''Not a lot Electric Ireland or any providers can do to protect themselves or consumers against these price increases''

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''Not a lot Electric Ireland or any providers can do to protect themselves or consumers against these price increases''

Prepare yourself to add another €108 a year to your electricity bill, as Electric Ireland will raise the costs of energy prices for a second time this year. One of Ireland’s biggest energy suppliers joins the price hike trend, raising the cost of electricity by 9,3 % and gas by 7%. The move will impact around 1.1 million electricity customers and 145,000 gas customers. Kieran was joined by Conor Pope, Price Watch editor at The Irish Times... The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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''Not a lot Electric Ireland or any providers can do to protect themselves or consumers against these price increases''