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Pay-as-you-go energy users not protected from disconnection this winter

Pay-as-you-go energy users not protected from disconnection this winter

In August it was announced that the energy regulator, CRU, has extended the moratorium on disconnections for energy users from mid-December to mid-January to December 1st to February 28th in a bid to keep energy flowing this winter. In response to a question by Solidarity-People Before Profit TD, Mick Barry,

LNG terminal won't bring energy security, just higher prices.

LNG terminal won't bring energy security, just higher prices.

An Bord Pleanála is set to decide whether a fracked gas import terminal and power plant should be built along the Shannon Estuary in September, pending the publication of the government's Energy Security Review. In a submission to An Bord Pleanála the proposed developer of the fracked gas import terminal,

Limerick protest on Cost of Living crisis this Saturday

Limerick protest on Cost of Living crisis this Saturday

In a statement, People Before Profit spokesperson Cian Prendiville said the latest figures showing inflation at a 38 year high of 7.8% confirmed the need for the government to take more urgent and radical action to address the cost of living crisis. Former Councillor Prendiville said today’s figures

Freeze prices - not the people

Freeze prices - not the people

Cian Prendiville, the local People Before Profit representative for Limerick, has warned that people are facing a new price hike on electricity, gas and mortgages which will see inflation rise above the already high 7%. In a statement he said, “SSE Airtricity has increased electricity prices by 24% from May

Decision on Shannon LNG deferred until September

Decision on Shannon LNG deferred until September

An Bord Pleanála has confirmed that it has postponed its decision on the 500MW Gas fired power station and LNG terminal until September 9th. The decision was originally intended to be made on March 7th but it has deferred the decision citing the “complex nature” of the proposed development. People

Floating Data Centre a threat to Limerick’s electricity capacity

Floating Data Centre a threat to Limerick’s electricity capacity

Nautilus Data Technologies, which has received a $5 million investment from the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, says it hopes to deploy a new data centre into the river Shannon within the next 18 months. When the data centre is completed it is expected to provide 25 permanent jobs. The sister

Opposition to the ‘Greening of Gas and Nuclear‘

Opposition to the ‘Greening of Gas and Nuclear‘

Former Councillor Cian Prendiville, the local People Before Profit representative for Limerick, has urged local Green Party TD Brian Leddin to come out against an EU proposal to label gas and nuclear as a green energy. Deputy Leddin is the chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action but