Households around the country are burning up 20 cent every morning to rid their car windscreens of ice.
And Ireland’s national power supply operator Eirgrid has revealed that the cold spell caused a new record surge of demand on the network.
Figures show that the cost of boiling a kettle is 6.7 cent per five-minute boil and researchers estimate that many motorists use three kettle loads to clear their windscreens.
