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The Taoiseach told the Dáil that Putin wants western governments to get the blame for rising energy costs.
Households could receive an additional three weeks payment of the fuel allowance as part of the proposed measures.
Approximately 2.1 million domestic electricity account holders will benefit from the one-off credit.
The Dáil is finishing up for Christmas this week.
New England won their seventh straight game with a 14-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills.
Electric Ireland is set to increase prices by an average of 3.4% from October.
This week, the Cabinet approved the introduction of excessive charges for households.
Renting, judge’s appointments, microbeads and noise at the airport – just some of the issues the government plan to tackle.
The Irish Cancer Society has called for the abolition of inpatient fees in the next Budget.
Panda Power and Pinergy have become the latest Irish energy companies to up their prices.
However, it’s about €5,000 less than during the boom.
Three in five Irish households were forced to borrow to meet the costs of essential bills last year, according to a spokesperson for Switcher.ie.
It was announced that the Public Service Obligation levy is being increased by 30%.
What is a fair-usage policy? And can you just break a contract if you’re not happy?
The company said that affected customers will be refunded over the next few days.
20% borrowed money from family and friends to pay their bills.
The Commission for Energy Regulation is proposing the increase to the Public Service Obligation levy.
Just 8% don’t know what they think on the issue.
Water charges may be suspended for at least nine months.
Troika observers reading our newspapers must be banging their heads against their desks and screaming at their monitors: “You’re. Screwing. It. Up. Again.”
One man describes how he couldn’t see any light at the end of the tunnel.
Could it be the fault of the new postcodes?
Yet another brilliantly excruciating exchange.
The report from the Comptroller & Auditor General says further funding of €1.4 billion is anticipated to be invested in 2015 and 2016.
Paul Murphy TD said the anti-water charges movement is still looking good.
The woman was “devastated” by the experience.
Paudie Coffey got into a bit of a row on the radio this morning.
The Anti-Austerity Alliance IS calling on landlords “not to act as enforcers for Irish Water”.
Minister Kathleen Lynch said she believes the majority of people will pay their bill.
Customers are being written to at the moment – but the cut-off for An Post payments happens next week.
“For me, this is a chance to make a good life.”
Anti-austerity TD Paul Murphy has been thwarted in his efforts to find out how many bills have been paid.
The utility has outlined a number of reasons why it won’t release the figures at this stage.
The man’s widow says she was shocked to receive the letters with ‘RIP’ written beside her husband’s name.
Legal sources say his bill will be “not low in the seven figures”.
Three men skipped out on a €300 bill – and the pub really let them know about it.
Two people were arrested by gardaí today for minor public order offences.
Most people also expect to pay more on essential items over the next six months.