THERE have been grave warnings from the country’s largest utility companies that more than 110,000 householders haven’t enough money to pay their electricity and gas bills.

ENSURING the Six Nations and Heineken Cup will be shown on terrestrial TV will make the games available to a significantly greater number of people than if they are broadcast on subscription channels.

The IRFU has hit back in the furore regarding the effect of free-to-air television on the finances of the union.

Some 90,000 ESB customers and 23,000 Bord Gáis customers have entered into payment plans since the beginning of this year after falling into arrears.