Bacik calls for energy price cap

'We believe that the sort of unprecedented price rises we've seen over recent weeks in energy bills for people simply are not sustainable'

Ivana Bacik told RTÉ radio said 'we're seeing huge fear, huge, huge distress at the daily reports of rises by gas and electricity companies'.

The Labour Party is calling on the Government to introduce a price cap on energy to help households and businesses with rising costs.

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said an emergency response is now required and suggested that existing legislation could be used to limit on the prices people have to pay for energy.