Thousands of families in arrears face having their gas and electricity cut off, the Money Advice and Budgeting Service has warned.
MABS has revealed that last month alone their helpline received calls from more than 1,900 people, a significant portion of whom had built up utility and rent arrears.
Of those, the numbers who reached out to the State’s debt advisory service in the last week of January is up 10% from the same period last year.
