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PAY AS YOU go electricity customers are advised that they will not be cut off during the blizzard if their credit runs out.
Both Pinergy and Electric Ireland – the retail arm of ESB – operate a pay as you go service, which requires customers to top up as they use electricity.
Pinergy has a standard ‘friendly hours’ rule which means it will not cut people off between 5pm and 9am, but today a spokesperson said these friendly hours have been extended from 4pm today until 9am on Tuesday.
This is to cater for customers – particularly older people – who may be unable to top up over the next few days with stores and post offices closed.
The company’s call centre closed earlier this afternoon due to the severe weather conditions, but customers with issues can still contact staff:
Electric Ireland also suspends disconnections after 4pm until the next morning, but it said there is a risk some customers could be disconnected automatically during daytime hours if they do not top-up, or contact the company to let them know they are stuck.
To prevent this happening Electric Ireland said it is encouraging customers to top up their meters using the following methods:
All pay as you go customers also have an emergency credit of €5 that can be used for their meters if their credit runs out. This will be deducted the next time the customer tops up.
Customers in emergency situations can email Electric Ireland at payglifestyle@electricireland.ie and provide their MPRN and the company will issue a code for credit.
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“British Isles” ? seriously Journal. Time to move on!
Not that I like it either…. but it is a geographic term, not a political term.
“These Islands” is more neutral. About the only genuinely neutral thing about any of them.
The British Isles is not a recognised political or geographical term
@Awkward Seal: it’s a perfectly fine geographical term. The only issue with it is that it makes some Irish people get hysterical.
@Damocles: So if it makes ‘some’ Irish people hysterical, that’s OK?
@Paul Culligan: yes. People just need to calm down. Smell the cake, blow on the pizza.
@Paul Culligan: it helps sell rags and clickbait the keyboard warriors
The proposed legislation is written in a manner that is designed to be abused. The minister’s justification for the legislation has been undermined to the extent that only sucking up to the UK is left. The Minister is intent on securing rights for Foreign fishing vessels along the Irish foreshore and ignoring the Irish fishing industry and coastal communities. A Minister that is not for the Irish fishing industry is against it. Minister Creed should resign over this. This marine department would have successfully disowned our natural resources were it not for the successful appeal by the fishermen in the Supreme Court. Irish resources for Irish vessels. We have some of the best fishing grounds in Europe so let’s find a Minister with ability to deliver for the Irish fishing industry.
Our government rushed this bill to the dail to keep on the British governments good side , without holding any meetings to consult with the Irish fishermen the actual people that will be affected if it was passed. Already our fishing grounds are on a lot of stress and letting more access to them from northern boats would see the demise of a lot of them which would only recover by reducing fishing effort . When all go to shite which it will because our government is trying to please Britain and the eu , who will compensate the Irish fisherman with big boat mortgages ?? Nobody there is no compensation of decommissioning plan in place for the vessels, the will f**k us over and say tough shite.
The EU is sinking and Ireland wont float!!
@Trump Re[Loaded]: lol you need to stop watching RT or Breitbart. sad,
I bet the EU will hand them over to the Spainish now?
Fishing being a natural resource is vitally important and should not be abused. First and foremost the Minister must fight the ROI fishing sector corner first , last and always. Everything else is noise and an unwelcome distraction from securing the best deal for Irish boats. If deals are to be done with the northern fleet or the U.K. fleet it must be done on the basis of reciprocity where Ireland does not lose out. So sit tight, keep calm and await the outcome of PM May’s negotiations on Brexit ; there will be all sorts of opportunities and Ireland with its “cute hoor” mentality is ideally suited to exploiting any confusion from the Brexit fallout. Tight lines !
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