Weave yourself a money-saving webThe web has changed the world in countless ways. It has also made it easier to save money. Here are 10 of the best sites to help you cut costsMon Mar 25 2013 - 06:18
Keys, pleaseBanks are preparing for thousands of repossessions this year, targeting tracker mortgages and homes in positive equity. Will it be fair, and will the country end up better off?Sat Mar 23 2013 - 06:00
MABS says people will not be forced to give up cars or insuranceFlexibility will have to be shown when insolvency arrangements are being drawn upThu Mar 21 2013 - 19:01
Mortgage arrears: your questions answeredWhat new proposals are on the table for tackling the mortgage crisis?Thu Mar 14 2013 - 06:00
Feeling undervalued by the property price estimates? What next?Many homeowners at the higher end of the market will have been pleasantly surprised by Revenue valuations issued this week for the property tax. But what should you do if you feel your house is worth more than the estimate?Thu Mar 14 2013 - 00:00
Supermarket sweep: a shopping challengeLast week we held a mirror in front of the State’s seven main supermarkets to see which was the fairest of them allMon Mar 11 2013 - 12:00
Famine Lumpers on the menu and in shopsThe Irish Lumper was on the menu at the Boxty House in Dublin’s Temple Bar yesterday afternoon and restaurant owner Padraic Gallagher…Fri Mar 08 2013 - 00:00
Revenue to have access to salaries and bank accounts of defaulters on new taxThe power of the Revenue Commissioners to collect taxes will be used to full effect to ensure there is close to full compliance…Thu Mar 07 2013 - 00:00
Homeowners' guide to calculating and paying the new taxQ&A: Next week letters will arrive on how to pay the property tax. Need some help?Thu Mar 07 2013 - 00:00
'Off the Ball' team leaves Newstalk pitch after row with managementIt’s a case of a team taking their ball and departingTue Mar 05 2013 - 00:00
Frozen burger sales in Republic fall by 42%Sales of frozen burgers in Irish supermarkets have collapsed in recent weeks as shoppers have turned their backs on the products…Tue Mar 05 2013 - 00:00
Irish tests find no more cases of equine DNAThere was encouraging news for Irish food producers embroiled in the horse meat scandal yesterday with the latest round of DNA…Tue Mar 05 2013 - 00:00
Supermarket is out of tune with its music-voucher serviceREADERS' QUERIES ANSWERED: Margaret MacCann wrote to us about Tesco’s “policy” on iTunes vouchers.Mon Mar 04 2013 - 00:00
Burger sales plummet after scandalSales of frozen burgers in Irish supermarkets have collapsed in recent weeks as shoppers have turned their backs on the products…Mon Mar 04 2013 - 00:00
Great Famine spud returns after almost 170 yearsThe variety of potato at the root of the Great Famine will be widely available in Ireland for the first time in almost 170 years…Sat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
Interest in urban properties at auctionThe two-tiered property market that is developing in the Republic was emphasised for the second time in two days yesterday with…Sat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
Property prices indicate two-tier marketMore indications have emerged that a two-tier property market is developing in the Republic, with the latest figures from the…Fri Mar 01 2013 - 00:00
Mortgage arrears hinders recoveryThe property market will continue to falter until the arrears crisis which has seen nearly 170,000 mortgage holders struggle …Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
'Once' more with feeling . . . play gets hometown welcomeIt’s called Once but quite a few people at the official opening of the award-winning musical at the Gaiety on Tuesday night have…Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
Ulster Bank 'sorry' for mortgage glitchUlster Bank has been forced to apologise to more than one thousand customers who are facing a shortfall on their mortgage repayments…Wed Feb 27 2013 - 00:00
Oxfam critical of food firms' ethicsThe company behind the Ryvita and Pattaks brands has finished in last place in a league table of corporate responsibility in …Tue Feb 26 2013 - 00:00
Laya premiumsto rise by up to 16.5%Laya Healthcare is to increase the cost of its health insurance premiums by up to 16Sat Feb 23 2013 - 00:00
Happy chanting just risible corporate claptrapQ : When did work become a cult?Sat Feb 23 2013 - 00:00
Birds Eye withdraws beef ready mealsFrozen foods maker Birds Eye has withdraw three beef ready meals from sale in Ireland and the UK as a precaution after horse …Sat Feb 23 2013 - 00:00
Laya hikes prices by up to 16.5%Laya is to increase the cost of its health insurance premiums by up to 16Fri Feb 22 2013 - 00:00
Diesel and petrol prices climb after recent fallsThe cost of petrol and diesel is on the way up again after nearly six months of falling prices, according to an Automobile Association…Wed Feb 20 2013 - 00:00
Bin there, weighed the waste so why the extra charge?Greyhound has become one of the most complained-about companies on the Pricewatch radar in recent months and we got several mails…Mon Feb 18 2013 - 00:00
Smart way to return a lost propertyLast week we told the story of a reader called Barbara who left her wallet on an Aer Lingus flight to MadridMon Feb 18 2013 - 00:00
What Tesco means by 'half-price'More on Tesco’s prices. Last Saturday a reader was doing his weekly shop in Mitchelstown, Co Cork.Mon Feb 18 2013 - 00:00
Golden oldies redefining remit of retirementQ Should there be mandatory retirement ages?Sat Feb 16 2013 - 00:00
Fall in house prices second-highest in EUIrish house prices fell at the second-fastest rate in the European Union last year and at a rate that was almost five times faster…Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Lobbyist faults lack of action on arrearsReaction A leading campaigner for homeowners in mortgage distress said the modifications to the property tax offered nothing…Thu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00
No comeback for reader's wallet lost in transitYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES ANSWERED: Last October, Barbara, a reader, flew by Aer Lingus to MadridMon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
My canny Valentine . . . love on the cheapIt’s possible to be both loved up and frugalMon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Baby Sadie inherits O'Driscoll speedBrian O’Driscoll is famous for his speed on the rugby pitch, and his daughter Sadie showed herself to be no slouch when she was…Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Grocery staples rise in price by 12% in less than two years, survey findsPoliticians have repeatedly claimed that falling grocery prices have helped offset higher taxes and falling wages, but a new …Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
DNA testing for all meat productsMinister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said this evening he would be asking Irish manufacturers of processed meat products to…Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Horse meat scandal extends across EUThe labyrinthine nature of the horse meat scandal was further emphasised over the weekend with the French authorities indicating…Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Horse meat probe implicates more countriesThe labyrinthine nature of the horse meat scandal was further emphasised this weekend with the French authorities indicating …Sun Feb 10 2013 - 00:00
Baby girl for Huberman, O'DriscollIrish rugby star Brian O’Driscoll is likely to be both tired and exhilarated when he lines out against England this afternoon…Sun Feb 10 2013 - 00:00
Spanish texters paid for appy talkThe notion that you could earn cold hard cash by sending text messages to your mates may seem too good to be true but a Spanish…Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
No guarantee Findus lasagne safe to eatThe Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has said it cannot rule out the risk that people who ate Findus lasagnes made with…Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
Findus considers taking legal actionFrozen food company Findus confirmed this evening it was considering legal action after some of its beef products were found …Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
100,000 motorists may have faulty windscreensAs many as 100,000 Irish motorists could be putting their lives at risk by driving cars with badly fitted windscreens, an Oireachtas…Thu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
Investigation moves into criminal sphereInvestigations into how horse DNA entered the food chain through beefburgers made at meat processing plants in the Republic changed…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Dear old Dublin getting cheaperNews that Dublin is becoming a cheaper place to live has been welcomed by the city's business community and research showing …Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
