Energy Costs

Middle East conflict has pushed up oil prices, causing utility bills and forecourt costs to soar

Cuts to excise duty and the Nora levy, plus a rise in the fuel allowance, are intended to limit the increases in fuel prices resulting from conflict in the Middle East

Ask homeowners who have upgraded their homes if they would go back to a damp, cold house

Tax rebate scheme for hauliers aimed at keeping supply chains working with double fuel allowance payment expected

Asian stocks sell off with European and US assets poised to follow on Monday

A good guide for any measures is that they be targeted as far as possible and temporary in nature

Early Edition with Andrew McNair: Our top stories on Friday

Wholesale gas prices also climbing following military attacks on Iranian and Qatari gasfields this week

Israel’s military strikes in Lebanon ‘wholly disproportionate’, Micheál Martin says

Inside Politics: Simon Harris promises to bring forward measures to help Ireland cope with a surge in oil and fuel prices

‘Immediate action’ needed, says Fuels for Ireland

French energy company rejects allegation of complicity in war crimes

Political danger of an inflation spike will focus the minds at Brussels summit on Thursday

Tánaiste Simon Harris told the Dáil it would be agreed at the next Cabinet meeting, likely on Tuesday

Why heat pumps and solar panels are found in more affluent areas

One should be grateful for just simply getting some of one’s money back

UK PM arrives in Cork after addressing fuel cost concerns in North

But renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression

We need a retrofit reality check; the figures don’t stack up and we can’t be bothered

Brussels approved group’s sale last month, paving way for it to close by the end of June

Early Edition with Andrew McNair; our top stories on Tuesday

Trump ‘nowhere near’ deciding on whether or not to send US troops into Iran with Israeli strikes on Lebanon ongoing

Coalition is taking a cautious approach amid the Middle East conflict and resisting Opposition calls for immediate action

Government open to examining supports as energy costs increase – but repeat of energy credits unlikely

Party’s leader accuses Coalition of ‘disastrous’ immigration policy claiming it ‘refused to work with communities’

What Opposition TD wouldn’t loathe the money-hungry gannets or love a chance to castigate the Government for not cracking down on them?

Tehran’s war tactics reflect two things: its inferior position militarily and Trump’s sensitivity to higher gas prices

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Early Edition with Andrew McNair, our top stories on Wednesday

From a detached four-bed to a country cottage: step-by-step advice on how to boost your Ber to achieve lower bills and reduce your carbon footprint

Average price of 500 litres of oil now close to €700 with supplier saying demand surpassing that seen during cold weather

Sinn Féin calls for Government to reintroduce energy credits

State company joins with natural gas suppliers in green fuel initiative

While wholesale prices have softened considerably over the past 12 months, retail prices for consumers remain elevated

Just 70 passive houses and buildings have been certified in Ireland to date - something this Cork pioneer wants to change

More than 297,313 homes were behind with their electricity bills at the end September, and almost 180,000 had fallen behind with gas bills

Government has moved away from ‘all or nothing’ approach to grant aid that made energy upgrades unaffordable for many families

Cross-Border cost differences far from clear but questions are being asked of State’s regulator

Predicted expansion in demand ‘largely attributed to growth in data centre loads’, notes commission’s analysis

Pakistan’s citizen-led solar revolution was largely unplanned