Pricewatch: Irish families need about €50,000 a year to surviveFigure for a family of four does not include going on holidaysMon Nov 21 2016 - 06:00
Pricewatch reader queries: Car key insurance, Tesco Clubcard vouchers and sterling rip-offUnlocking the confusion about car key insuranceMon Nov 21 2016 - 01:00
Gay Byrne to miss radio show over cancer concerns‘We are going into hospital as they may have discovered a bit of cancer in the prostate’Sun Nov 20 2016 - 17:11
So long CDs? Golden Discs says no with national Tesco rolloutThree-year partnership will make brand the Republic’s largest home-entertainment retailerFri Nov 18 2016 - 18:03
Laya plans 5% rise in health insurance premiums in 2017Company blaming ‘unsustainable’ increases in hospital claims and consultant costsFri Nov 18 2016 - 15:18
Cost of basket of prescription drugs down 60% in last three yearsHSE policy shift brought €95m worth of savings up to the end of 2014, and a further decrease of €160m in 2015Thu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
The pressure and joys of caring for premature babiesSurvival rates have greatly improved, but ‘we are long way from being home and hosed’Thu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
Christmas shopping: Is it an annual chore or a joy?Five personalities offer their views of what it is to give, and where they seek the perfect giftThu Nov 17 2016 - 00:00
‘Yes, it’s high in nutrients and better for you than crisps, but does kale taste nice?Food Month Food Court: Green goddess Domini Kemp loves kale, but Conor Pope can’t stand the stuffTue Nov 15 2016 - 12:30
From tomato sauce to colonic irrigation – 13 health fads that just don’t workHealth foods and fashionable diets really should come with a pinch of saltMon Nov 14 2016 - 11:00
Shrinkflation alert: This time it’s Terry’s Chocolate OrangeMore say it isn’t so: ‘Incidentally, Yorkies are now much smaller as well’Mon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
Money walks: Ireland readies to go cashless, eventuallyOther countries are much further down the road to a hard cash-free existenceMon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
Pricewatch: Value for money in juicers and blendersFrom top end to budget, products that will make a difference in your kitchenMon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
Toblerone orm: Chocolate bars feel wrath of ‘shrinkflation’Toblerone widening the gap between triangles in effort to reduce weight and costTue Nov 08 2016 - 16:22
Next to cut prices by 10% amid Brexit uncertaintyBritish retailer will reduce charges in all of its stores in the Republic due to weak sterlingMon Nov 07 2016 - 17:51
From CB radio to SodaStreams: the technology that time forgotCharting the rise and fall of products and pricesMon Nov 07 2016 - 01:00
Doctors organisation backs industrial action over payGovernment accused of policies which put patient safety at riskSat Nov 05 2016 - 19:24
Shout out for Pong and Pacman ahead of Winterval festivalWaterford Toy Museum collecting retro games for visitors to playSat Nov 05 2016 - 19:09
‘It is my obligation to work for Sharia every single day’Irishman who died carrying out Isis suicide attack appeared in Holy Wars documentarySat Nov 05 2016 - 19:07
Give Me a Crash Course in . . . the ‘help-to- buy’ schemeA deposit of at least 10 per cent is needed if the property costs less than €220,000Sat Nov 05 2016 - 00:00
More than 2,600 households use Airbnb ‘to make ends meet’Rural property owners renting out homes earned an average €2,700, says reportFri Nov 04 2016 - 15:46
Fancy doubling your holidays next year? Here’s howBeing clever with annual leave and bridging bank holidays can bag you more time offFri Nov 04 2016 - 15:23
Dublin man’s ashes fired into sky on Halloween nightAnthony ‘Barney’ Brack’s remains were scattered over football pitch using firecrackerTue Nov 01 2016 - 20:09
15 deadly ads from back in the day that you’ll never forgetFrom Shake 'n' Vac to Sally O'Brien... take a trip down memory laneMon Oct 31 2016 - 04:50
Health insurance cover conundrumThe doctor’s fee came to €1,528, which was covered in total by her insurer, but hospital costs came to €4,000 and this is where the issue arisesMon Oct 31 2016 - 01:00
In the Brand New Retro exhibit, everything old is naff again‘Most of the ads are so terrible, it’s like Don Draper was never born’Mon Oct 31 2016 - 01:00
Tayto Park’s House of Horrors gets green light to re-openStatement says park ‘fulfilled all requirements’ ahead of weekend Halloween eventsFri Oct 28 2016 - 16:27
Trips by British tourists to Ireland slow in wake of Brexit voteSterling decline in value against euro makes Republic more expensive for holidaymakersWed Oct 26 2016 - 19:53
Ryanair claims £18bn runway will lead to higher faresIAG welcomes British government’s decision to add a new runway at Heathrow airportTue Oct 25 2016 - 19:26
Dunnes leapfrogs Tesco to take second place in supermarket leagueAldi posts strongest growth over last quarter with year-on-year sales rising 6.6 per centMon Oct 24 2016 - 13:12
Eating well on a budget? It’s a doddle, with Conor Pope's helpIf you're a student, or working with a student budget, you don't have to live on beans. HonestMon Oct 24 2016 - 11:00
Virgin Media and customer in communication breakdownPlus: broadband not as fast as promised and a company takes money from surprised readerMon Oct 24 2016 - 01:00
Ireland's barbershop boom: ‘Men are a lot more savvy now’Both family businesses and apprentices benefiting from rebirth of red and white polesMon Oct 24 2016 - 01:00
Brown Thomas reveals Christmas window displaysRetailer launches attraction 64 days before Christmas, two weeks earlier than usualFri Oct 21 2016 - 01:00
Irish rents could rise 25% over next two yearsShortage of supply with less than two per cent of rental properties available, survey findsTue Oct 18 2016 - 00:01
Blackrock or Kensington? How London’s financial high-fliers would fare in DublinIf the City of London relocates here, its bankers may feel most at home in BlackrockMon Oct 17 2016 - 18:27
Big savings or exchange-rate rip-offs? What the sterling slide means for Irish shoppersIreland and sterling have had a rocky relationship since 1460 – good news for some, bad news for othersMon Oct 17 2016 - 01:00
‘Don’t say Hoover, don’t say Hoover’: Conor Pope meets James Dyson at Dyson HQJames Dyson, head of the hugely successful company that reinvented the vacuum cleaner, says failure is part of the journeyFri Oct 14 2016 - 12:15
Unilever settles Tesco row but still at odds with SuperValuRetailer and supplier of lines such as Lynx and Pot Noodle in dispute over rising costsThu Oct 13 2016 - 20:33
Budget 2017: Average cost of packet of 20 cigarettes rises to €1119.5 per cent of the adult population smokes – down from 29 per cent in 2003Tue Oct 11 2016 - 20:58
Budget 2017: Tax on sugary drinks to be introduced in 2018Noonan delays levy to prevent ‘boot-loads of soft drinks coming down from Newry’Tue Oct 11 2016 - 19:52
Budget 2017: No giveaway but something for everyone in the audienceDouble-income household with both adults earning €50,000 will be better off by €500Tue Oct 11 2016 - 13:55
Bus strike blamed for slowing of spending increase in shopsOnline surge offsets slowdown in spending in physical shops, with overall figure up 5%Mon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00
AA hikes one driver’s insurance 76% in a yearPlus: when can a shop refuse to give a refund?Mon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00
Dear Michael: Conor Pope’s open letter to the Minister for FinanceThis plea to Michael Noonan looks at hits and misses as Budget 2017 approachesMon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00
Sterling’s fall has Border retailers eyeing bleak ChristmasExchange hitting 90p ‘worries the hell out of us’, says Dundalk Chamber of CommerceSat Oct 08 2016 - 04:00
National Potato Day: Humble spud must fight growing competitionCarbs like pasta, rice, bread, cous-cous, sweet potato, quinoa all out to corner same marketFri Oct 07 2016 - 20:15
