{"id":445533,"date":"2026-05-12T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/445533\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:28:10","slug":"government-under-fire-over-energy-costs-irelands-sky-high-bills-are-not-normal-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/445533\/","title":{"rendered":"Government under fire over energy costs: &#039;Ireland&#039;s sky-high bills are not normal&#039; &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE1kbmhRVVJ0ZHB2X21OSWhpS21LRHRuN251dTQ1RDMySl9nUFEtNE55THJNUmNVSmxaM3ZPRU1QN2FLUzlwZ1doZHRybjFVc2N4dUM0aHl2aGVCODBkOUMtbXYyVThyblBuLUVTUUVqd3o2RkREeXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government under fire over energy costs: &#8216;Ireland&#8217;s sky-high bills are not normal&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE5oczdhMHYzdnRVMlZJdl9jVGJRQWMwR0ZxOENnR0Roa3lvWWRkS0RNdGd3a2Q5N1l3Q0hPNTlkMUtJWFhCd0REbDVRbHZkR1NobGJiRi1XSlFTc2xBcEI4cHY3bw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Energy suppliers not making &#8216;excessive&#8217; profits from soaring gas and electricity prices, watchdog says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8AFBVV95cUxPRmNvcDBjV09PaVNIQ3U4eG9mTzVDYm1YelVDMTIwOUJmSFBQRGZBczc5RC1LYUN2akVXb2VTNzVNOEhQR1pHV3NIMWhTWUNiZHlHbWNUSUxYWGNkVk1OWW5PRTZSNnZ2SXl1bmYybThMMDVTcDU4cDJNQURYNW4zTXpiZkRCck9XNlI0alpuOXpFWm9MWmxHOWQ2eXlGQlRnbXN3MHg4N05tWmRQNUJkWVMxc0FaMGpRWkVlTEJ6NlpXS3VKSnF1NzRBeTQ4VkItOGVMY1Z6TVlrV095UExOTFF6MnEzTERGUWUyWVRmdEQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No evidence of energy companies profiteering despite highest electricity prices in EU, regulator says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxOYkRxcDQtVTBPc1pzRm41bnhHSXpUOU9WT2JVNWY3akRNRktFb2plc1lwNzdYaEFWRDRtMi0wWm1JLXJ3YTFtaV9jZHYzazN3Umo0aGZyV3lBNWRiRWdHVVRDaFJrYmF6TnJqTjV6ZVltZzdWU2k0ZENrcG4wbFdGUw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Irish households pay more for electricity<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Midwest Radio<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7wFBVV95cUxQSVZLWURGakl6TTNKT0Z0SXNKcmM5eWV1d1BXaEVpdlBvR0ZLUGVBcS1MaXE4dFQtcTUyZkdGXzFpd28zRVV1djF4Q3BxNWJGNVUtMW5PdjEtUTdnVjVacG8zYU9rS203cGhobTZ3TDhkbXpXdFFEeTBYekZ2UlI1RGdvRDF2NktUSFF5Vnh3eWI5dy1qUTB3dHNYVFIzazZJSVdNVWRyLXNqNUlIeUZ5WGcxcWgtZE02VVBFUXpJcHAyUHpGdnFBNWE3NGM0VHlqc0poNi00c0o5VGxMcFVSVW1OcVY5cEU0dG5nek9Kaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government must support Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s proposals to end the energy rip-off, tackle price-gouging and make life more affordable \u2013 Pa Daly TD<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;sinnfein.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Government under fire over energy costs: &#8216;Ireland&#8217;s sky-high bills are not normal&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalEnergy suppliers not making &#8216;excessive&#8217; profits&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,113465,193745,2036,580,42614,5485,193746,12614,61,60,70,3415,193747],"class_list":["post-445533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cru","tag-dail-debate","tag-electricity","tag-energy","tag-energy-bills","tag-energy-costs","tag-energy-regulator","tag-gas","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-simon-harris","tag-sinn-fein","tag-sky-high-bills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}