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# Gas Prices

This year
2023
Prepay Power lowers gas and electricity prices following last year's increases
The modest reduction comes after two significant electricity price hikes in late 2022.
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Sep 14th 2023, 2:56 PM
Last year
2022
'More natural gas does not mean more energy security for Ireland,' Dáil committee hears
The Government is facing calls to back the development of a commercial LNG import terminal in North Kerry.
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Mar 29th 2022, 1:13 PM
Lower-income customers face 'real difficulty' from rising energy bills, says regulator
The chair of the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities said it is exploring every option.
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Mar 16th 2022, 11:34 AM
Nervous times for Irish households and businesses as supply anxieties roll through markets
Market ructions, gas rationing and 1970s-style inflation fears hit the headlines.
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Mar 8th 2022, 12:01 PM
Explainer: How reliant is Ireland on Russian energy - and why are gas and oil prices rising?
“When it comes to a global energy shortage, the implications are far more devastating in developing countries,” one economist said.
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Mar 3rd 2022, 1:52 PM
Energy prices: Taoiseach says 'sanctions will have impacts... there's no getting away from it'
Taoiseach has ruled out further energy credits and a delay on the carbon tax.
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Feb 22nd 2022, 2:54 PM
All time
Gas prices soar as Germany halts Nord Stream 2 approval
European gas prices jumped about 10% on the announcement
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Nov 16th 2021, 8:33 PM
From July, Bord Gáis will no longer have to apply to set their own prices
Price experts say it’s a good thing because it means better competition.
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May 30th 2014, 12:31 PM
Bord Gáis price hikes questioned as staff set to share €54m payout
Bord Gáis workers are to split a windfall after the winding up of the company’s share ownership scheme.
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Mar 21st 2014, 10:37 AM
Are you a Bord Gáis customer? Expect to see another price increase next month
The company says it expects this to be last adjustment to tariffs of its kind.
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Mar 5th 2014, 5:32 PM
People approaching St Vincent de Paul 'because they cannot afford the basics'
The Society of St Vincent de Paul has highlighted energy costs as particularly burdensome for struggling families.
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Oct 3rd 2013, 9:30 AM
Airtricity to increase gas prices from October, MD says it is "unavoidable"
Those on Airtricity’s cheapest tariff will see gas prices rise by 31 cent a week.
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Sep 6th 2013, 2:43 PM
Role of energy regulator questioned after Bord Gáis price hike
The CER has been condemned for “disregarding” warnings regarding domestic gas prices and instead granting a higher-than-anticipated price increase.
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Sep 5th 2012, 8:28 AM
Bord Gáis gas bills to rise by 8.5pc from October
The Commission for Energy Regulation approves an 8.5 per cent increase in Bord Gais Energy’s domestic gas prices.
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Sep 4th 2012, 1:50 PM
Irish petrol prices some of the world's highest
But petrol is more affordable for the Irish than most nationalities, as survey depicts Ireland as a country of tweed caps and sheepdogs.
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Aug 31st 2012, 9:09 AM
Gas prices likely to rise but too early to say by how much - Bord Gáis
The energy supplier was responding to a report in today’s Irish Independent which said consumers could face a 10 per cent price hike in the autumn.
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Jun 25th 2012, 12:00 PM
Regulator approves Bord Gais request for 22 per cent price hike
Bord Gais had asked for a 28 per cent increase in its prices, but has been given formal permission to raise prices by 22 per cent.
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Sep 3rd 2011, 1:38 PM
Bord Gais Energy may have spent up to €300,000 on luxury office chairs
The energy provider says it was given a good price for its new office furniture, after putting them out to tender across the EU.
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Aug 30th 2011, 4:13 PM
Bord Gais buys hundreds of deluxe office chairs – weeks after watchdog allows price hikes
These Herman Hiller Aeron chairs cost hundreds of euro each – and Bord Gais has taken delivery of 380 of them.
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Aug 30th 2011, 12:31 PM
The Daily Fix: Thursday
Energy regulator backs rise in Bord Gáis prices, Corrib ‘rape tape’ report released, and amazing video of a whale’s ‘thank you’ dance after being freed from fishing nets…
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Jul 28th 2011, 8:01 PM
Energy regulator backs 22 per cent gas price rise
Bord Gáis had proposed a 28 per cent rise due to the increase in wholesale gas prices this year.
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Jul 28th 2011, 6:21 PM