Commission for Energy Regulation to be asked to set the fines for excessive water use

PSO hike of €104m on electricity will hit jobs and growth, warn cement and concrete firms

Firm managed meter installation programme in four regions, including Dublin

Regulator gives green light to more than 30 per cent increase but savings still possible

Rossport Five member Willie Corduff says it is ‘16 years too late’

With Volvo to abandon fossil-fuel cars, how does Ireland rate on embracing electric cars?

Charge will cover proposed €500m subsidy to support renewable energy producers

Irish Water unable to connect proposed new housing developments, conference hears

Cantillon: Construction industry warns lack of infrastructure will affect new house builds

Property Clinic: Water connection fees explained

Cases include incorrect charge of €2,500 by provider as a result of faulty domestic meter

Scheme means renewables investors face no risk from movements in wholesale price

Who will pay, when will that be and will there be refunds?

Eoin O’Broin says letter from Minister is ‘wholly inappropriate and unacceptable’

Report addresses issues of refunds, metering, and over-use

Committee now facing the possibility it will fail to produce a final report

Fine Gael says draft report ‘is disingenuous and misleading to the Irish public’

Homes using 70% more than normal limit could be penalised under committee plans

Oireachtas committee report says those who have paid their bills should be refunded

Oireachtas water committee is examining a number of options on metering, refunds etc

FF position inconsistent, says Minister: ‘FF is willing to fine householders but not charge them’

Simon Coveney says legislation proposed by Opposition parties is contrary to EU law

Commission for Energy Regulation report highlights the financial benefits of ‘switching’

An Bord Pleanála upholds county council decision to turn down 200-acre solar farm

Traditional meters to be replaced with no need for home visit to have meter read

Letter from European Commissioner says any policy must comply with 'polluter pays' principle

Ill-fated State utility needs €13 billion to be invested in water services – crunch issue is where this money is going to be found

Commission for Energy Regulation also proposes financial incentives for homeowners

Payments up 15% despite Commission for Energy Regulation falling into the red

Experts were given impossible, highly politicised task, making for timid report

All-Ireland energy market to meet EU standard will not be operational until May 2018

Minister for Housing warns the public could pay more for water based on expert report

It also says a constitutional provision on public ownership should be addressed

Cork company receives planning permission to build facility on 32-acre site near Kinsale

Garrett Fitzgerald says food should be ‘designed to offer nourishment and pleasure’

‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ actor Rory Cowan helps raise awareness after being poisoned

Main Opposition party says water system should be funded through general taxation

People who change energy providers can make annual savings of up to €360. So why are we so slow to switch to better gas and electricity rates?

Latest rise in the levy to support renewables is considered a ‘rate shock’ by some in industry

Energy regulator to increase the public service obligation charge by €76m to €400m