Clothes waste: How to be part of the solution, not the problem
Buying clothing second-hand or renting an outfit instead of buying new makes sense for both the planet and your pocket
Pricewatch
Conor Pope's Pricewatch column
How to be better at keeping your clothes alive for longer
Top tips to keep your favourite wardrobe items looking and feeling great
The shocking waste in the clothes we wear
With clothes consumption spiking across the developed world, new rules to tackle the resulting environmental damage are long overdue
Reactions to Re-turn: From ‘it adds car journeys’ to ‘an incentive for people to litter less’
One person’s frustrating waste of time is another person’s way to earn a few bob from cleaning up the neighbourhood
‘How do we make less money?’ Re-turn continues to break records with cash it actively doesn’t want
The Deposit Return Scheme has seen more than 1.8 billion containers, bottles and cans recycled since starting
Restaurants adding VAT after the fact in breach of the law
Reader ‘taken aback’ to find tax added separately when paying at end of meal
Eir refuses to refund 91-year-old for a service her family says was cancelled a decade ago
Utility has marked complaint taken by customer’s daughter as closed
We may just have found the most expensive egg in Ireland
Avoca is at the centre of two readers’ price complaints
Student money: An A-Z of college saving and spending
Tips on how to budget as a student and make the most of deals, offers and discounts at college
Laya Healthcare customer left baffled by company’s explanation of insurance price hikes
Health Information Authority encourages people to shop around and consider increasing hospital excesses on policies
Tesla refuses Dublin customer €500 referral discount despite assurances
Elon Musk’s EV company points to small print in denying John the discount he was twice told he was entitled to
More than €4,000 vanishes from account after Airtricity issues huge bill over incorrect reading
Spending months trying to retrieve funds would most likely tip us all over the edge - but contact by Pricewatch here produces swift results
Unwelcome car-hire experiences might prove enlightening for intending travellers
One reader less than pleased when hire firm refused to accept printed, not embossed, credit card
Ryanair: ‘We don’t have time to waste with stupid follow-up questions from your readers’
The airline says under-16s now need to be accompanied by an adult when flying. Readers say it’s not that simple
Back to school costs: 20 ways to reduce the burden
Despite years of positive noises from government - and some positive moves - the financial burden of getting kids back to school continues to rise. But there are ways to ease that burden
‘I was delighted with the big, happy head on him’: Stories of soundness restoring readers’ faith in humanity
From Ryanair and Decathlon to Stena and Dublin Bus, here are some happy-ending tales of sound customer service
How to make a customer complaint: The consumer rights you have, and the ones you don’t
Awareness of what protections you have as a consumer, but also of when the law isn’t on your side, can ultimately benefit your blood pressure
Ryanair’s changed policy on minors leaves children’s travel plans up in the air
When it comes to accompanying children, a 16- or 17-year-old is no longer an adult
‘The worst customer service experience of my life’: Tales of Aer Lingus travel trouble
More readers have been dismayed by poor Aer Lingus customer care
From ‘LID-ill or LEED-ill?’ to bargain canoes: 25 lessons from Lidl’s 25 years in Ireland
We used to sneer, but the German discounter came into its own after the economic crash
Would you want to be woken for an in-flight meal of rubbery pasta?
The world is split into those who prefer to be woken and those who’d rather slumber
A sleeping passenger goes hungry on an Aer Lingus flight across the Atlantic
“maybe they are hoping I will die before they have to respond”
After being scammed out of €1,850, finding a human to speak to in Revolut proved impossible
‘It feels like the system is built to exhaust people into giving up’
‘When do new rental rules take effect?’ ‘Can I be asked to move out now?’ Your tenant and landlord questions answered
We recently invited readers to submit queries on incoming rental changes. Here’s a selection of them, with our responses
‘I fell ill days before my €1,200 holiday. We got €130 back’
A couple could not go on their first mini break without their children in 20 years due to illness
An Aer Lingus passenger’s 26-hour trek home, and eventual refund
Being stuck at Newcastle airport in an uncomfortably hot aircraft was the least of Gerry’s worries
Airtricity account moves from arrears to credit to arrears to credit and back to arrears again
Pricewatch receives another story of smart metres going awry
‘I paid Three and Sky for broadband services but got neither’
Caoimhe’s landlord put the kibosh on her initial broadband installation plans
‘You can now carry your shopping if you spend €50-€60. That’s absolutely crazy’
Shrinkflation, the perception that real inflation is way ahead of official figures and unhealthy food being the most discounted are among readers’ complaints
Ireland’s grocery prices are still soaring. How can that be?
The cost-of-living crisis is still being felt painfully in the weekly shop, yet the consumer protection watchdog has found no evidence of price gouging
Sky Television ‘seems happy to take advantage’ of my trusting, elderly aunt
Pricewatch receives two similar stories connected to Sky Television involving older people
Where in the world is the freezer a school bought from Currys?
Delivery driver ‘called our school caretaker’ to arrange imminent delivery which never arrived
Is Currys in line for the worst customer care story of 2025?
Three rounds of repairs failed to fix a flashing and flickering laptop screen
Summer holiday checklist - 25 ways to ‘save not spend’ in the days ahead
A small amount of preparation and financial forward thinking will stand you well as you prepare for your getaway this year
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