‘I’m thoroughly fed up’: The struggle to find a working deposit return scheme machine Pricewatch: More than 16 million containers have been returned already but some consumers are having difficulty finding working machines to take their returnsMon Apr 08 2024 - 00:01
Health insurer VHI records €43.4m loss as cost of claims rises by 18% State-owned company said that was a spike in demand for healthcare services in 2023, along with higher labour and energy costsFri Apr 05 2024 - 16:27
Eir leaves reader frazzled with letters to dead brother and contract confusionCan Pricewatch help our reader after a ‘saga’ that has produced in her a fear of losing vital services?Fri Apr 05 2024 - 06:00
Cost of health insurance jumped sharply last year - watchdogOlder people are typically paying almost 50 per cent more for cover than younger cohortsWed Apr 03 2024 - 12:52
Grocery price inflation falls to lowest level in two years Irish shoppers spent €25m on Easter eggs as on-brand label products perform well for supermarketsTue Apr 02 2024 - 12:32
Love Island outfits, Peaky Blinders extras and big shouts for Leo on last day of Fairyhouse Racing fans turn out in damp and drizzly weather, with taoiseach-designate Simon Harris and European Parliament hopeful Nina Carberry among VIPsMon Apr 01 2024 - 20:55
Simon Harris rules out deals with Independents in exchange for support in Taoiseach voteMinister says he is concerned about road deaths and plans ‘very early’ meeting with Road Safety Authority and GardaMon Apr 01 2024 - 18:38
How to be better at making consumer complaints: Don’t be misguided, act fast and 28 other tipsPricewatch: Customers across the country are routinely let down, mislead and ghosted, so we’ve put together a guide to make you the best complainer you can possibly beMon Apr 01 2024 - 06:00
O’Flaherty sets out stall as European human rights commissioner term beginsRise of hate speech, AI and climate crisis among significant challenges faced, new Council of Europe commissioner saysMon Apr 01 2024 - 06:00
Childminders who work in own homes will be able to take advantage of subsidies from SeptemberIncoming taoiseach Simon Harris is understood to be planning to fast track the moveSun Mar 31 2024 - 19:39
Summer time starts but weather needs more time to catch upMonday to see heavy blanket of cloud across swathes of the country, with patchy rain and drizzle across the east and southSun Mar 31 2024 - 17:17
Donaldson resignation: Heaton-Harris welcomes pledges to ensure stability of StormontJeffrey Donaldson’s resignation letter to DUP said he intends to contest charges, it has been reportedSun Mar 31 2024 - 17:15
Sun shines as anniversary of Easter Rising marked with GPO ceremonyPresident Michael D Higgins lays wreath in first public engagement since hospitalisation earlier in MarchSun Mar 31 2024 - 14:32
Man charged after gardaí seize cannabis valued at €90,000 in Co KerrySuspect in his late teens detained after herbal cannabis found in Listowel areaFri Mar 29 2024 - 19:21
Bank of Ireland app: Deadline for people to update phone software extended to JulyCustomers receive message from bank stating that after March 31st Android phones operating on version 10 or older will no longer be supportedThu Mar 28 2024 - 10:33
Confusion over late-night clamping at train stationPricewatch: A reader had paid for a day’s parking at Dublin’s Heuston Station but after a day trip to Kerry she returned to her car to find it had been clampedWed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00
Financial ombudsman records surge in complaints during 2023Customer service issues once again the main reason for grievencesWed Mar 27 2024 - 00:15
Drew Harris criticises ‘outrageous’ draping of Tricolour on coffin of garda killer Pearse McAuley‘Days of gardaí trawling through hours of footage’ should be over, Minister tells conferenceTue Mar 26 2024 - 18:41
Price of a pint of Guinness to rise by almost 10 cent in Diageo move criticised by publicansPublicans describe move as ‘hammer blow’ to sectorTue Mar 26 2024 - 18:17
Charity shock as Revolut customer donates more than €400 by mistakePricewatch: A reader’s donation of spare virtual change to the Red Cross led to her unwittingly giving, over a period of several months, a sum she could not affordTue Mar 26 2024 - 06:00
Call for more supports to redevelop units above shops into homesSimon charity and DCU report says properties above shops could help tackle housing crisis and revitalise urban locationsTue Mar 26 2024 - 00:01
Scammers drain woman’s Revolut account and fintech comes looking for morePricewatch: A scammer claiming to be from the e-money app emptied a reader’s account, leaving it in the red, resulting in debt-collection threats from RevolutMon Mar 25 2024 - 06:00
Number of gardaí in road policing down by more than 100 since 2021Safety organisation warns of ‘real danger’ that more people will die on the roads this year directly as a result of the lower numbers of gardaíMon Mar 25 2024 - 00:01
Investigation under way after drone seized near Dublin Airport Airport police caught the user and the drone within minutes before handing the individual over to An Garda SíochánaSun Mar 24 2024 - 20:17
Fifty travel hacks: Conor Pope’s tips for saving time, money and effort when planning your next adventureWhen it comes to going on holidays, smart planning can save you a fortune and make your holiday infinitely more pleasurableSat Mar 23 2024 - 05:00
Israeli choreographer expresses sadness over Ballet Ireland axingOhad Naharin says cancellation ‘does nothing to help reduce the suffering of people in our region’Fri Mar 22 2024 - 13:20
There are too many people who are paying too much for their mobile phoneInflation linked price hikes that are impossible to avoid are not the only way you might be paying over the odds for your phoneFri Mar 22 2024 - 11:01
The sky high price of flight name change leaves passenger reelingAirlines charge exorbitant fees on name changes to stop people speculating on flightsThu Mar 21 2024 - 06:00
Competition watchdog launches court action against alarm companies PhoneWatch and HomeSecurePhoneWatch and HomeSecure are both owned by Norwegian firm Sector Alarm GroupWed Mar 20 2024 - 06:00
Quote Devil admits sending policy documents to wrong customersPersonal details of more than 2,000 customers revealed to other clients of online insurance brokerWed Mar 20 2024 - 05:00
Reasons to be cheerful: 20 ways we’re better off now than we werePricewatch: Things are far from perfect but before you pine for the good old days, remember how few choices we used to have, how much it used to cost to call home, and how hard it was to get anywhere. We’ve come a long wayMon Mar 18 2024 - 00:00
‘Where else would you celebrate?’: sun shines on Dublin’s biggest St Patrick’s Day paradeLocals and tourists alike gather for good food, good beer and good humour, as one New York visitor remarkedSun Mar 17 2024 - 18:10
‘I used to meet my fella under that clock’: Shoppers delight as life returns to ClerysShoppers queue outside new-look Clerys Quarter as opening of H&M breathes new life back into buildingFri Mar 15 2024 - 16:04
First look at Clerys Quarter: A glimpse inside one of Dublin’s best known shops for the first time in nine yearsDevelopment remains a work in progress and will not open fully until next year, but today H&M becomes the first store in the development to open to customersFri Mar 15 2024 - 08:48
Eir and Ryanair top list of companies named in consumer helpline contactsCurrys and Vodafone also featured prominently among almost 40,000 contacts to the Competition and Consumer Protection CommissionFri Mar 15 2024 - 06:00
Woman (95) unable to trigger fall alarm for more than a week as phone line not fixedPricewatch: Relative reported fault to Eir, saying she relied on phone as it is connected to her fall alarmThu Mar 14 2024 - 08:48
Consumers at risk from rogue locksmiths operating without licences, watchdog warnsPrivate Security Authority says ‘public should exercise extreme care when selecting a locksmith’ for homes or businessesWed Mar 13 2024 - 18:17
Ballet Ireland pulls dance piece over Israel linksPiece by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin removed from Bold Moves programmeWed Mar 13 2024 - 16:44
Cillian Murphy win and four awards for Dublin film company crown ‘huge year’ for Ireland on screenOppenheimer wins seven awards including best director and best film, while Irish-produced Poor Things takes home four statuettes including best actress for Emma StoneMon Mar 11 2024 - 12:06
What can, and cannot, be done about romance scams? Pricewatch: Extent of fraud not known fully because many victims ‘too embarrassed to report the fraud to gardaí'Mon Mar 11 2024 - 06:00
She married a man she’d never met, is losing thousands, and no-one can helpPricewatch: Here’s the story of a romance scam. While the details are very upsetting, her family wants us to highlight it to show the damage such deceit can do - to victims and their familiesMon Mar 11 2024 - 06:00
‘Our children will in all likelihood lose their mother. We didn’t want to spend precious time calling PTSB’After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, one woman and her husband try to get their finances in orderMon Mar 04 2024 - 06:00
A hotel’s illegal approach to gift vouchers, and a customer left short-changedThere are now strict rules governing the operation of gift vouchers, but it seems that some businesses are still choosing to ignore the lawThu Feb 29 2024 - 11:05
Dublin’s new official tour guide? AI chatbot to help show visitors around capital‘Smart tourism’ initiative aims to demonstrate how AI can help with more personalised travel recommendationsWed Feb 28 2024 - 20:32
Access to cash bill could hurt competition, hearing is told Oireachtas Finance Committee hears cash is ‘a crucial budgeting tool for many of those on fixed and lower incomes’Tue Feb 27 2024 - 18:46
Home alarm companies targeted in dawn raids by competition watchdog and gardaíMove part of an ongoing criminal investigation into potential breaches of competition lawTue Feb 27 2024 - 06:00
Mobile and broadband users face multiple communication price hikes without any chance to switch ComReg told Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan price increases linked to inflationMon Feb 26 2024 - 11:49
Which companies prompted people to contact the consumer watchdog most last year?Pricewatch: Consumers called the watchdog helpline almost 19,000 times between January and June of 2023 - that works out at more than 100 calls a dayMon Feb 26 2024 - 06:00
Fridges, phones, holidays: The faulty goods and services that cause Irish people most stressA wide-ranging survey highlights the sectors and issues that cost Irish people almost €1bn last yearMon Feb 26 2024 - 06:00
Passenger deaths since start of the year almost equals entire number killed in 2019, RSA figures show Road safety advocates express alarm at huge spike in number of passenger deaths in just two months, with speeding, not wearing seat belts and mobile phone usage main factorsMon Feb 26 2024 - 05:00
