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Belfast Live
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Jane Corscadden

Cost of living: Northern Ireland retailer sold ten times more energy top-ups than normal the day before price hikes

One retailer in Northern Ireland sold ten times more energy top-ups than normal on Friday, the day before big price rises kicked in.

Increases in the cost of electricity and gas from some suppliers came into effect on Saturday, October 1.

SSE Airtricity, Electric Ireland and Click Ireland all put their electricity price up by about a third, while gas from SSE Airtricity went up by 28%.

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