ESB’s bumper profits create a hot potato for Government
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Geraldine Dolan of the Poppy Fields Cafe in Athlone, Co Westmeath, with an electricity bill for almost €10,000 last September. Photo: Tom O'Hanlon
John Mulligan
THE massive profits generated by the ESB are a political hot potato for the government.
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