How to cut your household energy bills

Winter is coming, so here are some handy tips to reduce how much you pay to heat your house

The comedian Des Bishop once quipped that “immersions weren’t put on this planet to terrorise you”, and built our nation’s preoccupation with the devices.

With energy prices once again on the rise, careful monitoring of the immersion – and other household energy usage – is now all the more relevant, especially with winter’s colder days and bigger energy bills on the way.

The latest price figures from the Central Statistics Office show that ...