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
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
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
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
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
Bank agrees student fees loan deal with DCUBANK OF Ireland has agreed a deal with Dublin City University to offer heavily discounted loans to cover college registration…Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Rate rises to hit 70,000 customersTHOUSANDS OF AIB customers with an average-sized home loan will see their repayments increase by more than €1,000 annually after…Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Bord Gáis applies for 7.54% rise in residential gas tariffsBORD GÁIS Energy has applied to the energy regulator for a 7.54 per cent rise in its residential gas tariffs from October.Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Gas prices set to rise againThe was more bad news for Irish consumers today as Bord Gáis Energy announced that it has applied to the Commission for Energy…Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
AIB increases variable rate by 0.5%Thousands of AIB customers with an average-sized home loan will see their annual repayments increase by over €1,000 after the…Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Mystery as Twitter goes downProductivity in offices in Ireland and across the world may have spiked this afternoon after both Twitter and G-Chat crashed …Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Pop princess reigns supreme on damp night more like hen party than concertMADONNA IS apparently afraid of thunder and lightning and was said to be anxiously watching Dublin’s cloud heavy skies in the…Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Changes required for SaorviewLAST WEEK we ran a question and answer feature on Saorview.Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Directing ire at Bank of IrelandLast week’s item about the “strange and pretty ridiculous goings-on” at Permanent TSB struck a chord with a reader called Robert…Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
A gas idea that might just gain traction in Irish motoringIt was an idea that failed to gain purchase here in the 1980s, but LPG offers such savings as a car fuel that it has recently…Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Sky the limit to debt collectors' effortsA READER named Leo cancelled his Sky TV subscription recently by stopping his standing order to the company.Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Feeling a tad taxedLAST WEEK a reader from Bray received a letter from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council demanding payment for the household charge…Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Holidaymakers out in the cold after agency closureTHE SUDDEN closure of one of the State’s largest self-catering companies has left the holiday plans of thousands of people in…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Compensation for pilots ruled outMINISTER FOR Transport Leo Varadkar has ruled out any financial compensation for student pilots left without classes due a dispute…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
No compensation for trainee pilotsMinister for Transport Leo Varadkar has ruled out any financial compensation for trainee pilots left without classes due a dispute…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
PTSB accused of 'gouging' customersTHE FUTURE of Permanent TSB (PTSB) and its mortgage rates came under close scrutiny at an Oireachtas hearing yesterday.Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Committee questions Permanent TSBPermanent TSB’s high standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages were this afternoon likened to a policy of “rent gouging” which has…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Ulster Bank IT failure 'largely resolved'ULSTER BANK chief executive Jim Brown said yesterday a crisis that left hundreds of thousands of its customers without access…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Fortunes in the makingLATE LAST Tuesday night, Pricewatch was troubled. Something seemed wrong and we needed to know how to right itTue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Expensive stuff and boys in the buffTHE ABERCROMBIE BOYS don’t do body hair, body fat or even clothes, as a scandalised glance at the enormous torso draped suggestively…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Job seekers switch to education and supportTHE ROLE played by one of the State’s leading support agencies has shifted from giving people information about jobs and social…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Bank still working on compensationULSTER BANK has yet to finalise details of a comprehensive compensation package for customers denied access to funds after a …Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
QuickLodge lacks a certain urgencyYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: A DUBLIN reader has gone four times in recent weeks to AIB Cornelscourt to lodge business cheques through…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Making sure your credit rating stays in the blackLAST WEEK the chief executive of the Consumer Association of Ireland Dermott Jewell issued a dire warning that, in spite of all…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
