A grocer hit with consecutive electricity bills totalling €35,000 last year has been stunned with another €14,000 demand.
Gala shop owner Flora Crowe of Sixmilebridge in Clare told the Irish Mirror that State support for small businesses must continue past this month.
Her two-month electricity bills last year averaged around €6,500, but jumped to €15,782.23 in September, then €20,803.41 in November, and now over €14,000.