POWER PLAYERS

OWNER: British multinational plc Centrica.

IRISH EMPLOYEES: 355.

IRISH CUSTOMERS: 730,000 homes and businesses.

HEAD: Dave Kirwan, left, Managing Director in Ireland. SALARY: In 2020 Mr Kirwan shared a pay package with two other directors worth €1.148m. Centrica boss

Chris O’Shea earns £775,000.

PROFITS: Up 74% to €39.5m in the first half of 2022.

OWNER: Scottish-based plc SSE Group.

IRISH EMPLOYEES: 1,000.

IRISH CUSTOMERS: 800,000 homes and businesses.

HEAD: Alistair Phillips-Davies, right, SSE Group Chief Executive.

SALARY: £4.5m in 2021, in a salary of over £900,000, a £1.2m bonus and a £2m long-term share bonus.

PROFITS: Operating profit rose 15% to £1.5bn in the year to March, while pre-tax profits hit £3.5bn, up 44%. Last year SSE Airtricity paid a €115m dividend to its parent company.

OWNER: US firm I Squared Capital, via a Cayman Islands holding firm.

IRISH EMPLOYEES: 1,010.

IRISH CUSTOMERS: 258,000 homes and businesses.

HEAD: Ian Them.

SALARY: He shares a package worth €2.8m with other managers.

PROFITS: Earnings to end March rose to €200m from €194m. €40m dividend paid to Cayman Islands parent.

OWNER: Privately owned by financier Ulric Kenny, founder Cathal Fay, tech entrepreneur Andrew Collins and others. IRISH EMPLOYEES: 250. IRISH CUSTOMERS: 163,000 homes. HEAD: Cathal Fay, founder & CEO. SALARY: He shares a package worth €1,046,046 with four other directors. PROFITS: €14.1m after-tax profit in 2020 on turnover of €200m. OWNER: Part of semi-state firm ESB.

IRISH EMPLOYEES: 7,870 (ESB). IRISH CUSTOMERS: 1.3 million homes and businesses.

HEAD: Paddy Hayes.

SALARY: In 2021 he shared pay and perks worth €4.3m with other managers and board members.

PROFITS: After-tax profit trebled in the first half of the year to €390m.