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Monday 30 November 2020
Energia has cut its rates only a few days after a new player emerged in the market.
Cutting costly emissions from thousands of public buildings would help the environment and save Ireland €200m a year – without requiring a single job loss.
After absorbing the price increase for the winter, Bord Gáis Energy is to add around 50 cent a week to bills.
One of the organisers said the government has “little or no long term, coordinated plans in place and is open to whoever wishes to come in and exploit our resources”.
France banned the practice in 2011 over the objections of the oil industry.
The Society of St Vincent de Paul has highlighted energy costs as particularly burdensome for struggling families.
Electric Ireland is to increase the price for residential gas by 2 per cent from the start of October.
Prices are set to rise by 2 per cent – although Bord Gáis had originally asked for an increase of more than 7 per cent…
The move would add almost nine euro per month to the average household winter gas bill.
Around one quarter of people who ask for help are looking for food.
IT’S THE LAST day of November, so it’s safe to say the Christmas countdown has well and truly begun.
With everything that has happened in 2020 so far, many people have chosen to bring a bit Christmas cheer into their lives earlier than usual this year, and decorations have been going up in households around the country for a number of weeks now.
But others are still sticking to their usual traditions and waiting until December to put the tree up.
So, today we want to know: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
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