Cost of Living

The change will see the average electricity bill increase by about €172 per year, while a typical gas bill will go up by €113

Irish electricity prices are the highest in the EU but there are steps you can take to pay as little as possible

I don’t want to tell anyone that things are better here than they are at home, but they are easier

Two readers contact us over concerns about alcohol-free beer

The SSE Airtricity customer has spent more than a year trying to extract a refund from the company

US president stood for election on a pro-growth platform but with ostensibly anti-growth policies

The naturally occurring ‘stress hormone’ helps to regulate our stress responses and our sleep-wake cycle

Figure surpasses expectations and highlights challenge for Bank of England

Blue Cross is ‘busier than ever’ amid fears rising costs are leading to pet abandonment

While year-on-year growth in spending with travel agencies and airlines was ‘modest’, spending on hotels rose 4.9%

Who is responsible when verification goes wrong?

Despite a new measure by ComReg, Irish consumers are set to remain vulnerable to scammers and won’t have the same protections and supports that exist elsewhere

The average age for moving out of the family home is 28. What kind of financial contribution, if any, should people make in the meantime?

Conor Pope composes an A-Z of all things romantic, overpriced and good value on February 14th

A third of first-time buyers receive help from their home-owning parents, so it feels like the system perpetuates privilege

Muslim Sisters of Éire’s soup kitchen is one of the longest-established in the capital

Income distribution points to critical policy questions, including how to deal with a congested Dublin and underdevelopment in rural Ireland

Customer displeased to note the error as he checked his bank app close to the end of lean January

Consumer prices advanced 2.5% from a year ago in January, up from 2.4% in December

Airline ignored family’s predicament and staff were ‘rude and antagonistic’

Emigration, home ownership and climate change are among the issues weighing on the minds of Irish twentysomethings

Cork man suffered an extraordinary delay in getting his Opel Astra back up and running

Criminals then tried to transfer €11,000 from our reader’s bank account - and almost succeeded

Women in their 30s and 40s showcase their average-looking, relatable lives in ordinary homes on social media

She reported strange credit card transactions, but her provider says she is not entitled to a refund

From putting sums aside regularly to going on a no-spend week, here’s what the money experts advise

Peter was still being charged months after he closed his account; while Mary had an altogether more positive experience

A man discovered the air miles he bought from Emirates were worth a fraction of what he had paid

Two invoices arrived simultaneously: one a fraudulent request for the exact sum they owed

Decisions taken now will shape our prosperity for decades. There is no room for further procrastination

Better public services, more widely available benefits and lower housing costs in Northern Ireland provide better protection to children in poverty, ESRI report indicates

Huge discrepancies noted between the price of the exact same products in Boots stores in Glasgow and Galway

‘I was told that we would be contacted quickly. That was in October ... Surely we are due a major apology?’

From simple DIY upgrades to deep retrofits – take your home from brr to a high Ber

Just under half of 31 local authorities will raise rates this year. Increases range from 1.8% to 15%

A reader shares her never-ending story of returned clothing and the ongoing pursuit of a refund

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Looking only at rent costs, Dublin ranked behind London, Zurich and Geneva and ahead of Amsterdam and Luxembourg, the Numbeo survey shows

Ditch the bottled water at home, declutter your wardrobe and set yourself a financial goal

Changing the spec of any construction project can be an expensive business - just look at the National Children’s Hospital or the Leinster House bike shed