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Staff at Dublin-based digital marketing agency Wolfgang Digital are taking a 25pc ownership stake in the business in what’s thought to be a first-of-its-kind deal for an Irish firm.

I bought my house 32 years ago for around €50,000. At that time my earnings were €12,000 per annum, which represented an average wage. Fast forward 32 years, the average wage in Ireland is now €45,000. However, my house is now valued at €550,000. So, wages have increased less than four-fold, while property has increased eleven-fold.

Households may get the option of signing up for a pricing system that would charge them different rates throughout the day based on the wholesale price of electricity.

New energy provider Yuno is to cut its electricity prices for the third time this year in a move that puts it up to its rivals.

A former energy minister has said smart electricity meters are too complicated for the general public, admitting he struggles with understanding how they work.

The vast majority of households are still not using their electricity smart meters, despite two-thirds of homes now having one installed.

The vast majority of households are still not using their electricity smart meters, despite two-thirds of homes now having one installed.

People with land along the route of an extensive new line of electricity pylons will begin to receive compulsory purchase notices soon if they do not sign voluntary agreements.

I mentioned recently that we enjoyed good relations with our neighbours in Kildare – just as well, since Kildare borders Enfield on three sides. If the Lilies get a glint of ethnic cleansing in their eyes, our Meath enclave is in trouble. Hence my generous offer of asylum to an energy refugee from Kilcock during last week’s storms.

Thousands of homes, businesses and farms lost power supply during the high winds associated with Storm Jocelyn yesterday, the second named storm to hit Ireland in just three days.