Energy Crisis

Pricewatch: From increases in mortgages and rent to health insurance and food, we determine the eye-watering financial toll of the crisis – and when exactly it began

Developers had warned that support on offer was too low to offset their rising costs

Reduction to gas and electricity prices should save average dual fuel customer around €385 per year

Move will save domestic duel fuel customers in excess of €400 over 12 months

Popular anger threatens to derail crisis-hit country’s $3bn IMF programme

SSE Airtricity were 'threatening’ couple with debt collectors

Opinion: Price is a contentious issue but we need to understand value of electricity and plan for what lies ahead

Company says it plans to reduce home energy prices from October in move that could see households save hundreds of euro

Restoring VAT to 13.5% ‘will ultimately have an inflationary impact’ and influence people’s spending decisions, hotels’ federation says

New levy for unrecycled waste applies from September 1st as reduced taxes for transport and tourism come to an end

Price jump expected after Friday when excise duty on fuel will climb by 7 cent for petrol and 5 cent for diesel as temporary measure ends

Extension of a moratorium on disconnections and greater flexibility for consumers in arrears are among protections announced

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Pricewatch: Ireland’s energy watchdog has said it expects gas and electricity prices for domestic users to start falling within weeks, but the fact remains that electricity is still very expensive to generate here

Bringing stubbornly high energy prices down would put more money in most people’s pockets than a small rise in deposit rates

Chris Horn: Harvesting solar power from space, and nuclear fusion, are two possible ways forward for the planet’s energy crisis

Mortgage interest rate rises overtake energy prices as chief driver of price growth, says National Competitiveness and Productivity Council

Electric Ireland, Bord Gáis and SSE cite hedging for price cut delay as survey says Dublin consumers pay nearly twice EU average for power

Yuno Energy says its new service could save Irish consumers more than €500 annually on their electricity bills

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EU hits gas reserves target two months ahead of schedule but analysts say it might not be enough

CSO says maximum daily temperatures were higher on average, while mean wind speeds were lower

Solar panels were installed after parish committee in Termonfeckin saw electricity bills spiral 300%

Prices have hit dizzying heights in Ireland, but would have been even higher without renewable power

Prices also supported by flows to Ukraine and Norwegian seasonal maintenance

Office of Government Procurement tender failed to attract any bidders

Decision to halt wind farm project off UK coast points to wider issues

New survey shows State tops global efficiency league but struggles in other key areas

Full retrofits can be beyond many homeowner’s financial resources but cheaper upgrades will make an impact

Wind energy hits new monthly record but consumers will not feel any immediate benefit

State’s largest mobile operator adds 300,000 customers to its network, pushing its market share in the Republic to 43.5 per cent

Regulator says future price rises mean it makes more sense to set levy at zero and offset part of expected rise in bills in 2024/25

Supplier says it does not plan to increase charges for homes and businesses despite losses

Minister for Finance also defends Coalition plans to breach 5% spending rule

Building and construction index, which covers materials and wages, rose by 4.9% in the 12 months to June

Reforms to curb soaring prices could increase fossil fuel use and send the wrong signal to investors

Man in west of Ireland property is ‘terrified about putting on heating or putting on electricity’, Sinn Féin TD Mairead Farrell says

More than half of all respondents cite cost as the main barrier to change, figures show

Warm, settled weather that lasted for most of June meant wind only fuelled 20% of electricity supplies

CRU estimates that SSE gas customers get best standard-rate deals while Flogas offers biggest discounts