Daragh Cassidy: Price hike predictable, but still painful

The Government will not be able to protect us entirely from price hikes but there are measures it can take 

With the price of gas and electricity increasing, Darragh Cassidy writes that this winter will be an expensive one, but hopefully it will be a mild one.

The latest price hike from SSE was expected and follows price increases from many of the other energy suppliers in the Irish market in recent weeks.

However, the scale of the increase is unprecedented —  the unit price of its gas and electricity are both going up by over 45%.