{"id":121930,"date":"2025-10-14T18:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/121930\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:18:08","slug":"government-accused-of-deference-to-energy-companies-as-mcdonald-hits-out-at-rip-off-bills-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/121930\/","title":{"rendered":"Government accused of deference to energy companies as McDonald hits out at &#039;rip off&#039; bills &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxOMXFQRm1qSjcxUGxoaW91aGZNN0RjbEJuSnVLdl81NnJBc0Eta1h0SFBhZ2swclNBOERVRDEtWHpSWVFoS2NaSDBwLXlLLTdueWNOWnhKQ01ockpPdnJFOGszSnZNZ1JoYXZLRGt1WHZncnZnbXJfN3dhbmNxQ0MwQ2ZZX1F1XzJnXzNRQlc0dTlUQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government accused of deference to energy companies as McDonald hits out at &#8216;rip off&#8217; bills<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE4zZ21iRDJseXFqZ2JrWFNGYmwzWWRGd0RWcjl1RGJCS0NuLTJIVXM3QjRBVW5SUUtNelhPcm1wc3FtT3NPNURuZlpJRFprY0VESU5xdWtjcDNKVXVTbEkyc2FIMDVMVERDUlF3QUtIX2daM3NNcTZzUg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Energy customers face &#8216;price gouging&#8217;, D\u00e1il hears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQM3J6RlNhSGdxZFpNMjduc0lMamFsejg2ZjI5MWJmOHd3WmEySlJER3RCSXI4bjBJUkR1OTRfZUNjNFFvYkxDMGgwYzJRSnBGdFI0OUxaS29rVVdKdnE4OVE0MC1WMU5ZazF0WjlWMTNWdkN6VGhOVXpaR2cwMlVkNUw2X2hFenJseTZHNzQ4WHFiV1U0UUhKZndkSUtEN2U3WDNsUkZoeU9UZkU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Too &#8216;crude of a method&#8217; &#8211; Taoiseach rules out energy price cap<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BreakingNews.ie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPNXpoYTZPYWdRbDV5UE5sUDQ2UzdiNkVmNGlBdE9zLWo1cUlVUHdMN3dlaVNfTVRBV2hqTWszUnhsMTl0VUNYQlFBeFNzeGZmZHF3MVd3RVlwRGhrWWlqVW5haEx0TmQ0MUpYanY0cjB0Z2pvcXhfRWNuQXBoVkphdUxTRmpLTmpqdVZlbVhBZXlJMmhlMmdSZWNTUDkyYzYzU1NQSjNSQXBaWHFna0ZTTHp2LVF2aW5mekVJOTJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ireland has the highest electricity prices in Europe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxNSzdKUDNZcUNoT2NidTh6N2F3V1dGUVMzSUpKd3kxWE0tNFZ0S21sMjVEM2hzd0xZOThGUFZQXzJ4ZjJPMmdzajhKaWFBYjQ0Zzk3VG5LNWlXVWEyX2FZdlpQLW9lUTEyNURicGs4LUdvSnNmaldaV2pxRVN2dzlXamlxZVYxMkZvQ3Z6MXBscHFWc0VldERDQXpzRU5HXy1zWXpjejNCWDRZRHhaMjJFQnlFZzctYTIwWllBczA0MmVXU1U1VktqXzVzbEgxMi0tSWVNd1RZTXUzX1c0V0lvOTRfcTJsU2dmYUZYRjNNMk9RYnduRl9RWWJNZ1hYWTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taoiseach responds after energy firms accused of \u2018price gouging\u2019 as report shows they fail to pass on lower costs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Government accused of deference to energy companies as McDonald hits out at &#8216;rip off&#8217; bills&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal Energy customers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,4767,18,19,17,2335],"class_list":{"0":"post-121930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-dail-eireann","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-leaders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}