"Je ne vous ai jamais vu aussi
gai. Que s'est-il donc passe?"
More than 430,000 consumers "made the big switch" from ESB Electric Ireland to Bord
Gais Energy for their electricity supply over the past two years, lured by the promise of lower prices.
Rip-off Bord
Gais, of which Cork native Mr Mullins is the chief executive officer, will announce an electricity increase of more than 10% later this week.
The Bord
Gais Energy award was established last year and inaugural winner, Clare's Darach Honan, is again included despite Clare not making it through to the latter stages of the All-Ireland series.
Committee chairman MJ Nolan TD said: "An inquiry found Bord
Gais breached data protection legislation.
Bord
Gais chairman Rose Hynes said: "This is a significant step in the pursuit of our dual-fuel, allisland strategy."
Energy Minister Eamon Ryan praised Bord
Gais for creating opportunities o u t o f the present economic climate.
Former Cork goalkeeper and Bord
Gais Energy Sport sponsorship manager Ger Cunningham, who was part of the selection committee, added: "Darach has emerged from this year's Bord
Gais Energy GAA Hurling Under-21 Championship as one of the top talents for the future.
Bord
Gais Energy's managing director David Bunworth said the move will see the second cut in gas prices this year.
The team was selected by Bord
Gais Energy Sports Ambassador and Dublin manager Ger Cunningham, TG4's Micheal O Domhnaill, Waterford great Ken McGrath and Galway forward Joe Canning.
13 December 2013 - A group formed by Centrica plc (LON:CNA), Brookfield Renewable Power Inc and iCON Infrastructure was named the preferred bidder for Irish company Bord
Gais Energy following the launch of a revised offer with an enterprise value of up to EUR1.12bn (USD1.54bn).
Winners of the other categories for the Bord
Gais Energy Irish Book Awards were: Eason Novel of the Year: Ancient Light by John Banville; John Murray Show Listeners' Choice Award: Just Mary by Mary O'Rourke; Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year: Broken Harbour by Tana French; Avonmore Cookbook of the Year: Eat Like an Italian by Catherine Fulvio; Argosy Non-Fiction Book of the Year: Country Girl by Edna O'Brien; and Lifestyle Sports Sports Book of the Year: My Olympic Dream by Katie Taylor.