The former head of Bord Gáis has warned that Ireland will not meet its energy targets by 2020 and will face fines of up to half a billion euro per year unless a “ground changing and radical” white paper on renewable energy is produced.

Fergus Finlay’s loyalty to his former colleagues is admirable . . . to a point! (Irish Examiner, July 14).

The Whitegate oil refinery, which its parent company has confirmed may yet be sold, is significantly loss-making, according to its most recent annual accounts.

An 83-year-old man suffered extensive burns in a massive blast at his home shortly after he pulled a gas pipe from the wall, it emerged during the opening of his High Court action against Bord Gáis yesterday.

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Ervia has launched an investigation into allegations of financial misappropriation, made by a former employee. The allegation concerns a senior figure in the state gas company.

The head of Irish Water’s parent company, Ervia (formerly Bord Gáis), has confirmed he is to "divest" himself of more than 400,000 shares in a company which makes money from installing water meters — but insisted everything he had done is "above board".

The current controversy regarding Irish Water is completely of the Governments own making.

They’ll share a pot of tea on Sunday night, eat dinner together most evenings and hop into the car every Tuesday and Friday to complete the 130km round spin to training. Rarely though, if ever, is football discussed.

A United Nations (UN) report on climate change warned last week that storm surges, flooding and rising sea levels will wreak increasing havoc on our lives unless Governments take urgent action to reduce carbon emissions.

Hundreds of thousands of people switched their electricity and gas provider last year to try and cut the costs of their utility bills.

SO, it’s come to this: ministers handed out tablets to keep the media awake at the latest smugtastic Government announcement about very little.

George Bernard Shaw said “Ireland is the only open-air asylum in Western Europe being run by the inmates”.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan will be called before an Oireachtas committee to explain when he found out about the awarding of consultancy contracts amounting to €85m by Irish Water.

The sale of a division of Bord Gáis is back on the table about two weeks after the Government gave up the hunt for a buyer.

All but 0.1% of gas escapes reported by the public are responded to within one hour, the annual report on safety by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) has revealed.

Bord Gáis was prosecuted yesterday by the Data Protection Commission for sending an email promoting a charitable fundraiser which ended up netting €150,000 for St Vincent de Paul.

Electric Ireland has announced it is going to raise its gas prices by 2% from October 1.

Cork selector Ger Cunningham believes Clare’s assault on two fronts will be a help rather than a hindrance for Davy Fitzgerald’s men come next month’s senior All-Ireland final.

Bord Gais wants to hike gas prices by 7% this autumn.

The Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte has denied there was a communications breakdown within Government on the introduction of water charges.

Irish renewable energy investor group NTR, which has invested heavily in wind farms in America, has reported losses of $46.8m (€35m).

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Bord Gáis has this evening said that it has found no evidence of a natural-gas leak at the Dublin property where the bodies of a man and a woman in their 60s were found today.

A senior source within the Department of Public Expenditure has said that the €250,000 pay cap will not be breached in order to attract a new CEO to Bord Gáis.

A call centre for the State’s new water company Uisce Éireann is to create 400 jobs in Limerick, sources close to Finance Minister Micheal Noonan said yesterday.

COME back Fianna Fáil, all is forgiven.

THE busiest spot in Cork City right now has to be directly across the Lee from City Hall, along and behind Lapps Quay.

The reporting method used by industry media in the British gas market to assess daily prices — which are at the centre of a regulatory probe — is flawed and easy to manipulate, some traders in the sector say.

Householders will have to pay the cost of replacing any leaking pipes located between water meters and their properties, Irish Water has said.

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Cork’s city manager has insisted the local authority has no legal obligation to maintain boilers in its tenants’ homes.

As one-in-five households struggle to manage their energy bills the cost of running homes this winter is set to rise again.

A double consumer price blow is on the cards this autumn as the prices of banking and home heating are set to rise.

Bord Gáis Energy has today applied for a rise of more then 7.5% in residential gas prices.

A survey has revealed that 5% of households are in arrears on their electricity bills and 3% on their gas bills.

After two successive pay cuts, the chief executive of Bord Gáis, John Mullins, will not be renewing his five-year contract as the company embarks on establishing Ireland’s newest utility — Irish Water.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan has denied any rift between the coalition partners over the introduction of water charges.

Global oil stabilisation has raised a glimmer of hope motorists may finally see fuel prices coming down at the pumps — or, at least, staying at current levels.

Bord Gáis stands to lose €3.3m as a result of undercharging thousands of customers since October.

Three people remain in hospital after a gas explosion at a house in Co Kildare overnight.

GER NOONAN keeps rolling back the years and he did it again on Saturday night when he played the starring role as Bord Gáis Neptune confirmed the cup result was no fluke when they collected the valuable Nivea for Men SuperLeague points with a 99-96 win away to Belfast Star.

Energy prices have jumped by 17% in the year to November.