SIXTY-EIGHT customers a day – 14,450 in total – had either their electricity or gas cut off in the first seven months of this year.

THE power and pace of centre Robert Campbell was the decisive factor in CBS Naas’s second Leinster Schools Section A McMullen Senior Cup title in six seasons at Navan RFC yesterday.

BORD Gáis has launched a major offensive to lure households away from the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) by entering the residential electricity business with a promise to undercut its rival for at least three years.

Michael Tutty was today apponted as the new chairperson of the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER).

ELECTRICITY supply giant ESB last night came under fire for announcing a “miserly” drop of €7.66 in household bills.

THE energy regulator spent almost €8 million on external consultants over a two-year period.

ONLY one out of every 20 asylum seekers is being granted refugee status in Ireland.

Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy has proposed Michael G Tutty as Ireland's nomination as a candidate to sit on the executive Board of the European Central Bank.

THE European Investment Bank has made €150 million available for small and medium-sized Irish business borrowers involved in long-term capital intensive projects.