From mortgage rates to energy prices, how will 2024 look for Irish consumers?ECB may have stopped raising rates but mortgage rates are likely to fall only slowly and energy and grocery prices remain elevatedTue Jan 02 2024 - 06:00
The 24 money-saving hacks for 2024Pricewatch: There are ways and means of saving money over the coming year. If you act on several different fronts, you just might save a whole lotMon Jan 01 2024 - 06:00
Smyths Toys ‘shambles’ as voucher failure leaves children in tearsMany would-be shoppers only became aware system was down when vouchers were not accepted at tillsThu Dec 28 2023 - 13:38
Endangered baby monkey takes first swings into action at Fota IslandFrançois’ langur monkey has found a new home at Fota Wildlife Park’s purpose-built house in its Asian sanctuary areaWed Dec 27 2023 - 15:26
Accommodation and flight capacity issues could halt tourism growth in 2024, industry warnsIrish Tourism Industry Confederation estimates that €5.3 billion will have been spent by international visitors by New Year’s EveWed Dec 27 2023 - 11:09
Almost 1,100 children called support line over Christmas periodISPCC reports 20% increase in number of calls to Childline between December 23rd and Christmas DayTue Dec 26 2023 - 14:57
St Stephen’s Day sales: Arnotts saves Christmas by honouring ‘massive’ discountsPanicked bargain hunters feared missing out on discount televisions and matressesTue Dec 26 2023 - 14:36
The changing face of winter sales in IrelandPricewatch: Pre-Christmas sales, Black Friday and online shopping have hit post-Christmas sales, but despites the changes people still love to bag a bargainTue Dec 26 2023 - 00:01
The rights and wrongs of the winter sales: Your consumer guide to bagging a bargain in days aheadPricewatch: When you buy something in a sale you have the same consumer protections as you do if you bought it at full priceTue Dec 26 2023 - 00:01
‘It is a long time since Santa has been in our house’: Scenes of joy at Dublin Airport as families return for ChristmasToday expected to be one of busiest of year at Dublin and Shannon airportsFri Dec 22 2023 - 12:41
The people versus Ryanair — spoiler alert: airline winsConor Pope sees consumers pursuing justice in small euro amounts … and derailed by the power of small printFri Dec 22 2023 - 06:00
Cost of living crisis: Have we reached peak prices?With official inflation rates down at last, consensus appears to be that interest rate hikes are done, fuel prices are falling and 2024 looks promising. At long as there are no nasty shocksTue Dec 19 2023 - 05:00
‘The riots haven’t put people off’: Dublin retailers largely in good cheer ahead of ChristmasBusiness groups divided on whether Christmas Day falling on a Monday will help shopsMon Dec 18 2023 - 00:01
The days before Christmas are dangerous for overspending. Here’s how to avoid itPricewatch: This week will determine the duration and severity of your seasonal financial hangoverMon Dec 18 2023 - 00:01
Surge in bogus text message scams in run-up to ChristmasFraudulent messages claim to be from delivery companies alerting recipients to customs chargesSun Dec 17 2023 - 07:00
Irish savers may miss out on up to €3.5bn thanks to low interest rates There is just over €150bn on deposit with Irish banks and €142bn of it is sitting in instant-access accounts with ‘useless’ interest ratesFri Dec 15 2023 - 13:26
Two men due in court after robbery on Henry Street in Dublin city centre‘Large amount of property’ taken from business premises by up to four people at 1amWed Dec 13 2023 - 09:40
Talking turkey: a ‘crazy time’ of year as farmers prepare for festive feastsTurkey farmers have been busy getting ready for Christmas dinners for several weeks nowWed Dec 13 2023 - 06:00
Tumble dryers, heating empty homes and driving on short journeys: our bad climate habits persistIn 2022 transport energy demand rebounded to 95% of pre-Covid levels, with data from January to September of this year pointing to continuing rebounds in petrol, diesel, and jet kerosene demandWed Dec 13 2023 - 05:00
Cash will continue to remain key in future, says Minister for FinanceMichael McGrath highlights need for the public to be protected against fraud and criminals operating in the virtual worldTue Dec 12 2023 - 21:07
Seasonal cheer for supermarkets as consumers set to spend over €1.4bn on groceries Grocery inflation continuing to fall, according to figures from retail analysts Kantar Worldpanel, with speed of price increases declining for seventh successive monthMon Dec 11 2023 - 12:36
Peak season at An Post’s mail centre: Ireland is ‘one of the last’ Christmas card countriesMore than 1 million Christmas cards and 2 million parcels and will go through the hub this weekMon Dec 11 2023 - 11:41
The cards that endure in a virtual worldPricewatch: A little Christmas cheer from Charles Dickens has grown into the present-giving, card-writing traditions of todayMon Dec 11 2023 - 00:01
Bunq puts it up to Irish banks with instant access saving rate of 2.46%Dutch neobank offering on-demand rate 10 times better than most comparable Irish banks’ savings accountsSat Dec 09 2023 - 00:01
Call for health insurers to pass on stamp duty cutMove could save some families close to €100 a year if it is passed on by providersFri Dec 08 2023 - 16:55
My name is on the mortgage, but Bank of Ireland communicates only with my husband The bank says the first applicant is the point of contact. ‘In this day and age, it’s unthinkable,’ says DeirdreWed Dec 06 2023 - 07:05
Road tolls to increase for second time in under a year from JanuaryMost car tolls are increasing by 20 cent per journey, says Transport Infrastructure IrelandTue Dec 05 2023 - 14:00
Irish consumers to spend less but borrow more over Christmas, says CCPCCompetition and Consumer Protection Commission research puts the average expected spend at €1,030 this year compared with €1,186 in 2022Tue Dec 05 2023 - 09:23
I am tired of this Aer Lingus refund merry-go-round Pricewatch: Bernice, whose flight to Ireland was late, made a claim. Then the real delays startedTue Dec 05 2023 - 06:00
November was warmer and sunnier than average despite Storm Debi bringing heavy rainStorms saw large amounts of rain and damaging winds sweep across parts of Ireland in NovemberMon Dec 04 2023 - 13:30
Residential electricity bills fell in 2022, gas bills rose steeply, CSO findsGovernment interventions stopped electricity bills reaching record highs, while gas customers paid hundreds of euro moreMon Dec 04 2023 - 13:04
An Post: Bark the herald angels sing as people poised to buy presents for their pets One in five who shop online are buying gifts for their petsMon Dec 04 2023 - 06:00
‘We were not in arrears and never had been’: PTSB sold this reader’s mortgage - now she pays hundreds more each monthA reader we shall call Siobhán is enraged at the effect of PTSB selling her mortgage. Pricewatch contacted the bank for its takeMon Dec 04 2023 - 06:00
Christmas trees ‘from forest to front door’: Growers foresee bumper season after top growing conditionsThings are very hectic at the moment for those supplying real Christmas trees, and one supplier we spoke to has the Santa-like task of getting about 20,000 of them to marketSat Dec 02 2023 - 06:00
Have yourself a more mindful little Christmas: 32 ideas for a thoughtful, environmentally-friendly (and cheaper!) festive seasonYour guide to gifting, shopping, socialising and minding yourself over the weeks aheadSat Dec 02 2023 - 06:00
The small Irish shops battling multinationals for your Christmas eurosLocal businesses face many challenges, but none so big as the gun metal grey and blue vans with the Amazon swoosh that have been criss-crossing the country in recent weeksSat Dec 02 2023 - 05:00
Nightmare before Christmas for FreeNow as it claws back voucher free-for-all‘Riddle’ worth €200 was solved by many customers before company cancelled credits for taxi appFri Dec 01 2023 - 14:22
Falling inflation may have sting in its tail, Department of Finance warnsImpact of higher interest rates yet to be ‘fully felt’, department to tell Public Accounts CommitteeThu Nov 30 2023 - 06:00
Consumer watchdog says no Irish research planned as UK regulator finds brands hiked prices to maximise profitsSome suppliers are contributing to food price inflation, says Competition and Markets AuthorityWed Nov 29 2023 - 11:26
Ben Dunne funeral: Supermarket tycoon remembered as kind man who kept business of family close to his heartDunne’s kidnapping at the hands of the IRA in the early 1980s was a ‘hugely traumatic source of many of his personal problems in the years that followed’, funeral toldTue Nov 28 2023 - 15:19
Dunnes shoppers could lose out as voucher window gets smallerThe retailer is reducing to 10 days the timeframe in which vouchers are validTue Nov 28 2023 - 06:00
Dublin riots: ‘It’s just a mess. The whole front of the shop was destroyed’Retailers count the cost of rioting and looting as they prepare to reopenMon Nov 27 2023 - 16:02
The 12 costs of Christmas, and 12 ways to spend smarterPricewatch: Research suggests we are near the top of the international spending charts at ChristmasMon Nov 27 2023 - 07:01
Guns used in Michael Collins film go under the hammerItems which featured in The Banshees of Inisherin, My Left Foot, Normal People and Father Ted will be up for grabs in an online auctionSun Nov 26 2023 - 18:36
Dublin retailers, restaurants and pubs fearful of long-term impact of violent scenes‘We believe it is essential the policing strategy is adjusted so there is a high profile, sustained Garda presence on Dublin streets throughout the city centre on a permanent basis’Fri Nov 24 2023 - 19:00
'It was a really dark day for Dublin': Clean up in Dublin begins after night of riotsThe Dublin Lord Mayor called yesterday "a really dark day for Dublin" as rioters and looters burnt out out public transport and attacked Gardai.Fri Nov 24 2023 - 12:22
‘Shame on those people’: Arnotts chief rounds on riotersDublin businesses ‘massively concerned’ about cost and impact of riots on trade in what is busiest trading period of the yearFri Nov 24 2023 - 12:14
‘Dark day for Dublin’: Shock and anger as scale of destruction from riots comes to lightDamage in area around O’Connell Street visible following night of ‘devastation’Fri Nov 24 2023 - 12:10
Black Friday: Conor Pope’s 10 commandments for bagging a bargain and avoiding rip-offsDo your research, make a list, don’t panic and, maybe most importantly, shop Irish where possibleFri Nov 24 2023 - 06:00
Petrol and diesel prices fall as Christmas nears with average cost per litre down 3 centPrice survey by the AA attributes decrease to an easing back of the price of a barrel of oil on international marketsThu Nov 23 2023 - 06:00
