369,000 customers will be impacted by the Bord Gáis increase of 13.5 per cent per unit.

Focus Ireland is calling on Irish businesses to join the Shine A Light Sleep Out on Friday October 10.

Mr Mullins also served as Chairman of the Port of Cork Company from 2013 to 2021 and was a director of the Tyndall Institute, Supervalu Pairc Uí Chaoimh and Wisetek Solutions Limited.

Bord Gáis Energy is cutting its unit rate of electricity by 10 per cent and its gas by 9.5 per cent from February 29th.