Tag Archives: Electricity Costs

Comparing Ireland to France when thinking of moving home

I received this e-mail a little while ago from someone who was in the process of moving home to Ireland from France. [...]

Irish consumer inertia – it’s why we’re ripped off so much

80,000 switch from ESB to Bord Gáis
I’ve written here a few times recently about the advent of a sort of competition in [...]

Go green by being mean

A bit of a “green” theme here on ValueIreland.com today – here’s the first of 3 articles.
When it comes to your carbon [...]

Switch to save more: At last, the power of real competition

Irish News of the World
February 22nd, 2009
Diarmuid MacShane
Electricity Competition Arrives in Ireland
Like the 19A bus, we wait for 4 years for a [...]

Weekend Consumer News Short Stack

Just a few short comments for the weekend.

ValueIreland.com Housekeeping – We think we’ve been having problems with our e-mail recently, but it’s [...]

Weekend Consumer News Short Stack

A few short points for the weekend:

Consumer Protection Agency – According to the Irish Independent on Thursday, Ireland has one. If only [...]

But why has Ireland the highest electricity prices?

We’re suffering the highest electricity prices in Europe according to this article last week in the Irish Times for one particular reason:
IRELAND [...]

Saving Money on your Gas and Electricity Bills

It’s a couple of weeks now since the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) admitted that the ESB and Bord Gais would be [...]