Couple receive surprise €36,000 tracker compensationThe mortgage-holders were unaware they had been affected by overcharging scandalMon Feb 05 2018 - 02:00
Dental floss harps? What class of madness are these?Pricewatch opens wide for the best value in tooth floss, sticks and brushesMon Feb 05 2018 - 01:00
Commemorative coins face Central Bank crackdownBank to act amid concerns over private firms selling medals marking historic eventsMon Feb 05 2018 - 01:00
Targeted ads: Is social media spying on us?Pricewatch: Conspiracy theories abound but the truth is probably more prosaicMon Feb 05 2018 - 00:00
Ryanair seating policy under spotlight again as UK authorities investigateBritish authorities examine if Ryanair deliberately splitting up groupsSun Feb 04 2018 - 13:29
From a brown trout to Rory McIlroy’s wedding: the saving of Ashford CastleFor years, Ashford Castle was in the doldrums – but a €75 million refit has put it back on the map, and it has been winning international acclaim and awards ever sinceSat Feb 03 2018 - 06:00
Cheers! A little wine ‘cleans the mind’, researchers findNew study reports low levels of alcohol flush out brain toxins, including those associated with Alzheimer’sFri Feb 02 2018 - 13:58
New guide aims to help borrowers in mortgage distressAuthors say document can also be used by anyone forced off a tracker mortgage or given incorrect interest calculationsThu Feb 01 2018 - 07:34
Conor Pope: Time versus distance is tricky when you have Cabra fluAfter my first attempt to run without a warm-up routine, I was laid low for daysWed Jan 31 2018 - 05:01
Public views sought for new residential care guidelinesCCPC wants submissions from older people in long-term residential care, their families or representativesTue Jan 30 2018 - 10:46
Consumers warned they cannot rely on food intolerance test kitsAuthority says there is no single test to diagnose food intoleranceMon Jan 29 2018 - 13:25
Aneta at the till in Lidl used her card to pay for my shoppingPricewatch reader tells of excellent customer service in LidlMon Jan 29 2018 - 09:23
A bad experience with Littlewoods and an elusive call from the ‘specialist’ teamDebbie Murphy’s problems started when she ordered two grey headboardsMon Jan 29 2018 - 09:18
Reader appalled by Ikea’s ‘lack of empathy and shambolic customer service’On hold for 52 minutes pursuing missing Ikea sofa bedMon Jan 29 2018 - 09:07
The case of the bank and the death certificate that keeps disappearingReader query: Conor Pope assists readers with their consumer problems and praises LidlMon Jan 29 2018 - 00:00
Want your flight upgraded? Follow these nine tipsWithout paying through the nose, can you escape cramped seats, bad food and wailing babies?Fri Jan 26 2018 - 10:48
The Pricewatch guide to keeping customers happySome top tips to help businesses stay off our pagesMon Jan 22 2018 - 00:00
Conor Pope's guide on how to save hundreds on your health insurancePricewatch: Overpaying, finding the right plans, and the fear of switching insurers...Mon Jan 15 2018 - 00:00
Conor Pope: the running mistake I won’t be making againLearning the hard way: there is a reason experts tell you to warm up before joggingTue Jan 09 2018 - 08:04
17 tips to avoid wasting cash when you are feeling the January pinchPricewatch: Pay day is a long way off so it's time to make you a more savvy spenderMon Jan 08 2018 - 00:00
10 ways Irish consumer behaviour has changed since 2008The Crash – 10 years on: habits have been transformed, from switching providers to buying own-brand to shopping onlineSat Jan 06 2018 - 06:00
Ryanair buffeted by turbulence in a year of cancellations chaos‘Cock-ups’ and staff revolt put Michael O’Leary under unprecedented pressureWed Dec 27 2017 - 04:22
Scale of tracker mortgage ‘rip-off’ comes into viewNews review of the year 2017: Many still await redress after almost 34,000 overchargedWed Dec 27 2017 - 03:42
Find the best Christmas crackers, stuffing, cranberry sauce and piesSort the crackers from the turkeys with this review of seasonal supermarket trimmingsMon Dec 18 2017 - 00:00
Ryanair strike Q&A: When will I know if my flight is affected?If your flight is cancelled you must be offered a refund or a seat on the next available flightTue Dec 12 2017 - 16:27
Dublin traffic chaos on first weekday of new LuasMalfunctioning traffic lights contribute to city-wide gridlock during morning rush hourTue Dec 12 2017 - 05:00
Earlier gridlock with Luas Cross City eases for evening rush-hour trafficCommuters frustrated as congestion causes early morning delays in Dublin city centreMon Dec 11 2017 - 18:19
Gift vouchers: the gift that keeps on taking awayPricewatch: We are being fleeced by unregulated, restrictive vouchers – when will it end?Mon Dec 11 2017 - 00:00
Rehab scraps scratchcards that helped tarnish its reputationCharity says lottery was losing money. Radio bingo also ends at 12 stationsSun Dec 10 2017 - 19:07
Five ways to make your Secret Santa a successAvoid tears with our tips on secret gift-givingSun Dec 10 2017 - 06:00
The average person checks their phone 57 times a day. Not meConor Pope tracks his smartphone usage for 24 hours to find out how he measures upSat Dec 09 2017 - 06:00
Reader calls herself ‘a plagued Eir customer’ - she’s not exaggeratingReader Query: Her Eir broadband was useless so she tried to cancel - then the real frustration beganThu Dec 07 2017 - 16:20
98% of adults now have mobile phones, new research findsJust 62 per cent of people living in very rural areas happy with coverageWed Dec 06 2017 - 17:30
Irish people check smartphones 57 times a day on averageJust under third of users look at devices when crossing road, Deloitte survey findsTue Dec 05 2017 - 01:00
Meet Cozmo – the little robot with a big, smug personalityOnce you’re beaten, this toy can sing in a way best described as irritatingly triumphalistMon Dec 04 2017 - 17:17
Kris Kindle: Conor Pope's top ideas for under €50Where to shop to raise your Secret Santa game and presents that are best avoidedMon Dec 04 2017 - 06:30
Customers feel short-changed by Viagogo’s hidden chargesPricewatch: Three purchasers forced to pay ‘booking fee’ of more than €100Mon Dec 04 2017 - 05:00
Irish shoppers expected to spend more this ChristmasRising wages and falling prices may lead to average monthly spend of more than €2,500Mon Dec 04 2017 - 01:38
Anti-abortion advocates at RDS: ‘Never right to take human life’‘It is the most reasonable and rational thing in the world to respect the life of the unborn’Sun Dec 03 2017 - 20:54
Oireachtas committee criticised at anti-abortion conventionOne speaker in RDS suggests British model would be replicated in IrelandSun Dec 03 2017 - 20:31
€5.8 million Lotto winner will cook Christmas dinner as normalAfter windfall, Limerick winner promises to keep working but looks forward to some sunFri Dec 01 2017 - 17:59
What’s Ireland’s favourite Christmas song, we wondered. So we asked you . . .Almost 3,000 people on Twitter returned a clear winner from a four-strong shortistFri Dec 01 2017 - 13:56
Kellogg’s to cut down on sugar habit in children’s cerealSugar levels to be cut in popular kid’s cereals Coco Pops and Rice Krispies by up to 40%Thu Nov 30 2017 - 00:01
Hogan calls for EU states to have more say in use of farm fundingEuropean Commission document looks to provide more equitable support for farmersWed Nov 29 2017 - 21:59
Irish electricity bills rated as fourth most expensive in EUSix of nine providers in State have announced price increases recentlyWed Nov 29 2017 - 17:13
Just another Cyber Monday: shop smart and beware of scamsDo your research and don’t get carried away. Many ‘bargains’ are not what they appearMon Nov 27 2017 - 00:00
Online retail giants creating costly waste, says RepakLikes of Amazon paying nothing towards recycling of wrapping waste, says State bodyThu Nov 23 2017 - 18:50
Looking at longer periods of retirementCan retirement turn into an extended holiday when you are still full of vigour?Thu Nov 23 2017 - 00:00
Black Friday: Conor Pope’s list of the best bargainsBlack Friday – or an extended discount period around it – has been embraced in IrelandWed Nov 22 2017 - 15:51
Where is the one place in the world you would travel to?We asked twitter what one place in the world you would like to see (or to see again)Wed Nov 22 2017 - 07:22
