Conor Pope

Conor Pope

Consumer Affairs Correspondent

Conor Pope is Consumer Affairs Correspondent, Pricewatch Editor

Fake listings, phantom bookings and unhelpful bots: Booking.com’s credibility problem

The site deals with 2,000 bookings per minute, usually uneventfully. But when things go wrong, they go very wrong

Minecraft and Candy Crush among games targeted by consumer watchdog

European Commission’s Consumer Protection Cooperation Network focusing on nine online gaming companies in investigation

Online shoppers buying from outside EU face fresh charge of €2 per item from November

New €2 levy is on top of €3 fee per item imposed in summer

Could diesel and petrol prices in Ireland keep rising? Unfortunately, yes

The price of crude is no longer what’s pushing prices up. It’s the price of refined diesel and kerosene

Man paid about €400 on Booking.com for hotel that turned out to be closed

Reader Mark says the entire experience ‘was and is still extremely stressful’

Tourist tax could raise more than €200m for local authorities, research shows

Visitor levies charged by local councils on overnight accommodation are common in EU countries and in parts of the UK

Oasis fans left to follow Liam Gallagher’s questionable advice as all tickets snapped up

Frontman told ticketless fans to ‘sneak in’ after all 42 tour dates sold out, including two nights at Slane

Visitors arrive ‘almost daily’ at my house expecting to stay in tourist accommodation

My house in Dublin was used as bait in an accommodation scam on booking.com

Three-day abortion wait adds ‘unnecessary barriers’ to care, campaigners say

Speakers at March for Choice in Dublin call on the Government to improve timely access to abortion services

Irish couple who lost €26,000 when wedding planner went bust have ‘perfect day’ at last

Newlyweds spent another €40,000 on dream event in Tenerife and were ‘saved’ by the generosity of others

Bord Bia chairman faces fresh criticism over imported chicken at Dublin restaurant he part-owns

IFA accuses Larry Murrin of ‘making a mockery’ of Bord Bia

How to save hundreds of euro on the cost of running your car

On The Money: Driving is expensive but there are plenty of ways to save some cash

Competition watchdog carries out dawn raids on solar panel operators

Investigation centres on anticompetitive behaviour and bid rigging

Ads coming to Netflix in Ireland next March, company confirms

Announcement comes two weeks after streamer increased subscription rates

‘I assumed Complete Savings emails were junk but €18 a month was going out of my account’

More readers have realised they have been paying into the so-called web loyalty scheme

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