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Inside East Wall refugee centre as asylum seekers want to join protests and say rooms are like 'cage for animals'

The Irish Mirror spoke to a number of refugees who are being housed in the old ESB building in Dublin

Irish Mirror

Asylum seekers in East Wall say office block lodgings are like 'animal cages'

The former ESB office block on the East Wall Road is housing hundreds of asylum seekers

Dublin Live

East Wall demonstrators set to bring Dublin to a standstill again

Protesters have taken to the streets regularly since November 19 after it emerged an old ESB building was being used to house refugees

Irish Mirror

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East Wall protesters call for referendum on how refugees are accommodated

They have vowed not to meet any more politicians until their demands are met

Irish Mirror

'Embarrassing' refugee protests in East Wall, Dublin slammed by locals

'If people are saying they have a problem with the Government then why are they doing it outside of that building there [the ESB Office Block]. The Government don't sit there'

Irish Mirror

East Wall protesters vow to continue blocking Port Tunnel until asylum centre is shut down

The next blockade is expected to go ahead this evening

Irish Mirror

Ministers meet East Wall, Dublin residents protesting over arrival of hundreds of Ukrainian refugees into their community

Hundreds of people have turned out at protests and joined local residents in expressing their opposition to the Government’s move over the past fortnight

Irish Mirror

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'Not right' for communities to have veto over who can live in their area, says Leo Varadkar

His comments came after two large protests were held in East Wall, Dublin, over refugees being housed in a former ESB office block

Irish Mirror

Energy companies in Ireland accused of 'outrageous profiteering’ amid cost of living crisis

ESB, the State company and owner of Electric Ireland the largest energy supplier in this country, reported huge gains of €357million for the first half of this year.

Irish Mirror

East Wall protests postponed as Minister Roderic O'Gorman to meet with residents

A series of protests have led to severe traffic disruption in the area

Dublin Live

Second protest takes place in East Wall after 'male-only' asylum seekers housed in old ESB building

Hundreds gathered on the East Wall Road this evening

Irish Mirror

Hundreds of residents gather in East Wall to protest housing of asylum seekers in former ESB site

Up to 300 local residents stopped traffic in the area claiming the building is being used for male-only asylum seekers

Dublin Live

Hundreds gather in East Wall, Dublin to protest housing of 'male-only' asylum seekers in former ESB site

The protesters claimed they had been not consulted about the move

Irish Mirror

Over 600 Ukrainian refugees to be housed in Drumcondra seminary as early as next month

Minister Roderic O'Gorman's Department is also in the latter stages of negotiations to bring a former ESB office block on the East Wall Road on stream to house refugees

Dublin Live

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Irish Mirror

Old seminary in Dublin to be used to house more than 600 Ukrainian refugees in latest bid to tackle accommodation crisis

'The best part of' €2 million has been spent on the building which has been empty for the past few years

Irish Mirror

DRAFT - Irish caravan park residents livid as loophole sees them denied €200 energy credit they need 'more than anybody'

"We don’t turn the lights on in the rooms at night to save electricity. It’s like living back 100 years ago."

Dublin Live

South Dublin broadband gets €50 million cash injection

SIRO was created in collaboration with Vodafone and the ESB to make fibre broadband more accessible nationwide

Dublin Live

Cost of living: ESB say only small number of smart meter customers use key money-saving feature

It was confirmed today that just 4% of more than 900,000 households are using the service available on smart meters, which would bring an end to their estimated bills going forward

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Irish Mirror

ESB warn only 4% of smart meter customers are using key money-saving feature

A ‘time-of-use’ tariff is a time-based billing structure which means the rate charged for each unit of electricity consumed varies depending on the time of the day

Irish Mirror

ESB announces €357m profit for first six months of 2022 as Sinn Fein calls for action on 'obscene' figures

'People will be understandably livid to hear the ESB is making €2m profit per day while also hiking prices at Electric Ireland'

Manchester Evening News

Can Manchester avoid a winter of blackouts?

Worst-case scenario could see country left short of power

Belfast Live

The Earth's Corr: Alliance MLA is right to be embarrassed by our Electric Vehicle infrastructure

Just over 8,000 out of 1.2m cars are EVs and we have only 337 public charge points

Irish Mirror

'Most new dwelling completions since 2011' with 53.4% increase in second quarter of 2022

The new dwelling completions series by the CSO is based on the number of domestic dwellings connected by the ESB Network to the electricity supply

The Guardian - AU

Paying coal and gas plants to supply back-up energy a ‘retrograde step’, Clean Energy Council says

‘It’s the wrong policy debate at the wrong time,’ industry says of capacity mechanism

The Guardian - AU

Australian voters have sent Peter Dutton a clear message; he would be silly to miss the cue

Dutton’s choice to continue a policy of wrecking in energy highlights the challenge Albanese has in seeking to end the destructive decade

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