Pricewatch

A reader wonders if pharmacies’ reluctance to dispense more than a month of a longer prescription at a time is down to maximising prescription fees

An email from frustrated shareholder Daniel raises an interesting idea about what to do about ‘nuisance’ shares and the endless paper they continue to waste

When’s the last time you went for a jog? Or slipped on your decking in your slanket while listening to your ghetto blaster?

Two readers complain about being locked out of their Irish accounts from overseas. Sometimes the banks’ response can seem over the top - but not always

A number of readers had similar experiences with ‘Murray-Dublin’ and ‘Aidens Kildare’

We heard from hundreds of readers who insisted that what Ryanair had told us was false. Here are just some of those stories

The Irish people behind Collins Kildare, at least according to its website, also appear to moonlight as stock photography models

‘I could neither reverse nor go forward ... The following day, two sums of money, €287 and €1,650, were removed from my account’

The airline tell us we are ‘as usual, misinformed’ but three separate people have had the same experience

Cost of living: our basket of goods has climbed by 33 per cent in three years

The requirement to log into an online portal means many customers never check their bills

A reader saw her energy bills jump by 1,000% after a bad meter reading, while another suffered after failing to submit a reading when vacating an apartment

A reader asks about allowances for disabled passengers, while another has since June been trying to get cancellation compensation

Several recent studies have reinforced how expensive Ireland is in global rankings. Here are 10 key areas where we pay well above average

Health cover costs have only gone in one direction – up – and switching can be complicated, but it’s worth shopping around

Shoppers were dismayed to find they could not use vouchers at UK fashion chain’s Irish stores, which have gone into liquidation

A reader’s camel coat has gone walkabout from a hotel

Two customers of the bank have been in touch seeking help over missing refunds

Our reader’s son earns over €100,000 a year, but fell foul of restrictive loan-to-value rules

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?’

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

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

From uproar over Taylor Swift and Oasis tickets, to the nonexistent Halloween parade on O’Connell Street, 2024 was far from a quiet year

Winter sales are a great chance to bag high-quality bargains that last for years, experts say

How to understand the legislation around sales prices, your refund rights and five mistakes to avoid in winter sales

Businesses get a bit of a bashing during the year but these stories show that sometimes they can give the gift of a good outcome