# electricity - Monday 6 January, 2014
# Electricity
# Electricity
Over 450 homes in Newport Co Mayo are said to be still without power.
# Pylons
# Pylons
Opposition groups were out protesting against pylon developments yesterday.
# Your Say
# Your Say
Plans have been criticised by people living in the areas concerned but Eirgrid and the government say the pylons are needed. What do you think?
# electricity - Friday 3 January, 2014
# Stormwatch
# Stormwatch
Meanwhile service has been restored to thousands of ESB customers who had their power cut after last night’s bad weather.
# Orange Alert
# Orange Alert
Met Éireann releases new alert for this afternoon as wild weather set to continue.
# electricity - Monday 30 December, 2013
# ESB
# ESB
In excess of 100,000 customers around Ireland were affected by the storm.
# electricity - Sunday 29 December, 2013
# Power
# Power
The World Bank figures state Ireland consumed the most electricity in 2008.
# electricity - Saturday 28 December, 2013
# Power
# Power
The company there are an average of eight customers per fault now that they are working on some of the smaller faults around the country.
# electricity - Friday 27 December, 2013
# Stormwatch
# Stormwatch
ESB Networks says it still has to fix about 1,000 faults on the network.
# electricity - Saturday 21 December, 2013
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: How many people voted Yes in the Seanad referendum when they meant to vote No?
# electricity - Thursday 19 December, 2013
# Weather Watch
# Weather Watch
ESB Network crews will go out at first light this morning to assess the damage and work to restore power.
# electricity - Monday 16 December, 2013
# Blackout
# Blackout
ESB Networks says the problem is expected to be fixed tonight.
# electricity - Friday 13 December, 2013
# Cook Electric
From The Daily Edge
# Cook Electric
When you wanna get your man a pan…
# electricity - Friday 6 December, 2013
# Down To The Wire
# Down To The Wire
The company’s Unions’ Dispute Committee says it will implement a “full withdrawal of labour” later this month, although will not be meeting the Labour Relations Committee today.
# electricity - Thursday 5 December, 2013
# Fierce Breezy
# Fierce Breezy
More than 1,400 homes in Northern Ireland are without power this evening.
# ESB
# ESB
Minister Pat Rabbitte has requested that the LRC intervene as power disruptions would be “out of all proportion” to the issues involved.
# Electricity
# Electricity
Quinn’s bill comes with five-year punishments for anyone who disrupts a network, but has been criticised by the government.
# electricity - Tuesday 3 December, 2013
# Eirgrid
# Eirgrid
Minister Pat Rabbitte said tonight that it is the Government’s policy to deliver infrastructure in the most “cost efficient and timely way possible”.
# Pylons
# Pylons
John O’Connor also “refuted emphatically” that he would have a conflict of interest in his new position having previously been the chairman of An Bord Pleanála.
# electricity - Saturday 30 November, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
ESB staff have voted in favour of striking over a pensions scheme dispute.
# Opinion
# Opinion
Without power, our modern society cannot function normally – which is why workers at the ESB ought to be banned from striking and causing a total or partial power failure, writes Aaron McKenna.
# electricity - Thursday 28 November, 2013
# Talks
# Talks
The group of unions representing ESB workers said they would be proceeding with serving strike action notice tomorrow at 2pm.
# War Of Words
# War Of Words
Unions have said that they will serve notice of industrial action from tomorrow which could lead to strike action from 16 December.
# Strike
# Strike
There are hopes that industrial action which is due to begin on 16 December can be avoided.
# electricity - Tuesday 26 November, 2013
# ESB
# ESB
The largest ESB union said it is now up to management to honour their agreement with workers on the company’s pension scheme.
# ESB
# ESB
Businesses and households are facing the possibility of power cuts next month if the ESB workers proceed with strike action on 16 December.
# electricity - Monday 25 November, 2013
# ESB
# ESB
Retail Excellence Ireland urged the government to intervene to prevent the ESB from “holding the country to ransom”.
# electricity - Friday 22 November, 2013
# Strike
# Strike
The ESB Group of Unions met today and accepted an invitation to talks but have stated firmly that strike notice would be in place thereafter.
# electricity - Thursday 21 November, 2013
# CO2 EMISSIONS
# CO2 EMISSIONS
The independent environmental charity are not happy with the decision to allow Edenderry power station to keep burning peat until 2023.
# electricity - Monday 18 November, 2013
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The ESB Group of Unions will meet on Friday to decide on the next step after 87.5 per cent voted for industrial action over a pension dispute.
# electricity - Tuesday 12 November, 2013
# Electricity Supply
# Electricity Supply
There have been protests recently opposing EirGrid’s plans to upgrade the transmission network though overhead pylons.
# electricity - Tuesday 5 November, 2013
# Sponsored By Electric Ireland
# Sponsored By Electric Ireland
Beat the midweek slump with these stories of kindness from TheJournal.ie commenters.
# electricity - Friday 1 November, 2013
# Blackout
# Blackout
A power outage on the N11 has affected traffic lights and street lights, gardaí say.
# electricity - Thursday 31 October, 2013
# electricity - Friday 11 October, 2013
# ESB
# ESB
The company said the new building will showcase innovative technologies that will reduce the running costs by 50 per cent.
# electricity - Thursday 10 October, 2013
# She's Electric
From The Daily Edge
# She's Electric
I think I’m goin’ back, to the things I learned so well… in my yooooouth…
# electricity - Wednesday 9 October, 2013
# Sponsored By Electric Ireland
# Sponsored By Electric Ireland
Some practical advice for saving pennies in the run-up to the most expensive season.
# electricity - Thursday 3 October, 2013
# Fliuch
# Fliuch
Bad weather knocked out electricity supply to more than 800 homes.
# electricity - Tuesday 1 October, 2013
# Household Charges
# Household Charges
Gas customers of Bord Gáis, ESB Electric Ireland and Airtricity will see higher prices in their next bill.
# electricity - Tuesday 24 September, 2013
# What's Left Survey
# What's Left Survey
Plus here’s how much money people are spending on bills on average every month.
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