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Poll: Are you struggling to pay your energy bills this winter?

Calls for help with energy poverty to St. Vincent de Paul have skyrocketed in the last three years.

BORD GÁIS ENERGY today announced a price reduction for residential electricity and gas customers, with bills set to go down by 10% for electricity and 9.5% for gas from the end of February.

However, it’s only the second price cut since a series of hikes in 2022.

Meanwhile, calls for help with energy poverty to St. Vincent de Paul have skyrocketed in the last three years.

Today we’re asking you: Are you struggling to pay your energy bills this winter?

Poll Results:

Yes (3949)

No (3255)

A little (2069)

Yes
A little
No

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