'This is the final straw': Cork shop to close on Sundays due to soaring energy costs

'I would prefer to keep the doors open on a Sunday but you also have to balance the books'

Maurice Healy said his energy bills have risen from €800 a  month to €3,000.

A popular shopkeeper has blamed soaring energy costs for his decision to close his shop on Sundays.

Maurice Healy, who for decades has run a busy newsagents and post office on the main street in Ballincollig, west of Cork city, said it was a difficult decision to make but said he felt he had no option against the backdrop of “a prohibitive increase in energy costs”.