Uisce Éireann pays performance-related bonus to 97% of staff – The Irish Times
About 97 per cent of staff at Uisce Éireann received a bonus payment last year under its performance-related…
New data centres designed for AI ‘require power in excess of that used by 100,000 homes’ – The Irish Times
Some modern data centres designed to support artificial intelligence (AI) demand more electricity than is needed to power…
Households ‘put on the hook’ for cost of data centre expansion to electricity grid – The Irish Times
It is not possible to assess how much Irish households are paying to subsidise the proliferation of data…
Data centres in Ireland to be offered cut-price gas in return for possible supply disruption – The Irish Times
Data centres are to get cut-price gas in return for accepting a possibility of disruption to their supply…
Surge in demand for power forces EirGrid to switch on emergency power plant twice – The Irish Times
Surging electricity demand prompted national grid operator EirGrid to call on emergency power plants to boost supplies twice…
Four months of electricity bills sent to some 2,000 Flogas customers – The Irish Times
Bills for four months of domestic electricity have been sent to some 2,000 Flogas customers who were affected…
Household electricity bills to rise from October following increased network charges – The Irish Times
Household electricity bills are set to rise from October after the national utilities regulator approved increased network charges…
Computing giants ‘pivoting away’ from ‘constrained’ Dublin as data centre hub – The Irish Times
Dublin is no longer a growth market for Amazon and other computing giants looking to build data centre…
Uisce Éireann hit with €31m penalty over leaks and bad debts – The Irish Times
The regulator for utilities has imposed a €31 million penalty on Uisce Éireann for failing to meet performance…
Data centres account for almost a quarter of Irish electricity usage in 2025 – The Irish Times
Data centres accounted for almost a quarter of the electricity consumed in Ireland last year, up from 5…
Department of Public Expenditure objected to adding 190 staff to energy and water regulator – The Irish Times
A government department objected to allocating up to 190 extra staff to the energy and water regulator, saying…
Businesses face rise in water charges as regulators green-light near €14bn investment – The Irish Times
Businesses face a likely rise in water charges after regulators gave State utility Úisce Éireann the green light…