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The owner of a small café in the Midlands has seen their energy bill rise 250 per cent

The electricity bill received by Geraldine Dolan, owner of the Poppyfields Cafe, Athlone, Co Westmeath, which was 250 per cent higher than 12 months ago. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish TimesThe rise in energy costs is as relentless as it is dramatic as bills increase by multiples, rather than percentages at the moment.

The cost of electricity to the Poppyfields café for 73 days from early June until the end of August came in at €9,024.70. Vat brought the total to €812.22.

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year to date my company has spent €278,161 on energy, same period in 2021 was €150,146 ex. vat

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