Laya Healthcare rolls out fresh round of price increases
Some policies to go up by almost 9% while other fall in price
Irish pub-goers pay 11 times more tax on a pint than in Spain or Germany, research finds
Wine and whiskey also heavily taxed as drinks industry calls on Government to stop ‘killing’ Irish pubs
Potential savings outstrip climate concerns in motivation for home energy upgrades
Consumers prioritising lower bills over environmental reasoning by a factor of 10 to one
Cost of growing carrots rising faster than retail prices, industry group warns
Carrots are Ireland’s most purchased vegetable, with retail sales of about 52,000 tonnes annually
Irish Rail commuters faced long delays after signalling failure in Dublin
Services resume following outage affecting an area from Lansdowne Road to Donabate
Level of interest in new savings scheme high, says banking group
Tax incentives and simplicity are main attractions in promised investment accounts - BPFI survey
Paddy Power attempt at lighthearted satire about the English falls foul of ad regulator
Watchdog said advert conveyed message English people ‘did not clean up after themselves’
Teenage boy seriously injured in e-scooter crash
Incident is latest in wave of injuries among young e-scooter users prompting concern over recent weeks
New €2 charge for online shoppers – what you need to know
EU-imposed handling fee is coming on top of recent customs duty change and, for some, delivery service handling charges
Online shoppers face new €2 charge for non-EU goods from November
New handling fee of €2 is set to be imposed on all purchases from outside the EU on top of existing €3 per item charge
What will be the consequence for us this winter of higher oil prices?
Many Irish households are likely to be worse off by well over €300 a year
Booking.com users struggle in the face of phantom bookings and rogue cancellations
Online platform criticised for lack of customer care and basic understanding when things go wrong
A Currys customer’s ‘extremely exhausting and frustrating’ glitchy phone experience
Anna writes that ‘every time I speak to Currys, it’s like there’s no case history’
A ‘cold, spreadsheet-driven’ Aer Lingus response to a young woman’s ‘freak accident’
Woman says rival airline staff ‘visibly shocked’ by Aer Lingus attitude after spinal injury requires urgent trip and repatriation
Here are eight ways to keep the high cost of winter down, but you need to start soon
On The Money: Winter is coming but it doesn’t have to cost the earth