Insurance firms in dark over levy changesTHE DEPARTMENT of Health has been accused of keeping the State’s four health insurance providers in the dark about changes it…Tue Oct 02 2012 - 01:00
Property register shows few sales and one at €8,000LESS THAN one per cent of the State’s houses changed hands last year with some properties being sold for as little as €8,000, …Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Property price register publishedThe publication of the State’s long-awaited residential property price register today will restore “some confidence in the property…Sun Sept 30 2012 - 01:00
Shortall claims healthcare reform blocked by ReillyFormer junior health minister Róisín Shortall has claimed her attempts to reform the health service were blocked by Minister …Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
The revolution lives on in the child of Che GuevaraThe blockade of Cuba by the US strikes at the heart of Aleida Guevara, whose country’s potential has been sytmied, and whose …Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Property prices increase for second monthRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY prices in the Republic increased for the second consecutive month in August sparking hopes that the market…Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Negative equity loan offers questionedEBS and AIB have announced details of a negative equity trade-up mortgage for customers who want to move to a property of greater…Wed Sept 26 2012 - 01:00
Meteor says sorry but dodges the questionREADER'S QUERIES: DAISY, A reader, got a HTC Desire S mobile phone (right) last December in a Meteor shop on Dublin’s North …Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
No time to waste, the pensions time bomb is tickingLAST YEAR George Lee presented a programme on RTÉ that focused on the “Pension Time Bomb”Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Consumer body criticises removal of free bankingBANK OF Ireland has been sharply criticised for changing its current account fee structures and making it almost impossible for…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Scramble for tickets reaches fever pitch as pair sell online for €1,520THE SCRAMBLE for tickets for tomorrow’s All-Ireland football final between Mayo and Donegal reached fever pitch yesterday, with…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Divorce rate rises by more than 150% since 2002CENSUS 2011: WHILE MARRIAGE has become more popular in the Republic in recent years, much greater growth has been seen in divorce…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Ryanair 'had enough fuel' for diversionsTHREE RYANAIR aircraft which carried out emergency landings in Valencia because fuel supplies ran low after they were diverted…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
€48,000 The cost of running a family homeAn AA survey published today puts a figure of €22,000 on the annual cost of owning and maintaining a home for boom-time buyers…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
€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
Bord Gáis price rise to add €50 to annual billsBord Gáis Energy is increasing the cost of domestic electricity by nearly 5 per cent in a move that will add more than €50 to…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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
