Fianna Fail urges swift action on energy price hikes

As the latest figures show more than 706 homes had their electricity cut off in May and more than 500 lost their gas supply, Fianna Fáil demanded the Government address a €450 per-year increase in energy prices.

The latest figures from the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) show there were approximately 706 disconnections of domestic electricity customers for non-payment of accounts.

At 241, CER said SSE Airtricity had the highest rate of disconnections per 10,000 customers at 6.59.