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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Clare McCarthy

Energy expert tells RTE's Prime Time viewers the two things Irish people can do to reduce the price of your gas bill

An energy expert has explained how Ireland’s indirect connections to Russia will affect the price of your gas bill in the coming months.

Russia supplies about a third of Europe’s natural gas however, Ireland is not directly dependent on Russian gas.

Speaking on RTE's Prime Time on Thursday night, Dr Muireann Lynch, energy economist at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), said that despite this we will still see an increase in Irish household bills as wholesale gas prices are "set at a global level".

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