€920 'weekly cost' of running average home bought in boomAN IRISH family who bought a house at the height of the property boom would need to earn more than €920 a week after tax just…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
Airtricity electricity and gas go up next monthAIRTRICITY IS to increase the price of its domestic gas and electricity in a move that will add nearly €120 to the annual fuel…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Watchdog concerned about rise in financial complaintsCOMPLAINTS FROM consumers about the possible misselling of controversial payment protection insurance (PPI) policies sold by …Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
Cheap and cheerful way through collegeFrom coupon collecting to home brewing, students embarking on a year in college can save themselves a fortune if they follow …Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
It's easy to make a bags of itYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: A reader got in touch to say she is travelling to Madrid later this month for 12 weeks to complete a…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Paralympians due home this eveningPRESIDENT Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny hailed the most successful Irish Paralympic team ever yesterday.Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Businesses breach advertising rulesA Sunglasses Hut, a Halfords outlet, Ryanair and an Organic food shop Co Dublin were among the businesses to fall foul of the…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Pledge to secure better value for reduced Irish Aid budgetTHE NEED for greater accountability and development programmes which offer better value for money have been highlighted by Minister…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Speculation ECB will cut rate again to 0.5% todayTHERE WAS intense speculation on financial markets yesterday that the European Central Bank will cut its key interest rate by…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Women's car insurance cost on rise, index showsTHE COST of car insurance for women is going up while for men it is falling ahead of a new EU directive banning price discrimination…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Fragile optimism: consumers tire of scrimping and switchingA new survey indicates, very faintly, that if things are not quite getting better, they could soon stop getting worseSat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Ulster Bank redress payout may cost almost €100mTHE COMPENSATION package announced yesterday for more than half a million Ulster Bank customers affected by the collapse of the…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Q&A: compensation scheme explainedAn explanation of the Ulster Bank compensation plan including who is eligible and how to apply.Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Ulster Bank offers compensationUlster Bank has released the details of a financial package aimed at compensating more than half a million customers affected…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
US citizen collapses and dies on ascent of Croagh PatrickA man who was a US citizen collapsed and died suddenly yesterday as he began climbing Croagh Patrick, Co Mayo.Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Parents still await school book deliveriesCLAIMS BY an online school bookseller that an order backlog has been cleared were rejected yesterday by customers who are still…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Customers not shopping around for better dealsThe number of consumers prepared to shop around for better value across a range of services, including banking and the supply…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Up to 35,000 Americans set to visit for Notre Dame gameUP TO 35,000 Americans are coming to Dublin this weekend for one of the most talked about games of the US college American Football…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
'Unfair pressure' for school donationsA GROWING number of Irish parents cannot pay the “voluntary contributions” being sought by the State’s primary and secondary …Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Numbers shopping around fallThe number of Irish consumers who are prepared to shop around for better value across a range of products and services has fallen…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
In search of a head of hairFinding a cure for baldness has kept generations busy, but has the search come to an end? US academics and dermatologists seem…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Retailers put Irish goods centre stageConsumers keenly search for value when shopping, but outlets are also having to react to customer scrutiny over whether food …Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Yearly petrol cost to rise €1,400 over 2009, says AAIRISH MOTORISTS will have to spend over €1,400 a year more on fuel than they did just three years ago if current forecourt prices…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Mexican waves as sailors drop anchorIt was (almost) all hands on deck as everyone was welcomed on board the winning shipFri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Group removes claims on rapeYOUTH DEFENCE has removed content from one of its websites suggesting the chances of a woman becoming pregnant as a result of…Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Up to a million expected to visit Tall Ships FestivalTHE TALL Ships Festival gets under way in Dublin this morning and up to a million people are expected to flood the docklands …Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
MBNA's 4% hike in credit card interest 'mercenary'THE DECISION by one of the State’s leading credit card companies to increase the rates of interest it charges by 4 per cent has…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Gift voucher restrictionsYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: A READER named Emma has been in touch to ask about gift vouchers redeemed with special offers.Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Arrival of tall ships in Dublin expected to generate €30m for local economyUP TO one million people are expected to visit Dublin’s docklands later this week for the Tall Ships Festival, which organisers…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
While prima donnas strain to impress, lovelorn gibbons soar effortlessly to the topTHE SOPRANOS who raise the roof in gilded opera houses across the world may be swooning this morning when they realise the vocal…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Rising food prices add to 'Treasure Island' reputationGlobal food prices are increasing, but what does this mean for Irish consumers?Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Bird of prey that had owner in a flap returnsA BIRD of prey that flew the coop from her Co Meath home at the beginning of the month has been reunited with her owner after…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Schoolbook supplier apologises for delaysONE OF the State’s largest online schoolbook retailers has apologised for a delivery backlog, which has left thousands of children…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Thrills and heavy spills at Mansion House as fans welcome heroes homeOLYMPIC HOMECOMING: THE EARLY part of this week was Taylor-made for a public display of affectionThu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Taylor to decide within weeks on professional boxing careerOLYMPIC GOLD medallist Katie Taylor has said she will decide within weeks whether to turn professional or remain an amateur boxer…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Gas and electricity cost 10% more than year agoENERGY COSTS increased at almost five times the rate of inflation over the past 12 months and consumers are now paying close …Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
BoI postgrad loan creates 'two-tiered' education systemBANK OF Ireland’s new postgraduate loan scheme will increase educational inequities in the Republic by making it more difficult…Wed Aug 08 2012 - 01:00
Seeing red over Tesco's ink priceYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: HILARY BLYTHMAN recently bought a HP45 printer-ink cartridge in Tesco for €44Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Ladies' Day winner from the land down underAustralian student Kelli O’Dell won the Best Dressed Lady prize in a peach-and-black outfit she designed herselfFri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Top tip of the day - pack a poncho for the rainThe Fianna Fáil tent has been confined to the dustbin of history but the champagne tent stands defiant against the downturn – …Thu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
Consumers resist Sky's scare tacticsYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: LAST WEEK we wrote about Sky Ireland’s policy of selling on tiny debts to a collection agency.Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Drowning in debt? Throw yourself a lifelineTIMES ARE hard and despite some glimmers of hope in the form of three successive interest rate cuts from our European overlords…Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Legal fears over rent move by banksATTEMPTS BY the State’s major banks to appoint rent receivers to collect money directly from the tenants of buy-to-let investors…Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Banks to go after rental incomeAttempts by the State’s major banks to appoint rent receivers to collect money directly from the tenants of buy-to-let investors…Mon Jul 30 2012 - 01:00
