Many worse off by more than €5,000 a year as a result of nine ECB rate hikesThe bank has raised its main lending rate to 4.25 per cent, compared with a zero rate just over a year agoThu Jul 27 2023 - 20:04
‘You just feel absolutely helpless’: The Stunning’s Steve Wall hit by ECB rate hikesOver last year tracker rates have jumped by 4.25%, adding €540 in interest per month to an average tracker mortgage of €250,000Thu Jul 27 2023 - 19:00
ECB hikes rates for ninth time in 12 months amid war on inflationHeadline euro zone inflation was running at 5.5% last month, well above the ECB’s 2% targetThu Jul 27 2023 - 13:16
How to avoid being ripped off when hiring a car on holidayConor Pope’s guide to the dos and don’ts of renting a car at home or abroadTue Jul 25 2023 - 05:00
The customer isn’t always right: Conor Pope on the consumer rights you don’t have Pricewatch: The sagas of Nikki’s broken Apple Watch and Margo’s damaged jumper show buyers still have to bewareMon Jul 24 2023 - 06:10
Health insurance: How to save hundreds – if not thousands – on your policyIf you have been on the same policy for more than three years you are probably overpaying by about 25%Fri Jul 21 2023 - 13:40
Travel Q&A: How to save money on your luggage when flying abroadConor Pope: Be sure to pack as light as you can and check your baggage allowance when booking your flightTue Jul 18 2023 - 05:00
‘So far our divorce has been amicable but Bank of Ireland is adding significant pressure’Pricewatch: A couple navigating the difficulties of separating have also had to negotiate a maze of bureaucracy and snail’s-pace responses over house deedsMon Jul 17 2023 - 00:01
Seriously ill man left paying insurance for a car he doesn’t own and can’t drive Pricewatch: Bank of Ireland Insurance Services continued to renew the car insurance policy of an ill man despite a request from his daughter to cancel itMon Jul 17 2023 - 00:01
Paying the price for supporting an older relativePricewatch: One woman incurred hefty bank charges after adding her son to her accountMon Jul 17 2023 - 00:00
Travel Q&A: How can I avoid getting fleeced with foreign exchange?Conor Pope: Failing to sort your holiday currency needs could cost you a pretty penny, cent, baht or pesoTue Jul 11 2023 - 05:00
Making savings while saving the planet and joining the circular economyPricewatch: Organisations are starting to incorporate reuse and recycling into how they work, leaving the destructive linear economy behindMon Jul 10 2023 - 08:46
People returning to towns and shopping centres in significant numbersMigration towards online shopping platforms slowing after a surge in popularity during Covid lockdownsMon Jul 10 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ pay crisis: Loss making musical, barter accounts, club membership, wages and loaned car under the spotlight at hearingBarter account details show nearly €5,000 spent on Havaiana flip flops and €2,000 on balloons for summer parties in 2016Wed Jul 05 2023 - 19:10
Most parents cutting back on extracurricular activities ahead of new school yearSurvey finds one third of parents unable to buy new shoes for children before going back to schoolWed Jul 05 2023 - 05:00
Travel Q&A: What are my rights if my flight is cancelled or delayed?Conor Pope: Strikes have led to thousands of flight disruptions across Europe in recent months. Here’s what to do if yours is cancelled or delayedTue Jul 04 2023 - 05:00
Hotel admits it’s the problem as Taylor Swift fans lose out on accommodation for Dublin concertsSwifties struggle to shake it off as Radisson glitch sees hotel bookings for Dublin concerts cancelledMon Jul 03 2023 - 16:56
From the moment Lynda checked in her bags with Aer Lingus things started going wrongPricewatch: Litany of error and poor service conspire to produce a truly miserable experience for travelling duoMon Jul 03 2023 - 12:00
The mystery of the missing Ticketmaster refund and the case of the cancelled concert ticketsPricewatch: Readers got in touch over what happened after Celine Dion cancelled her 2024 shows, and how Ticketmaster responded to a request for tickets to be changed for accessible onesMon Jul 03 2023 - 06:00
I’m paying twice for my eir service - when is this circus going to be resolved? Pricewatch: effectively a customer was paying eir twice – once for his old service and once for his new oneMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:30
Aldi and Tesco follow Lidl in dropping the price of own-brand milk products by 10 centsLidl ‘is very conscious of the cost of living challenges’ facing customers, says chief executiveSat Jul 01 2023 - 15:17
Glamping and camping in Ireland: From high-end to rough and ready, here are 40 great spotsFrom luxury yurts and woodland pods to family-friendly beachfront campsites and wild spots to pitch your tent, there’s something to suit everyone, and every budgetSat Jul 01 2023 - 06:00
Bank of Ireland to open branches on Saturday over tech glitch as services ‘return to normal’Customers furious as technical outage cuts people off from finances and banking details for much of FridayFri Jun 30 2023 - 20:02
Lidl cuts the price of milk for the second time in two monthsRetailer knocks another 10 cent off the price of two-litre own-brand stapleFri Jun 30 2023 - 19:19
RTÉ pay crisis: Donnelly raises prospect of Garda involvement as fresh hearings set for next weekCenter Parcs announces it will not continue €295,000 sponsorship deal for The Ryan Tubridy Show in another blow for RTÉFri Jun 30 2023 - 18:22
Contactless transactions soar but EU moves to safeguard cashBloc eyes legal framework for digital euro and support for physical payments as BPFI data show 3m contactless transactions dailyThu Jun 29 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ executives grilled for four hours at Oireachtas committee: As it happenedTop executives and board members from national broadcaster spent more than four hours being grilled by Oireachtas committeeWed Jun 28 2023 - 19:12
RTÉ pay controversy: how the day unfolded, as broadcaster issues key statement No finding of wrongdoing on the part of Ryan Tubridy who was not aware of the credit note provided by RTÉ to commercial partnerTue Jun 27 2023 - 19:31
Third-level students living away from home face €14,000-plus in annual costs Rent accounts for largest proportion of €1,566 that students can expect to pay out each month, TU Dublin report saysTue Jun 27 2023 - 17:05
RTÉ pay crisis: Day of drama as Dee Forbes resigns while Claire Byrne and other presenters reveal salariesControversy stemming from secret payments to Ryan Tubridy appears to be worsening as week of hearings dawnsMon Jun 26 2023 - 18:52
Irish supermarket inflation falls to lowest level this year at 15.8%Inflation rates ‘still much higher than we have previously seen’, retail analyst saysMon Jun 26 2023 - 17:45
RTÉ crisis: Board statement coming; Forbes gone; O’Callaghan, Byrne, Duffy outline salariesFormer director general resigns as reverberations from Ryan Tubridy’s secret payments continue to shake broadcasterMon Jun 26 2023 - 17:36
‘I suddenly felt this cold fear wash over me’ - how a tech-savvy writer and broadcaster was scammedPricewatch: Fionn Davenport’s experience of being scammed has left him feeling exposed and vulnerableMon Jun 26 2023 - 12:00
Tubridy payments crisis: Catherine Martin orders full review of RTÉ's governance and culture Minister cannot say who signed off on hidden payments to presenterSat Jun 24 2023 - 18:10
Tubridy pay: Taoiseach ‘concerned’ about undisclosed payments as presenter apologises ‘unreservedly’RTÉ interim deputy director general Adrian Lynch says Tubridy will not return to radio show duties next week for ‘editorial reasons’Fri Jun 23 2023 - 22:22
Do I need travel insurance for my holidays or is it a waste of money? Travel cover for going abroad might not cost much but it could save a whole lot of heartacheFri Jun 23 2023 - 11:26
Titanic submersible: ‘We don’t know what the noises are, frankly’ - US coast guard issues update on searchMissing submarine, which disappeared on Sunday while on a dive to wreck of ocean liner with five people onboard, is ‘fundamentally dangerous’, says retired admiralWed Jun 21 2023 - 21:38
‘Funnel clouds’ could become more extreme with climate changeTornado-like clouds seen recently are ‘relatively common’ but could become more of a feature across IrelandWed Jun 21 2023 - 19:26
Customer care and the public service: ‘Libraries must be up there with the best’Your views on your experiences trying to get help from various parts of the public sectorMon Jun 19 2023 - 12:00
NCT good, RTÉ bad: The best and worst customer service from the public sectorPricewatch: Whether it’s the Passport Office, the NCT or the HSE, everyone has their own storyMon Jun 19 2023 - 06:00
Proposals to fight ‘blight’ of scam calls and texts could save €1.5 billion by 2030, watchdog saysScale of scams outlined by ComReg as it opens up new proposals for consultationSat Jun 17 2023 - 09:56
‘I am so lucky I wasn’t there’: Lightning hits woman’s Leitrim home for second timeNollaig McGreevy says she feels both unfortunate and very lucky after lightning hit her Co Leitrim home for the second timeFri Jun 16 2023 - 19:00
Greyhound and Panda set to increase bin chargesThe waste collection company says it is imposing the price increases as a result of its rising costsFri Jun 16 2023 - 04:00
Homeowner’s mortgage jumps from €765 to €1,089 after ECB rate riseConsequence of rising rate means ‘only way I can afford it is by taking on longer hours at work’Fri Jun 16 2023 - 03:55
Further ECB interest rate increase will heap pressure on borrowersMore financial pain coming as ECB president Christine Lagarde all but confirmed another rate hike next monthFri Jun 16 2023 - 01:00
ECB tightens squeeze on mortgage holders with further 0.25% rate hikeFrankfurt’s latest increase is being viewed by markets as the penultimate increase in the current sequenceThu Jun 15 2023 - 13:15
Cost of basics required to ‘live with dignity’ jumped last year, research suggestsDouble-digit price increases for minimum basket largely driven by energy and food price increasesThu Jun 15 2023 - 12:16
Few mortgage holders to be spared pain as ECB set to increase interest rates againFirst time buyers worse off by more than €2,000 as Frankfurt-based rate-setters to increase borrowing costs for the eighth time in almost a yearThu Jun 15 2023 - 08:55
Irish mortgage rates climbing but still low by EU standardsAverage rates currently 3.63 per cent according to Central Bank data but set to climb higherWed Jun 14 2023 - 12:24
Some burning questions and answers to help you make the most of summerPricewatch: From the best suncreams and sunglasses to barbecues, cheap flights and hidden hotels, here’s how to have a good time at a reasonable priceMon Jun 12 2023 - 12:00
