The average price of electricity in Ireland, in June of 2012, has been 0.2155€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0069 kWh, 3.31% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Ireland in that period was € 0.185 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1755 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 5.41%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Ireland has increased by 16.79%.
From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in Ireland has been € 0.2155 kWh, in June of 2012, while in June of 2008, electricity price was € 0.1769 kWh, its minimum price in this period.
Ireland is among the European countries with the most expensive electricity.
Finally, if we compare the price of electricity with taxes and without taxes, we see that, in the last period, households paid € 0.0305 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 14.15% of what households pay for the electricity are taxes.
You can see the ranking of electricity price in Europe and see all the information about Ireland in economy of Ireland.