025

Europe Growth Forecasts
Ireland at risk of energy crisis without gas reserve, warns environment minister
Darragh O’Brien says just three days of gas supply remain in event of disruption, backs floating reserve facility

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025

Black power cord connecting an electric plug socket forming a graph with increasing trend on red background. Illustration of the
New 'dynamic pricing' tariff for electricity delayed after request from energy suppliers
Following requests from Electric Ireland, Energia and Prepay Power, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has agreed to extend the deadline to June 1, 2026

Thu, 10 Apr, 2025

Control the plan
Warning that energy inefficient offices risk becoming obsolete 
Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland says owners could be left with 'stranded assets' if they do nothing in terms of retrofitting

Mon, 07 Apr, 2025

'Forget about socialising... It’s terrible': Cork people react to rising utility and broadband prices
'Forget about socialising... It’s terrible': Cork people react to rising utility and broadband prices
New data shows one in nine households in Ireland are in arrears on their electricity bills, while almost one in four are behind on their gas bills.

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Young woman 20s attempting to read and understand her electricity meter reading and energy bill
Quarter of households in arrears on gas bills
Latest figures show customers are €429 behind on electricity and €198 on gas bills

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Changing chanels
Call for crackdown as TV, phone, and broadband prices set to soar again
Eir, Sky, Three, and Vodafone will hike prices mid-contract for the third year in a row, prompting consumer watchdog call for action

Thu, 20 Mar, 2025

New Taoiseach appointed
Letters to the Editor: Take responsibility for children with special needs — or resign
A reader says successive governments have failed the people of Ireland in many ways and specifically regarding children with special needs

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

Sinn Fein health policy
Government 'throwing families under a bus' by ending energy credits
Sinn Féin's David Cullinane said in the Dáil that finance minister Paschal Donohoe was full of 'guff, bluff, and bluster' 

Thu, 06 Mar, 2025

Jack Chambers on energy credits: Government to move away from 'ad-hoc temporary supports'
Jack Chambers on energy credits: Government to move away from 'ad-hoc temporary supports'
The public expenditure minister confirms the Government’s shift from temporary energy credits to long-term investment, despite ongoing cost-of-living concerns

Thu, 06 Mar, 2025

Electric car charging - London
Ireland has urban-rural divide in attitudes to climate change, new survey shows
CSO data also shows massive rise in energy bills for Irish households since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022

Tue, 04 Mar, 2025

Electric bill charges paper
Blow for customers as Airtricity hikes electricity and gas prices
Pinning the blame on a rise in external costs, it will see electricity bills increase by 10.5% and gas bills by 8.4%

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Wasted renewable energy could help households living in energy poverty, says TD
Wasted renewable energy could help households living in energy poverty, says TD
The strategy would not increase costs for businesses or consumers and would not interfere with the market or put additional burden on the taxpayer.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2025

Laya health insurance prices to rise 6.6% as electricity costs hit two-year high
Laya health insurance prices to rise 6.6% as electricity costs hit two-year high
Millions of Irish consumers face fresh financial strain as Laya hikes health insurance premiums and electricity costs soar again

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

Man installing thermal roof insulation layer - using mineral wool panels. Attic renovation and insulation concept
Cork council tenants who had home retrofits saw energy bills plummet, new figures show
One property saw annual bill fall from €6,680 to €1,230, Cork County Council survey found

Tue, 18 Feb, 2025

Electric car purchase incentives
EVs and datacentres driving new global ‘age of electricity’, says watchdog
Forecast for rising global electricity use likely to stoke fears of rising costs and stalled efforts to fight climate crisis

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025

Arts Council to be reviewed
Government needs to show 'fiscal restraint' and phase out cost-of-living measures, warns OECD
Intergovernmental agency said public finances need to be made more resilient 

Wed, 12 Feb, 2025

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