PrepayPower is to increase its gas and electricity prices from June 1st in a move that will affect around 180,000 electricity customers and 60,000 gas customers.

More then one in 10 households cannot afford a warm home or to pay their energy bills in full, according to the ESRI.

Electricity prices in Ireland were the eighth highest in Europe in 2024

Contributing 40 per cent of the overall fuel mix in March, wind energy made up a significant proportion of renewable energy.

There is growing concern about the impact the war in Iran is having on energy prices.

Data from the CRU showed that one in seven households was behind on their electricity bills at the end of 2025.

The CRU says that people who switched to the best available tariff, or those who renegotiated every year for the past four years, could have saved around €2,500 on their bills.

Research by Ember shows developing countries led the clean energy charge

Yuno's chief executive, Cathal Fay, said that the absence of universal energy credits this winter would make customers more price-sensitive than ever.

Daragh Cassidy of Bonkers.ie said the high prices we are now paying for energy appear to be the new normal.

The latest figures show that wind power generation in July 2025 totalled 786 gigawatt-hours, with Cork wind farms knocking Kerry’s off the top spot for the first time since the beginning of this year.

Newstalk business correspondent Joe Lynam said the 23,000sq/m site would have created more than 500 jobs.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the review is significant in addressing Ireland’s infrastructure needs.

A new sale could value Energia Group at more than €2 billion including debt

Wind Energy Ireland chief executive Noel Cunniffe has said the Government needs to act during a ‘decisive window’.

The outage has also impacted airport operations in Ireland, with a number of flights to Dublin cancelled or delayed.

The supplier is increasing the unit rate of its electricity by 12.75 per cent and the unit rate of its gas by 10.5 per cent.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is proposing a measure to ensure new data centres do not put pressure on existing electricity supplies.

Mary Meehan from Dunmore in Galway said the last few weeks had been very difficult.

"I have already asked for work to be done to accelerate investment in the grid - to future-proof it and make it more resilient," Micheál Martin said.

ESB Networks have made progress in repairing the damage done from Storm Eowyn but 76,000 homes, farms and businesses are still without power

Michael Fitzmaurice said Uisce Éireann should have been better prepared for Storm Éowyn

Skilled retirees from ESB Networks are also being redrafted to assist.

Sinn Féin, Social Democrats and Aontú are all calling for an early return of the Dáil.

Power has been restored to 540,000 customers; however some 228,000 homes, farms and businesses remain without supply.

On Monday morning, the Sligo-based Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 118 undertook the humanitarian operation.

ESB Networks has said 246,000 customers are still without electricity tonight, while 100,000 will be without it for at least a week

Around 330,000 homes, farms and businesses remain without power after Storm Éowyn

Ireland's electricity prices are 52 per cent higher than the European average.

60 technicians from France arrived in the country on Monday to assist in restoring power along with teams from Northern Ireland Electricity.

Most remaining faults which have led to power outages across the country have an estimated repair time of 7pm on Sunday evening.

Wind generation in Ireland was the highest on record for the month of August, according to Wind Energy Ireland (WEI), which today published its monthly wind energy report

Data centres used up a greater share of electricity consumption than urban homes in the Republic last year

An increase or decrease in wholesale electricity prices can be an indication of what consumers will be charged in the future

The cost of charging an Electric Vehicle (EV) increased by 15 per cent last year

This is the fifth time this year that Yuno has cut its rates.

Twelve thousand homes and businesses are still without power this evening after Storm Kathleen made landfall earlier

The reduced rate will apply for new customers from Monday

Reductions for both companies will kick in from April 1st.

The amount of electricity generated by wind farms was one of the highest ever recorded for the month of January.

Flogas has become the latest energy company to announce it will reduce its prices

Domestic producer prices for manufactured goods were on average 3.7 per cent lower in December 2023 when compared with a year earlier, while producer prices for exported goods rose by 2.4 per cent.

Customers to benefit from 7.5% reduction in electricity and 5% in gas from March 1st