Week 7: Keep on swimming onConor Pope: ‘I am starting to quite enjoy the lengths’ Dominique McMullan: ‘Be kind and listen to your body’Tue Apr 07 2015 - 06:00
Selfies, sunshine and gur cake at Dublin’s Road to the RisingThe real star of the day is the sun, making its first lasting impression since the end of last summerMon Apr 06 2015 - 15:03
Pricewatch reader queries: Vodafone customer sees red over roamingPlus: the scratch card win that never wasMon Apr 06 2015 - 01:00
What to expect in your first bill from Irish WaterIrish Water is posting out its first bills – 37,000 of them each day. The envelope will contain a summary of the charges as they apply to you, water-saving tips and an incentive to registerMon Apr 06 2015 - 01:00
Banks to have veto powers weakened as part of insolvency overhaulEconomic Management Council understood to be pushing for revision to rulesSun Apr 05 2015 - 21:38
AIB to refund 1,600 customers an average of €100 within weeksBank blames system error for failure to process February tax reliefSun Apr 05 2015 - 18:20
Week 6: Revelations, in and out of the waterDominique McMullan: ‘I am falling in love with swimming’. Conor Pope: ‘It has taken me a long time to realise that my breathing is all over the shop’Tue Mar 31 2015 - 09:00
Department of Education error leaves pensioners unpaidFailure to lodge money into accounts affected almost 30,000Tue Mar 31 2015 - 08:49
Pricewatch reader queries: Pressurising the banks can pay offOne Bank of Ireland customer saved €700 in mortgage interest payments last year after pushing his case; and the weird world of bonus protectionMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
‘Confuseopoly’: lost in the mobile phone billing mazeGetting the best value out of your mobile is confusing, and who do you think the big winner is from all that confusion? Hint: it’s not youMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . rising rentsRents across Dublin went up last year by just under 10 per cent, according to the Private Residential Tenancies BoardSat Mar 28 2015 - 01:00
Health-bill hearing warned of need to act on alcohol sponsorshipAdvertising affects children’s behaviour, says Alcohol Action Ireland CEO Suzanne CostelloThu Mar 26 2015 - 18:06
Rents jump by over €1,200 in Dublin in just 12 monthsRent for houses outside capital up 4.4% from €639 to €667, apartments up from €595 to €612Thu Mar 26 2015 - 14:05
House prices fall again in wake of new lending restrictionsFebruary CSO figures show residential prices down 0.4% nationally, 0.7% in DublinThu Mar 26 2015 - 09:33
Irish Water criticises ‘leaks’ on plan to deduct water bills from wagesSpokeswoman for utility says it has ‘no view’ on what Government decides on paymentsWed Mar 25 2015 - 18:10
Glasnevin Trust to make funeral costs more transparentTrust accused of anti-competitive practices over selling burial plots, headstonesWed Mar 25 2015 - 12:55
Ireland is running short of one-cent coinsNoonan considering dropping one and two cent coins following trial where everything was rounded to nearest fiveWed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Savings of €1,250 by shopping around for car insuranceDifference between highest and lowest premium across the board, survey findsTue Mar 24 2015 - 01:00
Pricewatch reader queries: Do Supervalu’s prices vary by location and how much is a UPC remote control worth?Prices in rural towns and cable provider’s €20 charge for a remote control questionedMon Mar 23 2015 - 01:00
Is Moore Street market past its sell-by date?Facing change from the council and German discounters, the market still wins on priceSat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
Ireland’s first online-only property auction takes in €6.8mHigh-stake eBay style process involved ‘bid extensions’ to prevent last second snipingFri Mar 20 2015 - 10:35
Insurance body rows back on widowed surcharge claimCover by spouse’s policy will count under lifetime community rating planWed Mar 18 2015 - 13:16
Week 4: The undersea of tranquilityDominique McMullan: ‘I’m slowly developing an addiction’. Conor Pope: ‘Things appear to be much better’Tue Mar 17 2015 - 09:00
The Irish consumer: a strange beastWe take pride in ‘Irish’ goods made overseas but take much local produce for granted. We complain to the wrong people. And it’s brother against brother in the war over two samey teasMon Mar 16 2015 - 01:00
Jersey Boys writer: ‘Frankie Valli is a dark soul. He is not a happy guy’Rick Elice co-wrote the record-breaking musical about the Four Seasons. He reveals how Valli and co’s tales of past criminal endeavours convinced him to take it onFri Mar 13 2015 - 06:00
Week 3 swimming diaries: Zen and the art of floatingDominique McMullan: ‘Sometimes I am like a torpedo' Conor Pope: ‘I am still struggling'Tue Mar 10 2015 - 04:00
Average family will spend over €600 on milk before end of yearDairy farmers say they make less than 2 cent profit on each litre of milk they produceTue Mar 10 2015 - 01:00
Habitat is (almost) back in business in the RepublicIrish shops closed as recession took hold in 2008Mon Mar 09 2015 - 12:48
A day in a charity shop: ‘A lot of wealthy women come in’Our Consumer Affairs Correspondent volunteers in an Oxfam shop. Beyond the feel-good factor, it’s a fascinating retail experience: the prices can’t be beaten and the donations range from tat to gold – literallyMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Pricewatch product reviews: Garden shearsWhat’s the sharpest buy? Pricewatch’s value-for-money verdict cuts to the chaseMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Pricewatch reader queries: UPC customer unimpressed with box-set situationAlso, a problem with a Leap Card; and Lotto iPhone app ‘as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike’Mon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Ireland one of least Muslim-friendly countries – reportUK finished in sixth place in one of lists, with Ireland 24th out of 25Wed Mar 04 2015 - 16:08
O’Donnells went from €1bn portfolio to seeking bankruptcyCouple set up investment vehicle Vico Capital and became major name in UK commercial propertyTue Mar 03 2015 - 21:19
Get Swimming Diary: A pool of pep talks to ease the panicConor Pope:‘I can swim four lengths non-stop’Tue Mar 03 2015 - 10:30
Hotel rooms up 10% last year to €103 average, says surveyRate of increase cited by hotels.com Hotel Price Index refuted by Irish Hotel FederationTue Mar 03 2015 - 05:00
Consumer confidence higher than in boom yearsSurvey shows consumer spending contributed to economic growth for first time since crash of 2008Mon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00
Pricewatch reader queries: Vexed by Bank of Ireland’s security questionsPlus, Meteor finally agrees to replace a faulty Samsung mobile phoneMon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00
10 things we love and hate about online shoppingOnline shopping turns 21 this year, but Irish consumers have been slower than others to do their buying on the web. They’re quite right. And quite wrongMon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00
Give Me A Crash Course In . . . falling house pricesPrices fell by 1.4 per cent nationally in January. Is that good or bad news?Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Samsung’s TVs acting not so smart for millions of usersIrish users were unable to access online services such as Netflix and YoutubeThu Feb 26 2015 - 17:00
Harley hearse to carry Irish biker dead to final resting placeMassey Bros funeral directors unveiling Harley-Davidson Electra Glide hearseThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
Property prices suffer biggest monthly fall in three yearsFigures from the CSO show prices in Dublin fell 1.9% in January and by 1.4% nationallyWed Feb 25 2015 - 12:28
Landlords given just weeks to forward names of tenants to Irish WaterNumbers registering in rental sector significantly less than among owner-occupiersTue Feb 24 2015 - 19:23
Pricewatch reader queries: Irish Rail’s inflexible online booking systemPlus: say a novena for Passport ExpressMon Feb 23 2015 - 01:00
Fairtrade: a fairer payday for some of the world’s poorest workersFairtrade Fortnight starts today. But what does the Fairtrade label really mean? Do goods bearing it cost more? And does the concept really make a difference?Mon Feb 23 2015 - 01:00
Dublin property bubbles stretch back 300 yearsResearch shows there were worse crashes and recovery took centuriesSat Feb 21 2015 - 01:00
If walls could talk: three Dublin house historiesKarl Deeter and Frank Quinn’s research has thrown up some interesting facts. We dropped in to some of the houses to see what they’re like todaySat Feb 21 2015 - 01:00
Waiting for Passport Express delivery extended by 50%Department of Foreign Affairs apologises for delays – now standing at 15 days waitingFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
Pricewatch reader queries: My grandson feeds the meter but still gets electricity billsPlus: complaints about Yourtel lead to ComReg actionMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
