How to cope when things go wrong on holidayConor Pope: Follow this checklist and it just may be of assistance when you most need a steer in the right directionTue Sept 05 2023 - 05:00
Housing costs, inflation and confusion about pensions thwarting retirement planning Tax relief and company contributions will see many pension investments treble almost instantly, unlike money left on deposit, say expertsTue Sept 05 2023 - 04:00
Lack of support for families among barriers to experiencing a good death, report findsIrish Hospice Foundation identifies ‘systemic gaps’ in services for end-of-life care in IrelandTue Sept 05 2023 - 00:00
End of life: A daughter recalls her parents’ decline and an ailing healthcare system ‘A lot of older people will not have someone to advocate for them. And I would not want them to have to face the challenges we faced’Tue Sept 05 2023 - 00:00
Conor Pope’s cost-of-living letter to students: Sign up for free events and learn to cook Pricewatch: Join the mailing list of every gallery in your city. There will be openings. With wineMon Sept 04 2023 - 06:00
Sharp decline in pension ownership in 40s-50s age groupCost-of-living crisis putting future planning out of reach for many, research from consumer watchdog findsMon Sept 04 2023 - 05:00
Energia to cut prices for gas, electricity customers by up to 20%Company says it plans to reduce home energy prices from October in move that could see households save hundreds of euroFri Sept 01 2023 - 18:27
Dodgy boxes: ‘They can’t police the streets - they’re hardly going to crack down on us’Sellers of dodgy boxes are unconcerned at latest threats of a crackdown, saying such warnings tend to coincide with the start of Premier League football each yearFri Sept 01 2023 - 18:00
Constituency review: Foxrock surprised but sanguine about moving to Dublin Rathdown constituency Move will see Dublin Rathdown’s TD count go up to fourWed Aug 30 2023 - 21:51
VHI to raise prices by 7% on average in further blow to health insurance customersSecond increase in less than a year will see many people worse off by hundreds of euroWed Aug 30 2023 - 11:34
Irish flight disruption could last for days after 20 cancelled at Dublin Airport on TuesdayHundreds slept on floor at Dublin Airport on Monday night following air traffic control faults in UKTue Aug 29 2023 - 21:24
Fuel prices could cross €2 a litre again in winter, AA Ireland warnsPrice jump expected after Friday when excise duty on fuel will climb by 7 cent for petrol and 5 cent for diesel as temporary measure endsTue Aug 29 2023 - 17:06
Updated energy customer protection measures for winter issued by watchdogExtension of a moratorium on disconnections and greater flexibility for consumers in arrears are among protections announcedTue Aug 29 2023 - 15:50
Airport chaos across Europe: Know your rights if your flight is delayed or cancelledAll you need to do if things have gone wrong or if you think things are about to go wrongTue Aug 29 2023 - 11:24
New health insurance increases to add hundreds to annual costDouble increase price ‘shock’ to take effect for Laya customers from October 1st with competitors expected to followTue Aug 29 2023 - 05:00
How to book a last-minute holidayConor Pope: Be flexible, shop around, and remember cheap doesn’t always mean good valueTue Aug 29 2023 - 05:00
Irish athletes caught up in delays as up to 100 flights to and from Ireland cancelledDublin Airport advises passengers due to travel on Monday night to check status of flights even though UK air traffic control says issue ‘identified and remedied’Mon Aug 28 2023 - 21:57
Doctor briefly left in limbo after Eir cuts broadband access over changed namePricewatch: And second Eir customer left hanging for weeks in search of broadband accessMon Aug 28 2023 - 00:00
Pricewatch: Will energy prices remain high for the foreseeable future? Pricewatch: Ireland’s energy watchdog has said it expects gas and electricity prices for domestic users to start falling within weeks, but the fact remains that electricity is still very expensive to generate hereMon Aug 28 2023 - 00:00
The era of cheap food is over. Here’s what we can expect nextMany Irish households will spend an extra €1,000 or more on groceries over the next year compared with 2020, and there is zero chance of prices falling to pre-crisis levels, even in the long termSat Aug 26 2023 - 05:00
Lightning causes house fires in Dublin as thunder storms sweep across the countryAlert in place for Leinster and seven other counties until 9pm on Friday eveningFri Aug 25 2023 - 18:58
Irish pub closures accelerating, with average of 152 shutting each year since 2019‘Significant component of tourism infrastructure’ operating in tough context with 22.5 per cent of pubs closing since 2005, Drinks Industry Group of Ireland reportsWed Aug 23 2023 - 00:01
Ads featuring burning piggy banks and broken promises fall foul of advertising standardsCar manufacturer Toyota fell foul of advertising watchdog for claims about its Hybrid Service on its webpageTue Aug 22 2023 - 19:16
‘Public execution’ of Ryan Tubridy condemned by leading hotelierJohn Brennan sharply critical of RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst in Instagram postTue Aug 22 2023 - 12:33
How to get an upgrade on a flight: travel alone, be sound and don’t be veganTravel Q&A: Conor Pope shares his tips for bagging a better seat in business or first classTue Aug 22 2023 - 06:00
Cost of groceries in Irish supermarkets climbs almost 13% in 12 monthsHowever, grocery price inflation falls as ice-creams and barbecues take a hitMon Aug 21 2023 - 12:53
Dangers of footpath obstacles to vision impaired highlightedNearly 70 per cent of survey respondents are less confident to go out independently, NCBI saysMon Aug 21 2023 - 05:00
Irish consumers should see energy bills fall in coming weeks, says regulator EU hits gas reserves target two months ahead of schedule but analysts say it might not be enoughMon Aug 21 2023 - 05:00
Back-to-school money-saving tips from A to ZPricewatch: From books to uniforms, and food to schoolbags, here are a few ideas for keeping costs down this coming school yearMon Aug 21 2023 - 00:00
Government urged to ‘completely rethink’ focus of childcare from needs of adults to childrenEarly Childhood Ireland says policy has been ‘underpinned by economic requirements’ for yearsSun Aug 20 2023 - 14:30
Irish actors and film workers protest in solidarity with US industry Hundreds gather in Dublin in support of strikes over unfair pay and AI concernsSat Aug 19 2023 - 18:50
Storm Betty: Woman (94) trapped in home overnight by fallen tree‘It could have been a lot more damage,’ says June Judd after tree fell between her house and her neighbour’s home in Rathmines, DublinSat Aug 19 2023 - 17:51
Tubridy insists he had ‘no intention’ of causing difficulty for RTÉDirector general Kevin Bakhurst says trust between Ryan Tubridy and RTÉ broke down following statement from presenter on WednesdayFri Aug 18 2023 - 18:41
With scams costing Irish consumers up to €300m a year, here’s how to stay safe ComReg says an estimated €115m is lost each year as a result of scam text messages, and €187m due to scam callsFri Aug 18 2023 - 16:37
Laya Healthcare to increase cost of insurance policies by 3% on averageHealth insurance company blames spike in volume and cost of claims being madeFri Aug 18 2023 - 15:18
Bank of Ireland CEO apologises for tech failuresMinister for Finance warns IT glitches are happening too often at Irish lendersFri Aug 18 2023 - 14:08
Confidence in banking eroded by Bank of Ireland ‘glitches’, says consumer advocateOutage could have caused `no end of difficulties and grief’ for customers says Dermott JewellThu Aug 17 2023 - 18:39
Bank of Ireland warns credit ratings could be affected by withdrawals made during IT outageGarda says decisons taken locally to deploy officers to ATMs due to ‘public saftey’ concerns as queues builtWed Aug 16 2023 - 19:30
RTÉ pay controversy: Grant Thornton review an ‘arrow through the heart’ of staff-management relationship Tubridy says he hopes to re-establish listeners’ trust as report indicates RTÉ used wrong figures to keep published pay below €500,000Wed Aug 16 2023 - 18:16
What happens to people who withdrew money during Bank of Ireland’s tech meltdown?Bank nursing more reputational damage as customers able to withdraw cash that they did not have on depositWed Aug 16 2023 - 16:31
The app that can shrink your shopping bill, and 16 other ways to cut down on food wastePricewatch: With surplus food app Too Good To Go you can look for participating businesses, agree to collect a bag of surprise goods for a low price and prevent food from going to wasteMon Aug 14 2023 - 06:05
Head to head: Is Ireland a tourist rip-off? Conor Pope and Georgina Campbell have their sayA good value haven for foodies and travellers, or heaven for gougers who want to charge €18 for 11 chips and two sausages? Two writers battle it outTue Aug 08 2023 - 06:30
Travel Q&A: How to find the cheapest flightsConor Pope: The earliest bookers don’t always get the cheapest seats - but there is sweet spot of when to book to get the best valueTue Aug 08 2023 - 05:00
Ten things that used to be free but now cost moneyBut there are also things that used to cost money and are now free, writes Conor PopeMon Aug 07 2023 - 06:20
Weather warnings in place as Storm Antoni’s effects create bank holiday washoutDisruptions to tram and train services as Met Éireann issues weather warningsFri Aug 04 2023 - 21:27
Pedestrian in his 30s dies following Tipperary crashRoad remains closed as Gardaí appeal for witnesses to come forwardFri Aug 04 2023 - 19:24
Drones disrupt two flights into Dublin Airport ahead of busy travel weekendOperations suspended for 10 minutes in latest disruption to runwaysFri Aug 04 2023 - 17:26
Coldplay and Taylor Swift are just the start: the ticket price plan to bleed Irish fans dryConor Pope: Ticketmaster rarely goes into detail about the business of ticket sales, but the man who brought that business to Ireland almost 30 years ago is more forthcomingFri Aug 04 2023 - 10:53
‘Frustration’ among parents over uniform costs, digital tools and voluntary fees, despite free books schemeOne in four secondary school parents said they had to take out a loan or borrow from friends in order to meet back to school costsWed Aug 02 2023 - 05:00
That Sky ‘would treat a recently widowed senior citizen like this is despicable’An attempt was made to explain to the agent that a contract was not valid if both parties had not agreed to it ‘but they insisted that it was valid’Tue Aug 01 2023 - 07:00
