Checkout nation: our new habitsAFTER BEN DUNNE opened Ireland’s first out-of-town supermarket, at Cornelscourt in south Dublin in 1966, he used to drive up …Sat Nov 03 2012 - 00:00
Haughey's shirt of choice: Charvet pair at knockdown charity pricesCHARLIE HAUGHEY used to have his Charvet shirts delivered via diplomatic bag from Paris at great expense, but a second-hand pair…Sat Nov 03 2012 - 00:00
Refund refused after site gives wrong gym locationYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: A READER has been in touch in connection with online deal site LivingSocial.Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Four years from €1,200 fridgeYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: A READER called Rita bought a Samsung RSH fridge-freezer four years agoTue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Putting a high value on own-brandIrish consumers have less money to spend on food and less time to shop but they still want to get quality – even when buying …Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Tesco's 'per unit' prices don't add upYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: IN EARLY October a reader called Conor was on the Tesco website looking for nappies for his child.Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
€10 extra to get on early trainYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: A READER called Shaun made a return train trip from Dublin to Cork last week and paid €46Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Record numbers expected to turn out for big raceRECORD NUMBERS of people will take the streets of the capital on Monday for the Dublin Marathon, which remains without a sponsor…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
Mother of autistic boys tracks stolen car through social mediaA WOMAN whose car was stolen in Bray while she was in a toy shop with two of her four autistic sons successfully harnessed the…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
Crash survivor running for his lifeSTEVEN RAFFERTY remembers nothing about the moment he almost died.Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
House prices rise for third monthTHERE WERE fresh indications yesterday that the property market in the Republic may have stabilised with the Central Statistics…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Analogue consigned to broadcasting history“I’VE JUST secured my place in historyThu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Airlines must pay for delays, says courtEUROPEAN AIRLINES will have to compensate passengers by up to €600 if their flights are delayed by over three hours following…Wed Oct 24 2012 - 01:00
Eight reasons why the banks hate usADS FOR BANKS are filled with smiling, happy people brimful of optimism, shaking hands with their can-do bank manager who has…Tue Oct 23 2012 - 01:00
Irish soccer fans spent €100m in UKIRISH SOCCER fans are proving to be remarkably resilient in the face of recessionTue Oct 23 2012 - 01:00
More adults left with nothing after billsTHE STATE of Irish consumers’ finances continues to worsen with half of all adults now saying they struggle to pay bills on time…Mon Oct 22 2012 - 01:00
Wills are the way to goNext Monday marks the start of Best Will in the World Week and more than 200 solicitors across the State will offer people help…Tue Oct 16 2012 - 01:00
Children's TV shows free to run cheese adsTHE BROADCASTING Authority of Ireland (BAI) announced yesterday that advertising cheese products on children’s television shows…Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Recruitment process begins for insolvency service staffTHE ESTABLISHMENT of the long-awaited personal insolvency service has moved a step closer with the announcement from the Department…Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Price of many drugs may fall 10% from next monthTHE PRICE of prescription drugs is likely to fall by more than 10 per cent within days after the Department of Health announces…Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Thanks be to cheeses ban is liftedThere was grate news for Ireland’s cheesemakers who got their whey this morning when the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Broadcasting Authority upholds complaints about TV3 'psychic' programmeCOMPLAINTS ABOUT TV3’s controversial Psychic Readings Live have been upheld by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) because…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
TV3 Psychics Live breaches codeThree complaints against TV3's Psychic Readings Live have been upheld by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) because …Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
House reserve prices drop to 25% of peak boom pricesA new report from the Central Bank which found the average price achieved at house auctions over the past two years was €130,…Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
Property register brings clarity for buyersThe new house price register offers early positive indicators about the market, and invaluable information for the futureThu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Insurance firms in dark over levy changesTHE DEPARTMENT of Health has been accused of keeping the State’s four health insurance providers in the dark about changes it…Tue Oct 02 2012 - 01:00
Church moves on Communion frillsSTRETCH LIMOS, fake tan, long flowing designer dresses and enormous parties could become a thing of the past at First Communions…Tue Oct 02 2012 - 01:00
Property register shows few sales and one at €8,000LESS THAN one per cent of the State’s houses changed hands last year with some properties being sold for as little as €8,000, …Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Property price register publishedThe publication of the State’s long-awaited residential property price register today will restore “some confidence in the property…Sun Sept 30 2012 - 01:00
Shortall claims healthcare reform blocked by ReillyFormer junior health minister Róisín Shortall has claimed her attempts to reform the health service were blocked by Minister …Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
The revolution lives on in the child of Che GuevaraThe blockade of Cuba by the US strikes at the heart of Aleida Guevara, whose country’s potential has been sytmied, and whose …Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Property prices increase for second monthRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY prices in the Republic increased for the second consecutive month in August sparking hopes that the market…Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Negative equity loan offers questionedEBS and AIB have announced details of a negative equity trade-up mortgage for customers who want to move to a property of greater…Wed Sept 26 2012 - 01:00
Meteor says sorry but dodges the questionREADER'S QUERIES: DAISY, A reader, got a HTC Desire S mobile phone (right) last December in a Meteor shop on Dublin’s North …Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
No time to waste, the pensions time bomb is tickingLAST YEAR George Lee presented a programme on RTÉ that focused on the “Pension Time Bomb”Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Consumer body criticises removal of free bankingBANK OF Ireland has been sharply criticised for changing its current account fee structures and making it almost impossible for…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Scramble for tickets reaches fever pitch as pair sell online for €1,520THE SCRAMBLE for tickets for tomorrow’s All-Ireland football final between Mayo and Donegal reached fever pitch yesterday, with…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Ryanair 'had enough fuel' for diversionsTHREE RYANAIR aircraft which carried out emergency landings in Valencia because fuel supplies ran low after they were diverted…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Divorce rate rises by more than 150% since 2002CENSUS 2011: WHILE MARRIAGE has become more popular in the Republic in recent years, much greater growth has been seen in divorce…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
€48,000 The cost of running a family homeAn AA survey published today puts a figure of €22,000 on the annual cost of owning and maintaining a home for boom-time buyers…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
€920 'weekly cost' of running average home bought in boomAN IRISH family who bought a house at the height of the property boom would need to earn more than €920 a week after tax just…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
Bord Gáis price rise to add €50 to annual billsBord Gáis Energy is increasing the cost of domestic electricity by nearly 5 per cent in a move that will add more than €50 to…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
Airtricity electricity and gas go up next monthAIRTRICITY IS to increase the price of its domestic gas and electricity in a move that will add nearly €120 to the annual fuel…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Watchdog concerned about rise in financial complaintsCOMPLAINTS FROM consumers about the possible misselling of controversial payment protection insurance (PPI) policies sold by …Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
It's easy to make a bags of itYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES: A reader got in touch to say she is travelling to Madrid later this month for 12 weeks to complete a…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Cheap and cheerful way through collegeFrom coupon collecting to home brewing, students embarking on a year in college can save themselves a fortune if they follow …Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Paralympians due home this eveningPRESIDENT Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny hailed the most successful Irish Paralympic team ever yesterday.Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Businesses breach advertising rulesA Sunglasses Hut, a Halfords outlet, Ryanair and an Organic food shop Co Dublin were among the businesses to fall foul of the…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
