Move comes a week after rival supplier cut its prices for residential customers

Rivals not ruling out similar move

Wholesale electricity prices fell 13 per cent in December, Bord Gáis index shows

Pinergy had a high level of complaints relative to market share, CRU found

Coveney says some rhetoric in Tory leadership debates over no-deal Brexit ‘simply not based on reality’

Contract involves to 1.2 million customers

‘We have made it clear the time for debate and discussion over the backstop was during negotiations’

Control hot water, heating and applicances from your smartphone or tablet

Partnership will allow customers to avail of discounts of up to €60 off future Eir bills

Engineering firm has €727,000 deficit, but also €4.4m in work-in-progress claims

Consumers urged to be wary of emails and text messages claiming to be from companies

Also, Columbia revolutionises snow boots with its new high-tech winter footwear

Retailer and supplier of lines such as Lynx and Pot Noodle in dispute over rising costs

People who change energy providers can make annual savings of up to €360. So why are we so slow to switch to better gas and electricity rates?

Group reports pretax profit of €14.2m last year with turnover of €324m

500km range and inductive charging for the upcoming all-electric Q6 SUV

New battery system potentially cuts time spent at charging points to just 15 minutes

Part electric Porsche on the way as VW Group looks to take on Tesla

Car maker's plugin hybrid will still get all the plaudits and headlines, but the diesel model is now a much improved car

Sales companies Lites Group and NK Communications did deal with energy supplier

Report says car makers face mounting investment worries

308 R Hybrid previews a new breed of GTI

New battery tech from LG could stretch electric vehicle touring ranges and with the work of the likes of Tesla as well, could push electric cars into the mainstream market

Big SUV gets new badge but is really a facelifted M-Class

X5 xDrive40e brings i8 supercar’s tech to more workaday models

Coupe SUV previews a new future for James Bond’s personal car maker

Pre-2001 heavy vehicles the first to be excluded from Parisian roads

Electric Opels still to come, even as Ampera is finally killed off

In part four of the series showing you how to save €5,000 a year, utility bills come under the spotlight as leaks to your wallet are plugged. And there’s a chance to win €5,000 (see Monday’s paper)

Nissan Leaf is the top-selling electric car in Ireland, with all eyes on the €100,000 Tesla

Meanwhile, electric car sales in the US are finally gaining significant ground

Next ASX and Pajero to get PHEV drivetrain

Dramatic Quartz concept previews 3008 replacement

ADFX Awards keynote speaker Rory Sutherland warns advertisers to be wary of relying on data rather than intuition and awareness of human psychology

Cayman will get new low-Co2 flat-four too and Porsche is still plotting all-electric drivetrains

Many people not switched on to energy savings

Irish companies have signed contracts worth €25 million in the first three days of the government’s trade trip to the Gulf region