Your consumer queries answeredAn eggsellent finish to a troubling chocolate storyMon Apr 15 2013 - 07:00
Better at complaining . . . worse at switchingResearch reveals that while satisfaction with products and services has increased, we are less willing to switch utility provider or retailerMon Apr 15 2013 - 05:00
Call for overhaul of examinership for SMEsLobby group cites 50% loan impairment and warns of further mortgage arrears issueSun Apr 14 2013 - 18:06
Totting up the true cost of living will be key to whether insolvency programme worksThe authorities are working out how much money is needed to liveSat Apr 13 2013 - 07:00
Central Bank moves to allay fears over tracker mortgagesCode of conduct intended to help avoid home repossessions, bank's consumer chief insistsFri Apr 12 2013 - 12:03
Airline introduces charges based on people’s weightNo, it’s not April Fool's Day... Samoa Air is really planning to charge heavier folk moreTue Apr 02 2013 - 18:37
Aldi and Lidl combined have 12.6% of grocery marketGrowth at Dunnes and Tesco still stalledTue Apr 02 2013 - 05:00
Maddening mixed messages from customer serviceReader dismayed at shop's reaction to problem with bill-pay mobile phone's screeMon Apr 01 2013 - 12:00
Get back to basics with a financial spring cleanThe turn of the year is a time when resolutions, financial and health, are made – and now is the time of year when most of them are brokenMon Apr 01 2013 - 12:00
Department of Justice tries to allay insolvency fearsIncome guide is draft only and will change, says spokeswomanMon Apr 01 2013 - 06:00
Leaks over insolvency plans causing fear among distressed borrowers, says FFEnda Kenny says controversial guidelines indicative and not bindingMon Apr 01 2013 - 05:10
Absence of insolvency referee is major flaw in systemUnless the Government is particularly anxious to see its support collapse, it will not countenance these prescriptive and restrictive guidelinesMon Apr 01 2013 - 05:01
Poots causes outrage over Easter Rising digNI’s minister for trolling sees Twitter timeline swamped after Easter messageSun Mar 31 2013 - 16:34
Draconian income guidelines scaring people, Opposition saysSeries of leaks detailing how little money people will be allowed to live on if they enter a personal insolvency arrangement is causing fear among many distressed borrowersSun Mar 31 2013 - 15:29
Consumer agency pulls drug price survey over errorsWatchdog blames pharmacists for mistakes in reportSat Mar 30 2013 - 06:00
Beer and banter on tap for ‘railway stations of the cross’Good Friday evaders buy a ticket to nowhere and avail of Connolly’s alcohol permitSat Mar 30 2013 - 06:00
One stop ancestry shop opens for businessGenealogy portal aims to make it easier to find out who you are - and where you came fromTue Mar 26 2013 - 20:01
Large discrepancies found in drug pricesConsumers charged three times more for same product in some cases, survey findsMon Mar 25 2013 - 17:16
Drug price differential is not a surpriseConsumer agency should also examine issue of drug costs in other countriesMon Mar 25 2013 - 15:17
Weave yourself a money-saving webThe web has changed the world in countless ways. It has also made it easier to save money. Here are 10 of the best sites to help you cut costsMon Mar 25 2013 - 06:18
Keys, pleaseBanks are preparing for thousands of repossessions this year, targeting tracker mortgages and homes in positive equity. Will it be fair, and will the country end up better off?Sat Mar 23 2013 - 06:00
MABS says people will not be forced to give up cars or insuranceFlexibility will have to be shown when insolvency arrangements are being drawn upThu Mar 21 2013 - 19:01
Mortgage arrears: your questions answeredWhat new proposals are on the table for tackling the mortgage crisis?Thu Mar 14 2013 - 06:00
Feeling undervalued by the property price estimates? What next?Many homeowners at the higher end of the market will have been pleasantly surprised by Revenue valuations issued this week for the property tax. But what should you do if you feel your house is worth more than the estimate?Thu Mar 14 2013 - 00:00
Supermarket sweep: a shopping challengeLast week we held a mirror in front of the State’s seven main supermarkets to see which was the fairest of them allMon Mar 11 2013 - 12:00
Famine Lumpers on the menu and in shopsThe Irish Lumper was on the menu at the Boxty House in Dublin’s Temple Bar yesterday afternoon and restaurant owner Padraic Gallagher…Fri Mar 08 2013 - 00:00
Revenue to have access to salaries and bank accounts of defaulters on new taxThe power of the Revenue Commissioners to collect taxes will be used to full effect to ensure there is close to full compliance…Thu Mar 07 2013 - 00:00
Homeowners' guide to calculating and paying the new taxQ&A: Next week letters will arrive on how to pay the property tax. Need some help?Thu Mar 07 2013 - 00:00
'Off the Ball' team leaves Newstalk pitch after row with managementIt’s a case of a team taking their ball and departingTue Mar 05 2013 - 00:00
Frozen burger sales in Republic fall by 42%Sales of frozen burgers in Irish supermarkets have collapsed in recent weeks as shoppers have turned their backs on the products…Tue Mar 05 2013 - 00:00
Irish tests find no more cases of equine DNAThere was encouraging news for Irish food producers embroiled in the horse meat scandal yesterday with the latest round of DNA…Tue Mar 05 2013 - 00:00
Supermarket is out of tune with its music-voucher serviceREADERS' QUERIES ANSWERED: Margaret MacCann wrote to us about Tesco’s “policy” on iTunes vouchers.Mon Mar 04 2013 - 00:00
Burger sales plummet after scandalSales of frozen burgers in Irish supermarkets have collapsed in recent weeks as shoppers have turned their backs on the products…Mon Mar 04 2013 - 00:00
Interest in urban properties at auctionThe two-tiered property market that is developing in the Republic was emphasised for the second time in two days yesterday with…Sat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
Great Famine spud returns after almost 170 yearsThe variety of potato at the root of the Great Famine will be widely available in Ireland for the first time in almost 170 years…Sat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
Property prices indicate two-tier marketMore indications have emerged that a two-tier property market is developing in the Republic, with the latest figures from the…Fri Mar 01 2013 - 00:00
Mortgage arrears hinders recoveryThe property market will continue to falter until the arrears crisis which has seen nearly 170,000 mortgage holders struggle …Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
'Once' more with feeling . . . play gets hometown welcomeIt’s called Once but quite a few people at the official opening of the award-winning musical at the Gaiety on Tuesday night have…Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
Ulster Bank 'sorry' for mortgage glitchUlster Bank has been forced to apologise to more than one thousand customers who are facing a shortfall on their mortgage repayments…Wed Feb 27 2013 - 00:00
Oxfam critical of food firms' ethicsThe company behind the Ryvita and Pattaks brands has finished in last place in a league table of corporate responsibility in …Tue Feb 26 2013 - 00:00
Laya premiumsto rise by up to 16.5%Laya Healthcare is to increase the cost of its health insurance premiums by up to 16Sat Feb 23 2013 - 00:00
Happy chanting just risible corporate claptrapQ : When did work become a cult?Sat Feb 23 2013 - 00:00
Birds Eye withdraws beef ready mealsFrozen foods maker Birds Eye has withdraw three beef ready meals from sale in Ireland and the UK as a precaution after horse …Sat Feb 23 2013 - 00:00
Laya hikes prices by up to 16.5%Laya is to increase the cost of its health insurance premiums by up to 16Fri Feb 22 2013 - 00:00
Diesel and petrol prices climb after recent fallsThe cost of petrol and diesel is on the way up again after nearly six months of falling prices, according to an Automobile Association…Wed Feb 20 2013 - 00:00
Smart way to return a lost propertyLast week we told the story of a reader called Barbara who left her wallet on an Aer Lingus flight to MadridMon Feb 18 2013 - 00:00
