Irish consumers pay almost €500 more than EU average for energy each year
Price of electricity 30% higher and domestic gas almost 10% than European standard
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Supermarket prices up almost 5 per cent in 12 months new data shows
If spread over the course of a year, price hikes of that scale could add €400 to typical household’s grocery spend
Growth in Irish services sector is subdued
AIB purchasing managers index records weaker rate of expansion in April
Travel insurance and car hire for your holiday: An essential guide
Q&A: How to secure the best deals and avoid the sneaky tricks some companies try to pull
Consumers moving to own-brand products amid cost pressure, EY study shows
Irish consumers continuing to do majority of shopping in-store
Food prices continue to climb, according to inflation data
EU Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices shows 2% climb over the last year
‘Wrong on so many levels’: are we paying too much for our drugs to be dispensed?
A reader wonders if pharmacies’ reluctance to dispense more than a month of a longer prescription at a time is down to maximising prescription fees
The Eircom shares debacle: ‘I spent €5,000. They are now worth less than €500′
An email from frustrated shareholder Daniel raises an interesting idea about what to do about ‘nuisance’ shares and the endless paper they continue to waste
Electricity prices dip in March but are 52% higher than a year ago
Official figures show charges remained higher than last year
Decking, doughnuts and jogging: 25 fads that have been big in Ireland
When’s the last time you went for a jog? Or slipped on your decking in your slanket while listening to your ghetto blaster?
Ireland now: anxious, jumpy and no country for young men or women
Despite full employment, a new survey suggests Irish people are increasingly concerned about the economic outlook
‘I have no access to my pensions’: Overseas readers locked out of their AIB and BoI accounts
Two readers complain about being locked out of their Irish accounts from overseas. Sometimes the banks’ response can seem over the top - but not always
‘Collins Kildare’ is not the only Irish-sounding website selling suspect items
A number of readers had similar experiences with ‘Murray-Dublin’ and ‘Aidens Kildare’
Irish headline inflation rises to 2% in March
Higher prices for alcoholic drinks and food drove the slight increase in the annual rate of price growth
Fallon & Byrne owners say business now ‘self sustaining’ after loss of €564,046 in 2023
The hospitality group closed 2023 with accumulated losses of €4.7m and cash of €1.3m, according to abridged accounts just filed
Ryanair dismisses hundreds of reader baggage experiences as misinformed ‘hearsay’
We heard from hundreds of readers who insisted that what Ryanair had told us was false. Here are just some of those stories
No dress and no refund: A reader’s saga ordering clothes online from an ‘Irish’ firm that used stock images for staff photos
The Irish people behind Collins Kildare, at least according to its website, also appear to moonlight as stock photography models
Grocery price inflation surges to more than 4.5%
Sales increase at slowest pace since 2022 with greater focus on promotions and own label brands
GoCar charges almost €2,000 when rental car breaks down after 30 minutes
‘I could neither reverse nor go forward ... The following day, two sums of money, €287 and €1,650, were removed from my account’
Irish consumers adopt cautionary stance as housing costs sap investing confidence
High rents and rising house prices a top concern for nearly a quarter of survey respondents
Has Ryanair started penalising people with carry-on luggage?
The airline tell us we are ‘as usual, misinformed’ but three separate people have had the same experience
Low-income households made ‘high-risk’ changes to meet cost-of-living pressures, study finds
With difficulty accessing welfare benefits, they cut spending on essentials such as food while getting into debt to survive
Irish inflation rises slightly in March ahead of Trump tariffs
Food price inflation accelerated in the month, according to latest flash estimate
Cost of living: ‘You are going to see €5 lattes in Ireland by the end of the year’
Cost of living: our basket of goods has climbed by 33 per cent in three years
Consumers could face €1,000 increase in bills across energy, broadband and other areas from this week
Surge in costs for health insurance, energy, television, broadband and mobile phones
Migrants to Ireland hit ‘disproportionately’ by poverty after housing costs despite being better educated
One in five migrants in Ireland is ‘income poor’, and 14.5% are at risk of poverty, compared with 11% of Irish-born residents, ESRI finds
Paperless bills: Attaching a pdf to an email ‘should be mandatory’
The requirement to log into an online portal means many customers never check their bills
SSE Airtricity ‘issued me with a bill of €4,300, up from an average of about €150’
A reader saw her energy bills jump by 1,000% after a bad meter reading, while another suffered after failing to submit a reading when vacating an apartment
‘They don’t answer phones’: How Aer Lingus customer care frustrated Rosemary, Dave and Paul
A reader asks about allowances for disabled passengers, while another has since June been trying to get cancellation compensation
Over-60s can borrow against the equity in their home. But should they?
Equity release can give older people financial peace of mind or the funds for a more comfortable retirement but be careful of the terms and conditions
Living in deprivation: ‘I felt so ashamed that I couldn’t provide properly for my children’
Latest CSO figures show almost half of lone parents with children aged under 18 struggle to make ends meet
Why is Ireland the second most expensive place in Europe? These are 10 key areas where we pay more
Several recent studies have reinforced how expensive Ireland is in global rankings. Here are 10 key areas where we pay well above average
Third of households with single adult and children went into debt to meet ordinary living costs last year
CSO says 54 per cent found basic cost of housing to be a ‘heavy burden’
Grocery prices in Irish supermarkets on the way up again, new figures show
Households shopping bills have now risen by well over 20% when compared with late 2021, says Kantar Worldpanel
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