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Ireland has most expensive electricity prices in European Union - Eurostat
RTÉ News ^ | Thursday, 7 May 2026 07:57 | Aengus Cox, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Correspondent

Posted on 05/07/2026 1:09:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Ireland has the highest household electricity prices in the European Union, latest figures from Eurostat show.

According to the figures from the EU’s statistical agency — which cover the second half of last year — electricity in Ireland cost 40.42 cent per kilowatt-hour (including VAT and levies), which was nearly 40% above the EU average of 28.96 cent.

As a result, the average household in Ireland is paying around €480 a year more for its electricity compared to the EU average.

The figures show Irish electricity prices jumped by 32.7% between July and December 2025, when compared with the same period in 2024.

After Ireland, Germany (38.69 cent per kilowatt-hour) and Belgium (34.99 cent per kilowatt-hour) had the next highest prices.

Hungary had the cheapest electricity prices in the EU (10.82 cent per kilowatt-hour). …

(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: electricity; eussr; fartyshadesofgreen; fourthreich; ireland; tds

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The EUSSR has too much economic control. Funny how they kept prices low during the Biden regime, but as soon as Trump came back they put the squeeze on the continent . . .
1 posted on 05/07/2026 1:09:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Ireland should go back to its roots, and heat with natural organic abundant peat turf.

2 posted on 05/07/2026 1:53:50 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Olog-hai

“The EUSSR has too much economic control. Funny how they kept prices low during the Biden regime, but as soon as Trump came back they put the squeeze on the continent...”

Actually I remember their prices zooming up once the Neocon War against Russia started, in 2022, and maybe before then even. Most of it was due to their ‘green’ policies, including Germany blowing up its 12 nuclear plants, France’s policy of letting their 50 or so nuke plants ‘wither on the vine’ (since reversed) with the intent of replacing their reliable energy with totally unreliable energy, the UK shutting down its last coal plant, etc.

All of that pre-dates Trump 2.0 and I suspect they don’t want their new masters from the Middle East and Africa having a functional economy when they take over in a decade or so.

By the way, for people out there who don’t travel the world on a regular basis - when they say ‘cent’, they’re talking “Euro Cent”, which is about 20% higher than our one penny. So “40 cent” in US terms is nearly 50 US Cents per kwh, which is 3 times the average price in most of the US (other than deep blue states). They’re hosed.


3 posted on 05/07/2026 1:56:40 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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Prices went up in general during the Biden usurpation anyhow, who were working with the EUSSR.

I sure don’t recall Biden being a “neocon”, but then again, there is no difference between those and Democratic liberals.


4 posted on 05/07/2026 2:29:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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“I sure don’t recall Biden being a “neocon”, but then again, there is no difference between those and Democratic liberals”

Biden wasn’t officially a Neocon, but the Neocons below him, including one on the Wikipedia page on Neocons, had a FIELD DAY under him. Unfortunately, Trump can’t seem to distance himself from the Neocons either.


5 posted on 05/07/2026 2:36:31 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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Oh, one of those. Opus?


6 posted on 05/07/2026 2:37:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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The one on the right, Ukraine is her baby.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism#/media/File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_051024-F-5586B-016.jpg


7 posted on 05/07/2026 2:50:50 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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Of course, blame the US before the EUSSR, and drag this way off topic. Opus?


8 posted on 05/07/2026 2:59:03 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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You started it...I simply explained why their energy prices soared.


9 posted on 05/07/2026 3:05:01 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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I wonder if 1/3 of Irelands electricity being provided by wind turbines has anything to do with it?


10 posted on 05/07/2026 3:09:11 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (She's got freckles on her, but she is nice.)
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One large nuclear power plant would be enough to take care of the electricity needs of the whole island.


11 posted on 05/07/2026 3:22:22 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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Energy is literally the ability to get things done.

Governments that cause high energy prices with anti-human “green” policies consign their constituents to the bottom of the barrel.

Sucks to be you, Irish!


12 posted on 05/07/2026 3:36:30 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Paid leftist Trolls ought to be banned here. There are several obvious ones.)
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Ireland’s EU-puppet government sent in the military to attempt to squash protests whose demand was to get rid of the carbon tax, speaking of that.


13 posted on 05/07/2026 3:39:03 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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They need to reduce their population to a couple of hundred thousand and learn to burn peat to heat their homes and cook their food.


14 posted on 05/07/2026 3:51:54 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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I happened to do the math on a bill in the last day or two.

13.2 cents/kWh. N. GA.

They’re paying 3X my costs!


15 posted on 05/07/2026 4:18:45 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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We pay 12 cents per kwh here. They have a rate 3 1/2 times ours. Poor climate-scam believing schnooks.


16 posted on 05/07/2026 4:19:28 AM PDT by Blennos (This is the official Blennos tagline. Thanks to Big Red Badger. )
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