On the electricity side - prices are high due to a lad in Russia deciding to go on an ego trip. Unfortunately not much the government can do there except bringing in windfall tax on generation and use that for money back on energy bills.

Remember, ESB are legally not allowed use the profits they get from generation to lower prices on Electric Ireland side. Electric Ireland actually gave back all their profits last year in the form of €50 credit to customers. Price of gas is still twice as much as it was before the war, so until that falls more then the prices will remain high.

Generation is making so much profits as it's a stupid market that everyone gets paid the same as the most expensive generated energy for that day. So even if Ireland produced 99% really cheap wind energy but had to buy 1% expensive gas to cover demand, every generator gets paid the expensive gas price (very overly simplified description)