Q&A: When will people receive their budget payments?Budget 2025: There are different timetables for different people, given the amount of tax cuts, welfare increases and once-off paymentsTue Oct 08 2024 - 09:45
Ryanair responds to a hurried and mistaken booking from a grieving family 'My wife was standing at the desk with her mother’s urn in her arms pleading for some consideration to be shown given the circumstances. In the end, we had no choice but to pay'Tue Oct 08 2024 - 06:00
Ireland’s best and worst customer service: Guess which list Aer Lingus and Facebook are in The annual Customer Experience survey found the Credit Union Movement the best perfomerTue Oct 08 2024 - 06:00
Nancy and Marcel’s car was stolen for 10 days. Their insurance ordeal with Allianz lasted eight monthsIt took repeated unanswered emails and phone calls and a visit to Allianz’s Dublin office for our reader to get the use of his car againMon Oct 07 2024 - 06:00
Irish Rail apologises after wheelchair user was accused of ‘holding up train’Conor McCauley says he is ‘sick of being treated as second-class citizen’ on public transportMon Oct 07 2024 - 06:00
The health insurance maze that’s costing millions of people thousandsSometimes more choice does not benefit consumers, and health insurance is a prime exampleFri Oct 04 2024 - 11:41
If you think you have an automatic right to a receipt, you are wrongA reader’s belief he is entitled to some class of receipt is just one example of consumers believing they have rights they do not haveThu Oct 03 2024 - 10:21
Opposition calls for election as Coalition defends budget ‘bonanza’ in face of fierce criticismLabour says budget was ‘all glitter and full of shiny gimmicks’; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she ‘wants to see a full restoration’ of barristers feesWed Oct 02 2024 - 17:21
Budget 2025: Double child benefit payment; petrol and diesel prices to increase; series of personal tax cutsThe final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expectedTue Oct 01 2024 - 22:18
Who stands to benefit most from tax changes and cost-of-living measures?Budget 2025: Double-income households earning above €50,000 each with three children to benefit most in hard cash termsTue Oct 01 2024 - 19:17
Drivers of electric vehicles more likely to cause road traffic crashes, UL research findsEVs more likely to be used in urban settings where crashes are more commonMon Sept 30 2024 - 18:46
Lidl good, Ryanair not so bad, banks awful: What I’ve learned from 20 years writing PricewatchPricewatch has been counting the pennies on your behalf for two decades. Here’s what we’ve learnedMon Sept 30 2024 - 06:00
Thousands left without power while rivers burst banks in stormy conditionsWeather forecast: Motorists advised to take extra care with heavy rain forecast in Munster and much of LeinsterMon Sept 30 2024 - 00:10
Orange and yellow warnings for 13 counties in Munster and LeinsterIntense and thundery downpours expected to lead to flooding and travel disruption in several countiesSat Sept 28 2024 - 12:12
Man dies following Thursday morning collision in Co WicklowA young girl who was a passenger in the other vehicle was brought to Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin as a precautionFri Sept 27 2024 - 21:23
Tributes paid following death of ‘outstanding’ garda who took on Kinahan cartel The former Assistant Commissioner served 41 years in An Garda SíochánaFri Sept 27 2024 - 19:29
‘Had it not been for you, I wouldn’t be here’: Galway gardaí honoured for life saving actionsKillian Kenny’s foot became trapped in rocks as the tide rose rapidly in Kinvara, Galway last ThursdayFri Sept 27 2024 - 18:06
Wagamama closure: Meat Loaf’s drummer would do anything for lunch, but he won’t be dining at shuttered Dublin branchWould-be diners, including The Neverland Express musician John Miceli, were met with note on door of South King Street restaurant announcing its closure after Press Up Hospitality decisionWed Sept 25 2024 - 15:39
Health insurance too complicated and risks overwhelming consumers, watchdog warnsHealth Insurance Authority notes adult premiums up average of 7% since start of year and plans updated comparison tool to help consumers select insurance coverWed Sept 25 2024 - 00:32
Sky broadband blues: ‘During the day, it stayed working. After 8pm, zilch’‘During the day, it will work and stay working ... until around 8pm. After that zilch,’ writes Peter from GreystonesWed Sept 25 2024 - 00:00
Mobile broadband: Consumers powerless in the face of rising costsSome mobile broadband packages are likely to increase by more than 5 per cent next year tooTue Sept 24 2024 - 06:00
A hotel upgrade gone wrong: ‘I pleaded with Loveholidays to revert to my original booking. They wouldn’t’Changing booking for four-day stay on Fuerteventura turns into a nightmareMon Sept 23 2024 - 06:00
Main cost-of-living price rises have cost some households €8,000 a year since 2021Tax cuts and once-off measures in recent budgets, and wage increases for some, have offset a portion of these costsFri Sept 20 2024 - 14:36
Tennis coach sentenced to six-and-a-half years in Britain for child-sex offences worked at four Irish clubsSean Francis McGranaghan (33) described by police as ‘dangerous individual who has never admitted liability for heinous crimes’Fri Sept 20 2024 - 10:58
Ireland weather: Met Éireann forecasts warm weekend before temperatures drop significantlyWeather outlook: Rain forecast for Sunday as autumnal conditions set inFri Sept 20 2024 - 08:04
Is your home underinsured? This reader found out his was after a costly bathroom floodRebuilding costs have spiralled in recent years, which means a huge number of Irish homes are now underinsured and yours could be among themThu Sept 19 2024 - 10:40
Party is over for Tupperware as brand ubiquitous in Irish kitchens files for bankruptcyUS company founded by Earl Tupper in 1946 was transformed when Brownie Wise developed a new marketing approach for its products directly targeting women in their homesWed Sept 18 2024 - 18:50
Ombudsman disappointed over delays in finding non-nursing home accommodation for under-65sHSE tells Ombudsman 81 people moved to appropriate care and plans at an advanced stage to shift a further 17Wed Sept 18 2024 - 17:28
Leinster House barricades, road closures, restricted-access as Dáil starts new termGardaí prevented cars and pedestrians from coming within 100m of the gates of Leinster House unless they had appropriate accreditationWed Sept 18 2024 - 12:51
‘My IP address reads as being in Croydon’: Sky customers blocked from RTÉ and other Irish channelsSome Sky users found themselves blocked from accessing streaming services geo-restricted to IrelandWed Sept 18 2024 - 06:00
National Ploughing Championships 2024: Tickets, map and all you need to know about ‘Electric Picnic for country folk’ They call it Electric Picnic for country folk, so here’s the lowdown on the biggest event of rural Ireland’s annual social calendarTue Sept 17 2024 - 06:00
Most people want budget to prioritise low-income families, poll findsChildren’s Rights Alliance head says ‘once-off and top-up payments will not help the children and families most in need’Tue Sept 17 2024 - 06:00
Grocery inflation steady according to retail dataFigures from Kantar Worldpanel show rate of inflation is steady 2.8% having hit 2.5% earlier in the summerMon Sept 16 2024 - 11:51
Saving the planet and cutting costs in 13 simple stepsIreland is already feeling the adverse effects of climate change, says a new report, but there are still ways we can be part of the solutionMon Sept 16 2024 - 06:00
Retail group calls for share of Apple fundsShop owners say rising costs, increased crime and antisocial behaviour threaten livelihoodsMon Sept 16 2024 - 06:00
‘An act of love and hope’: New artwork made of plastic rubbish from river Liffey unveiledInstallation by artist Rhona Byrne made from repurposed materials in the form of love-seatsSun Sept 15 2024 - 16:06
Conor Pope joins the circus: I pine for the time a knife thrower drew blood from my neckCan Conor Pope cut it as an all-singing, all-dancing, all-bouncing performer, with help from the professionals of Dream Factory? No on all countsSat Sept 14 2024 - 05:00
Winter is coming at a cost but there are ways to savePeople will likely be paying at least €1,000 more between now and next September for energy than they did in 2021Fri Sept 13 2024 - 10:49
Tens of thousands of tracker mortgage holders to benefit from latest ECB rate cutPressure now on Irish lenders to lower rates for fixed and variable customersFri Sept 13 2024 - 06:00
ECB rate cut: What does it mean for Irish mortgage holders and how much will they save?Borrowers on variable rates and those coming off fixed rates or looking for a new mortgage may have to wait for any benefitThu Sept 12 2024 - 13:43
Is branding Shannon as a ‘Dublin destination’ airport the answer to Ireland’s flight woes?Junior minister suggests ‘Dublin (Shannon)’ could be sold as a travel destination but do overseas comparisons stack up?Thu Sept 12 2024 - 13:29
Tracker mortgage holders to save up to €1,000 per year with double interest rate cutsThe ECB is expected to cut interest rates today and also make a second, technical change to rate used to price tracker mortgagesThu Sept 12 2024 - 06:00
What does the expected ECB interest rate cut mean for Irish mortgage holders?The European Central Bank is likely to cut rates by 0.25 percentage points on ThursdayThu Sept 12 2024 - 06:00
Dublin Zoo announces elephant herd free of deadly virusNews comes after deaths of two young elephants this summerWed Sept 11 2024 - 10:00
Vaping crackdown: why are ‘serious restrictions’ being rolled out?‘Hundreds of thousands’ of children have become ‘hooked’ on vapes, posing a risk to their health, while there are also environmental concernsTue Sept 10 2024 - 13:28
North Dublin restaurant with ‘active rodent infestation’ issued with closure orderCockroaches, uncovered bins full of food waste and a lack of hygiene were among the reasons outlets were served with closure orders last monthTue Sept 10 2024 - 12:22
‘Sex in public view’, fighting and drug-taking spur residents’ fears over proposed cemetery Council granted permission for cemetery despite submissions from residents claiming it would be magnet for anti-social activityMon Sept 09 2024 - 22:10
MMA coach co-opted on to South Dublin County Council after nomination by Paddy HolohanHolohan won seats in two Tallaght electoral areas in June’s local electionsMon Sept 09 2024 - 19:50
Thirty money-saving hacks for college students: from supermarket tips to landing freebiesEverything you need to know about budgeting and being clever with cash for the next stage of your life — the third-level yearsMon Sept 09 2024 - 06:00
Ticketmaster to be investigated by watchdog over Oasis concerts saleCompetition and Consumer Protection Commission says it was prompted to act after receiving more than 100 complaintsFri Sept 06 2024 - 17:15
