The recent Energy in Agriculture featured 30 talks, six demonstration events and 45 exhibitors — all focusing on the sustainable use and production of energy in the agricultural sector.

Gas installers working in the commercial sector will have to be registered under new safety guidelines with specific rules for catering premises and laundries.

More consumers in Ireland are switching gas and electricity than in any other EU country.

The trend for gas and electricity customers to seek better deals by switching provider has eased, with more now looking to reduce their bills by negotiating with their existing provider.

Irish consumers top the European table when it comes to switching electricity and gas providers, as energy prices fell last year.

Bord Gáis Energy accounted for the largest number of customer complaints investigated by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) last year, despite having a smaller market share than Electric Ireland.

Gas Networks Ireland engaged in a “clear breach of trust” when it covered up the overrun on a pipeline project, the independent energy regulator has said.

An investigation into “serious financial impropriety” in Gas Networks Ireland north and south of the border has resulted in a fine of £500,000 (€644,122) in the North and sanctions against four employees of the company in the Republic, the Irish Examiner has learned.

An unregistered electrician has become the first person to be jailed in Ireland for carrying out dangerous and illegal electrical work.

Pre-tax profits at energy firm, SSE Airtricity increased by 44% to €49m, last year, despite the company suffering customer losses.

The agency that regulates water charges increased its bonus payments last year for staff to almost €300,000.

The head of the State’s electricity network has defended pay and bonuses for staff at the semi-state company, but claims figures quoted by economist Stephen Kinsella are wide of the mark.

A government department and two state bodies promoting investment have clashed with the energy regulator and Irish Water over the level of discounts to be offered to large firms for water which is unfit for human consumption.

Thousands of anti-water charge protesters will descend on the Dáil later today to “bin the Irish Water bills” sent out by the utility.

After a couple of months of good news on energy prices, the ESRI have dampened the hopes of struggling households, warning that higher prices could be on the way in 2017.

The Commission for Energy Regulation has issued a warning about bogus callers.

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) has said members of the public could face a €100 service charge if they tell Irish Water there is a problem with their water meter.

Irish Water customers who fail to pay water charges will not be entitled to receive any rebate under an additional penalty being imposed by the company.

Up to 100,000 illegal and potentially deadly gas boilers have been installed by ‘cowboy’ operators in family homes over the past five years, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.

The Commissioner for Energy Regulation will be asked to explain today why fuel increases kick in faster than reductions on our gas and electricity bills.

The decision to either pay a bill or heat their home is an increasing challenge being faced by more and more people in Ireland as the weather worsens, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) stated today.

Households struggling with energy bills have been told that switching supplier is the best way to force energy companies to slash prices.

Overproduction of petroleum coupled with a decrease in demand for crude oil led prices to drop rapidly over the past half year and we are just now beginning to see the results at petrol filling stations around this country.

It is reported today that the term of the fixed rate on water charges could be extended.

Irish Water will be forced to reduce the exorbitant call-out fees it wants to charge householders with service and supply problems after the energy regulator expressed concern about how high they had been set.

Householders are putting their lives at risk by tampering with utility meters.

Irish Water has requested an extension of the deadline for application forms.

The Ombudsman has called for complaints about Irish Water to come back under his remit and said he was "not consulted" about the decision to remove it from his jurisdiction.

Many families would be better off paying Irish Water’s penalty fee for failing to register with the company than paying the normal charges for registered customers.

The Commission for Energy Regulation has just published the cost of water, with charging to begin tomorrow.

Bad hair days in West Waterford are being blamed on a town’s water supplies.

The Commission for Energy Regulation has advised the Government to only contemplate using "very expensive" underground cables as an alternative to controversial overhead power lines "as a last resort".

Plans for a new system of water charges for businesses and other non-domestic users are being stalled because the existing system is irrational, according to the agency trying to make sense of it.

Just over 1,000 domestic gas or electricity accounts were disconnected during the month of June.