A hot tub, a trumpet and ‘caravan cleaner’: Your craziest Aldi and Lidl purchases‘One Thursday night I bought a chainsaw and a bottle of wine. A strange combination’Sun Nov 03 2019 - 07:00
20 years of Aldi in Ireland: How discount supermarkets changed the way we shopIt was greeted with a mix of excitement, suspicion and lots of confusion from Irish shoppers when it first arrivedSat Nov 02 2019 - 06:00
Bonfires, chest pains and exotic birds: Halloween eve with Dublin Fire BrigadeMost hazardous thing fire fighters have to contend with are not fires but peopleThu Oct 31 2019 - 14:08
I went in search of Ireland’s most troubled ghostsA girl cried ‘murder’ in the dead of night and a table shook violently as a ghost tried to get in touchThu Oct 31 2019 - 06:00
Houmous sold by Aldi, Lidl recalled over Salmonella fearsConsumers told not to eat several ranges on German discounter shelvesTue Oct 29 2019 - 14:30
Now you pay for it, now you don’t: The rollercoaster of everyday chargesPricewatch: We may not pay library fines anymore, but banking fees have gone upMon Oct 28 2019 - 02:06
‘The crowd were unbelievable’: Dublin shines on marathon dayThe capital’s people show their supportive side for the race’s 22,500 competitorsSun Oct 27 2019 - 21:00
Panic buying of bottled water leaves some shop shelves bareLimerick company said it had more orders in one day than it would normally sell in a weekWed Oct 23 2019 - 19:09
New pedestrian group calls for cyclists to wear identity badges while in motionFootpaths and pavements throughout Ireland in need of urgent repair, says groupTue Oct 22 2019 - 19:43
Customers at their wits’ end over EirPricewatch: Attempt to get broadband service leads to ‘nightmare’ experienceMon Oct 21 2019 - 02:06
More than 90 per cent of households connected to internetAlmost 80 per cent of households go online every day, according to CSO researchFri Oct 18 2019 - 18:16
25 years of The Irish Times on the web – not forgetting its role in SaipanIn 1994 we took our pioneering, if stumbling, first steps on to the ‘world wide web’Fri Oct 18 2019 - 06:00
E-cigarettes can help people to quit tobacco, new study findsCancer Research UK, which funded study, warns vaping is ‘not risk free’Thu Oct 17 2019 - 07:38
Credit unions to undercut banks by offering current accountsOver 110 branches to provide debit cards, standing orders, direct debits and overdraftsThu Oct 17 2019 - 05:15
The growing trend of shrinkflation means you could be paying more for lessPricewatch: It is common in markets where profit margins can be tighter than Rod Stewart’s trousersMon Oct 14 2019 - 02:06
Which garlic presses crushed our hopes and not our cloves?Pricewatch: Joseph Joseph’s was pointless, Oxo’s seems reliable but Jamie Oliver’s made us sadMon Oct 14 2019 - 00:00
Trucker is driven spare by frustrated licence renewal attemptPricewatch: Our reader offers a ‘salutary tale’ on the vagaries of the driving licence systemMon Oct 14 2019 - 00:00
Oireachtas ‘Open House’ event scrapped after Extinction Rebellion protestCeann Comhairle cites fears over ‘health and safety risks’ after incident on Thursday nightFri Oct 11 2019 - 18:05
Budget 2020 winners and losers: Smoker commuting long distances is hardest hitAnalysis: No changes to personal tax regime while welfare payments largely untouchedTue Oct 08 2019 - 17:42
Marks and Spencer in Ireland says it is ready for anything Brexit can throw at itPricewatch: M&S’s operation in the Republic turns 40 next month, and it could not have picked a worse time to celebrate an anniversaryMon Oct 07 2019 - 02:06
Sugar content of some energy drinks has fallen, but bottles and cans are biggerSafefood survey finds slight increase in number of energy drinks for saleMon Oct 07 2019 - 01:00
What can shoppers do when the price is wrong?Pricewatch: Is a public services card necessary when renewing a driving licence?Mon Oct 07 2019 - 00:00
Odds slashed on winning share of €190m EuroMillions jackpotCurrent prize has been rolling over since July 23rd and has now hit its maximum limitSun Oct 06 2019 - 19:45
Environmental activists to hold protests in Dublin on MondayExtinction Rebellion Ireland is planning a week-long campaign of civil disobedienceSun Oct 06 2019 - 17:23
What non-Irish workers think of ‘beautiful’, ‘expensive’, ‘unsafe’ DublinTwo surveys ask foreign workers – in Ireland and overseas – what they think of DublinSat Oct 05 2019 - 06:00
‘Ho Ho Ho’ turns to ‘no no no’ as Fota cannot honour discounted Santa ticketsFota Island Resort says glitch saw 1,200 people secure 50% discount during bookingFri Oct 04 2019 - 13:34
Fancy having tea with a ‘naughty sheep’? New Airbnb trips to focus on animalsAirbnb, best known for its accommodation sharing service, says there will be strict rules on interacting with the animalsThu Oct 03 2019 - 16:46
Ban on alcohol ‘on table’ as aviation sector targets unruly passengersAirlines, aviation bodies say disruptive people pose threat to plane safety every three hoursWed Oct 02 2019 - 00:01
Cork solicitor’s tweet linking space shuttle to Roman chariots goes viral‘Threads don’t get any more glorious than this’ – comedian Stephen Fry praises storyTue Oct 01 2019 - 13:10
Is it really cheaper to buy than to rent in Dublin? AbsolutelyRenters now have to pay up to 40% more each month than buyersMon Sept 30 2019 - 06:00
Five ways we spend less money in winterPricewatch: We need more heat, food, clothes . . . and then there’s ChristmasMon Sept 30 2019 - 02:06
Which umbrellas reign supreme?Pricewatch: Barbour and Ted Baker demand plenty of lolly for their brolliesMon Sept 30 2019 - 00:00
‘Lo and behold the bloody account still hadn’t been cancelled!’Pricewatch: Two tales of woe from Vodafone customersMon Sept 30 2019 - 00:00
How an Irish hurling fan out-scammed a scammer‘Solomon Gundi’ thought he was on to a good thing when he emailed a 22-year-old Limerick studentSun Sept 29 2019 - 06:30
Literature groups to issue call for greater supportWords Ireland make pre-Budget submission for increase in financial backing for writersWed Sept 25 2019 - 20:49
Taxi fares set to rise 4.5% and card payments will be acceptedDrivers will be obliged to accept card payments, says National Transport AuthorityTue Sept 24 2019 - 14:14
BAI rejects complaints about Prime Time’s transgender programmeProgramme treated issue ‘fairly’ and presented information in an ‘objective manner’Tue Sept 24 2019 - 13:13
Millennials pessimistic on economy, climate and social media – surveyGlobal survey points to a disillusioned generation mistrustful of traditional institutionsTue Sept 24 2019 - 00:14
Q&A: What does the collapse of Thomas Cook mean?21,000 staff to lose jobs and 150,000 holiday-makers, including 5,000 from Ireland, stranded abroadMon Sept 23 2019 - 11:18
‘Armageddon for our nice wardrobe’: Tourists angry at dry-cleaning mix-upPricewatch: Eir’s customer service falls short while AIB’s bank charges fail to competeMon Sept 23 2019 - 02:06
Jugglers and tango dancers take to the streets for traffic-free SundayCollege Green was closed to traffic on Sunday – this time with fewer crash barriersSun Sept 22 2019 - 19:01
Cheering Ireland and challenging homelessness in the same breathRugby World Cup: Watching a match on TV normally the last thing on homeless person’s mindSun Sept 22 2019 - 18:37
Irish five-star hotels are ‘losing the hospitality’ factorIndustry critic Georgina Campbell warns of ‘baffling’ low standards in our top hotelsSun Sept 22 2019 - 06:00
Millions rally worldwide for action on climate changeThousands protest in Dublin and countrywide urging Government responseSat Sept 21 2019 - 01:00
Popular Dublin restaurant Beaufield Mews to close after 70 yearsStillorgan institution calls it a day: ‘We wanted to finish on a high ... this is the best way to go’Fri Sept 20 2019 - 18:00
Excited and enraged, children take to Dublin’s streets as part of global protestYoung climate change activists joined by teachers and principals in call for actionFri Sept 20 2019 - 17:00
Property sales and values fall in Dublin in first six monthsDublin 6 records biggest decline in sales while Dublin 20 sees most significant spikeThu Sept 19 2019 - 06:00
National Ploughing Championships day two: Record-breaking and shear classWellies and waterproofs are left at home as temperatures pass 20 degree markWed Sept 18 2019 - 22:05
Missteps in Brexit will be felt for generations, Simon Coveney saysTánaiste plays down fears of food and medical shortages on visit to ploughing championshipsWed Sept 18 2019 - 18:44
Stoneybatter named Ireland’s ‘coolest neighbourhood’North Dublin suburb ranked 42nd in Time Out league table as Lisbon’s Arroios fills top spotTue Sept 17 2019 - 17:48
