No comeback for reader's wallet lost in transitYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES ANSWERED: Last October, Barbara, a reader, flew by Aer Lingus to MadridMon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
My canny Valentine . . . love on the cheapIt’s possible to be both loved up and frugalMon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Baby Sadie inherits O'Driscoll speedBrian O’Driscoll is famous for his speed on the rugby pitch, and his daughter Sadie showed herself to be no slouch when she was…Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Grocery staples rise in price by 12% in less than two years, survey findsPoliticians have repeatedly claimed that falling grocery prices have helped offset higher taxes and falling wages, but a new …Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
DNA testing for all meat productsMinister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said this evening he would be asking Irish manufacturers of processed meat products to…Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Horse meat scandal extends across EUThe labyrinthine nature of the horse meat scandal was further emphasised over the weekend with the French authorities indicating…Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Horse meat probe implicates more countriesThe labyrinthine nature of the horse meat scandal was further emphasised this weekend with the French authorities indicating …Sun Feb 10 2013 - 00:00
Baby girl for Huberman, O'DriscollIrish rugby star Brian O’Driscoll is likely to be both tired and exhilarated when he lines out against England this afternoon…Sun Feb 10 2013 - 00:00
Spanish texters paid for appy talkThe notion that you could earn cold hard cash by sending text messages to your mates may seem too good to be true but a Spanish…Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
No guarantee Findus lasagne safe to eatThe Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has said it cannot rule out the risk that people who ate Findus lasagnes made with…Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
Findus considers taking legal actionFrozen food company Findus confirmed this evening it was considering legal action after some of its beef products were found …Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
100,000 motorists may have faulty windscreensAs many as 100,000 Irish motorists could be putting their lives at risk by driving cars with badly fitted windscreens, an Oireachtas…Thu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
Investigation moves into criminal sphereInvestigations into how horse DNA entered the food chain through beefburgers made at meat processing plants in the Republic changed…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Dear old Dublin getting cheaperNews that Dublin is becoming a cheaper place to live has been welcomed by the city's business community and research showing …Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Supermac's confident of beef in its burgersThe results of a second round of tests carried out on Supermac’s beef burgers will be published later this week as the fast-food…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Paid with a wave: latest card up Visa's sleeveAt last summer’s Olympics, all the bars, restaurants and shops across the sprawling east London complex hosting the games were…Mon Feb 04 2013 - 00:00
Disconnect on the line leads to high phone chargesYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES ANSWERED: A reader called Rachel contacted us to see if we could help her with a problem she has been …Mon Feb 04 2013 - 00:00
VHI prices rise by nearly 70% in two yearsAnalysis: Yesterday’s price rise is the health insurer’s fifth since January 2011Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Consumers left bewildered by mobile and broadband packagesLarge numbers of Irish consumers are afraid to shop around for better value when it comes to telecommunications while those who…Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Aldi shoppers 'most loyal' - surveyWhen it entered the Irish market little more than 10 years ago it was considered an oddball outsider which sold unfamiliar brands…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
ComReg moves to counter mobile scamThe communications watchdog moved swiftly yesterday to ensure those behind a scam which targeted tens of thousands of mobile …Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
Thousands hit by mobile scamThe communications watchdog has moved swiftly to ensure that those behind a scam which targeted tens of thousands of Irish mobile…Mon Jan 28 2013 - 00:00
AIB says it will increase money for mortgage-lending to €2bnAIB says it plans to double the amount of money it is prepared to lend to would-be homeowners, from €1 billion to €2 billion …Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Property prices fell 0.5% in DecemberA tentative recovery in the residential property market has been set back after the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reported …Wed Jan 23 2013 - 00:00
Price deal could still deliver new CF drugThe last decade has seen huge advances in medicine and illnesses which once had a poor prognosis can be treated with highly evolved…Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Irish house prices fall even furtherHouse prices nationally fell by 0.5 per cent in December and 4Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
KBC hikes mortgage interest ratesTens of thousands of mortgage holders with KBC will have to find more than €300 extra this year to cover the cost of their home…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Taoiseach wants toxic bank pledge honouredTaoiseach Enda Kenny has told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that last summer’s commitment by European leaders “to sever…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
What's really in your burger?Anyone who thinks that prime cuts of beef are lovingly minced, seasoned, shaped into burgers and frozen before being sold for…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Cyprus president says small state in economic crisis can lead EU wellIn an upbeat assessment that will be welcomed by Enda Kenny as he prepares to address the European Parliament today, Cypriot …Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Bank debt deal 'must be honoured'Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that last summer’s commitment by European leaders “to sever…Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Repossession of a home is not always a bad thingAnalysis: Last October at the Irish Banking Federation conference, the Central Bank’s head of banking supervision Fiona Muldoon…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Fears for 300 jobs as HMV collapsesThousands of consumers have been left holding worthless HMV gift vouchers after the company, which has 16 stores in the Republic…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Cyprus tenure shows Irish the wayCypriot president Demetris Christofias has insisted a small country facing a serious economic crisis can head up the European…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
EU to send army trainers to MaliThe European Union is to priortise plans for a military training mission in Mali to help the government there combat Islamist…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
How to keep slim now the wallet's not so fatApart from South African holiday homes, pre-Christmas shopping trips to New York, brand new Mercs and Johnny Ronan there are …Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
Greyhound waste collection leaves a trail of angerYOUR CONSUMER QUERIES ANSWERED: We have been getting a lot of complaints about Greyhound waste collection in recent weeks.Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
Predictions not too far off the wallQ: Who is right about the property market – Fitch or the Irish optimists?Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
RTÉ man's blushes a 'hazard of trade'RTÉ newsreader Aengus MacGrianna's latest star turn as an unwitting internet sensation was "simply one of the hazards of the …Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Milking the Tricolour to boost sales in supermarketsYOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED: There isn’t a supermarket in Ireland which doesn’t boast about its Irishness and its commitment to …Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
Met Éireann brands prediction of summer scorcher as 'ridiculous'Met Éireann has rained on the parade of a forecaster who is predicting a summer scorcher for Ireland, branding his claims as “…Thu Jan 03 2013 - 00:00
Promise of summer sun 'ridiculous'Met Éireann has rained on the parade of a forecaster who is predicting a summer scorcher for Ireland, branding his claims as '…Wed Jan 02 2013 - 00:00
When premium rate texts won't go awayPatrick Rowley-Brooke contacted us with “a cautionary tale” that has cost him almost €137.Mon Dec 31 2012 - 00:00
Make your money stretch until paydayWhen TS Elliot described April as the “cruellest month” in his epic poem The Wasteland he clearly hadn’t just wasted the guts…Mon Dec 31 2012 - 00:00
Hogan welcomes 70% compliance rate in payment of household chargeThe Minister for the Environment has heralded the success of the household charge while admitting 300,000 houseowners have yet…Fri Dec 28 2012 - 00:00
Bogus texts break EU law with claims to offer array of prizesThousands of mobile phone users in Ireland, across all the major networks, have been inundated with bogus text messages from …Fri Dec 28 2012 - 00:00
Free Apple spam targets thousandsThousands of Irish mobile phone users across all the major networks have been inundated with bogus text messages from US numbers…Thu Dec 27 2012 - 00:00
