‘Email had my booking reference plus details of guests’: Booking.com customers targeted by scamThree Pricewatch readers victim of similar scams: ‘My concern about this is how sophisticated it is’Mon Oct 30 2023 - 06:00
Irish Friends fans mourn Matthew Perry: ‘Did I cry on the way over here? Yes I did’At the Friends Experience in Dublin’s Point Square, the show’s fans reflect on a troubled favouriteSun Oct 29 2023 - 17:23
Heartbreak and camaraderie at Dublin Marathon: ‘How they keep it up for 26 miles I just don’t know’Rain greets runners as thousands take part in 42nd Dublin MarathonSun Oct 29 2023 - 15:14
Crowdfunding: When GoFundMe goes right, and when it goes wrong...Ireland is the most generous country on the biggest crowdfunding platform in the world. The company’s chief executive talks about how the platform worksSat Oct 28 2023 - 06:00
‘We’re not dropping out we’re dropping dead!’: 11 left in elite club to have run every Dublin Marathon‘There’s only a few of us left … I feel so blessed that I’ve been able to get to the start every year’Sat Oct 28 2023 - 06:00
Can an airline just cancel my flight without giving any reason? Travel Q&A: A reader’s return Ryanair flight from Seville for a wedding was cancelled — rebooking will cost time and moneyTue Oct 24 2023 - 05:00
Weather warnings: Southeast bears brunt of heavy rain as multiple alerts in placeStatus orange rain warning in place for Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny, with yellow warnings covering 18 other countiesMon Oct 23 2023 - 14:57
Man (70s) arrested after gun seized in west DublinGun and ammunition were found during search in Saggart, west Dublin, on SundayMon Oct 23 2023 - 10:25
Tributes paid to Irish woman Denise Morgan fatally shot in New YorkDenise Morgan found unresponsive in apartment as New York police statement notes ‘firearm recovered in vicinity’ of deceased male (33)Mon Oct 23 2023 - 09:56
Ten ways to reduce the costs of winter, the most expensive seasonFinancial guide to winter: Getting through the cold, dark season can be financially as well as physically onerousMon Oct 23 2023 - 07:01
Thousands of ESB staff in line for €2,000 in bonus paymentsSemi-state company is to spend more than €20m on vouchers for staff in recognition of cost-of-living pressuresSun Oct 22 2023 - 15:30
New EuroDreams game promises winners €20,000 a month for 30 yearsNational Lottery launching first annuity-type game of its kind in Ireland, in a joint venture with seven other European countriesFri Oct 20 2023 - 19:01
Ireland’s credit unions are about to become an even greater financial forceOn The Money: Much loved by consumers, new legislation allowing for greater co-operation within the sector passed key stageFri Oct 20 2023 - 13:13
Energy credits, tax cuts, welfare hikes: Key dates when people will get budget moneyEnergy credits, increased social welfare payments and changes to tax and USC bands are on the wayFri Oct 20 2023 - 11:00
‘An Post is holding onto my package. I have no idea how to get out of this nightmare’Pricewatch: ‘This tiny but very important sim card has been stuck in Royal Mail and An Post hell for three weeks’Wed Oct 18 2023 - 10:00
All I have to show for my seven-month wait for Eir broadband are disgruntled neighboursPricewatch: The company says it ‘deeply regrets the prolonged delay in the installation of this customer’s broadband’Tue Oct 17 2023 - 06:01
Where have all the luggage trolleys in Dublin’s Heuston Station gone?Travel Q&A: On a recent journey to Westport, a reader noticed there were no trolleys available for passengersTue Oct 17 2023 - 05:00
Grocery inflation slows again but supermarket prices are still going up Prices still about 10.5% higher now than this time last year, but retail analysts Kantar upbeat about further falls in inflationMon Oct 16 2023 - 13:15
Ulster Bank and the mystery of the shifting tracker repaymentsPricewatch: Variations in tracker mortgage payment increases following hikes in ECB interest rates left a reader puzzledMon Oct 16 2023 - 11:01
‘I have been chasing a Fitbit refund since April 2022.’ An infuriating 18-month wait Pricewatch: A product recall in 2022 left a reader badgering the Google-owned maker of activity trackers for $299Mon Oct 16 2023 - 06:01
Spending of Irish rugby fans in France soared in SeptemberCash left behind in Irish hotels, bars and restaurants was down significantlyMon Oct 16 2023 - 00:15
Helen McEntee says legal appointments Bill is sound but welcomes Supreme Court assessmentPresident Michael D Higgins referred Bill to State’s highest court, identifying 12 provisions of it for special attentionSun Oct 15 2023 - 19:19
Five men die on Ireland’s roads over the weekendJournalism student Joe Drennan and drummer Chris Bradley among those who diedSun Oct 15 2023 - 17:32
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie review – Swifties lose all inhibitions during this spectacle like no otherConor Pope: I’m not the target market for this kind of stuff, obviously, but I am buzzing after this experienceSat Oct 14 2023 - 11:00
For well over a decade tracker mortgage holders were on the pig’s back. Things have changedMortgage holders who have been paying high interest rates for years are annoyed about plans for morgage interest relief for a minority on trackersSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:06
Mortgage interest relief – who is not getting it and why?Budget 2024 decision to limit relief to tracker and variable rate holders described as bizarreWed Oct 11 2023 - 20:16
As it happened: Budget 2024 brings mortgage relief and USC cutsSinn Féin says Coalition produced ‘budget for landlords’ while teaching bodies say it will not address recruitment and retention challengesTue Oct 10 2023 - 21:33
What will this year’s budget package mean for you?Mortgage holders the biggest winners, but many other groups benefit from cuts, grants and bonusesTue Oct 10 2023 - 19:23
Mortgage interest relief: How do I apply and how much can I save?The subset of borrowers most affected by house lending rate hikes will benefit by up to €1,250Tue Oct 10 2023 - 18:36
Number of people with private health insurance continues to rise, says HIAIndustry watchdog says there are 2.44 million people with insurance, 47.6% of total populationMon Oct 09 2023 - 12:40
Got a consumer problem? Here are the companies most likely to help you outPricewatch: The main reason some brands are successful at customer experience excellence is that they are part of our communities in a way others are notMon Oct 09 2023 - 00:00
‘Mam, my phone is broken’: Here comes the money scam using your own child’s voiceIncreasingly complex scams are taking almost €1 million a day from Irish consumersSat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00
Almost half of Irish adults could not cover the cost of an unexpected expense of €1,000, survey findsBehaviour & Attitudes poll finds cost of food has replaced energy as main concern and that families with teenage children are struggling mostSat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00
Temperatures set to climb towards mid-20s over weekendMonday will be another dry and warm day, although cloudy for much of the countryFri Oct 06 2023 - 20:15
More than €5m worth of cigarettes seized at Dublin PortRisk profiling and Waffle the detector dog made seizure of 6.3m cigarettes possibleFri Oct 06 2023 - 19:03
Investigation launched after man’s body found in Limerick car parkDiscovery of body of man (40s) was made in Steamboat Quay car park early on Friday morningFri Oct 06 2023 - 18:39
Dodgy boxes: Could I end up in court if I own one?Conor Pope investigates the implications of owning or selling a ‘protection-defeating device’Fri Oct 06 2023 - 11:17
Airbnb to fund some of Ireland’s most historic homes which may see some listed as accommodationProperties will be given ‘expert guidance and workshops’ as well as financial aidThu Oct 05 2023 - 17:11
GoFundMe has no role in solving dispute over Stephen Termini fundraiser, CEO saysTermini alleges he has not received any money raised through platform after Dublin assaultThu Oct 05 2023 - 13:49
The Westbury Hotel named as best hotel in Ireland by Condé Nast TravellerIreland ranked by readers of the magazine as the fourth best country in the world to visitTue Oct 03 2023 - 16:30
Irish weather in September: Multiple stations saw record temperatures in month of extremesHeatwave and heavy rainfall marked hotter and wetter month than average across IrelandTue Oct 03 2023 - 11:39
Visitor numbers to Irish attractions hit by cost of living and global uncertaintyPost-pandemic hangover and war in Ukraine among reasons for visitor numbers declining by over 40 per cent in 2022Tue Oct 03 2023 - 10:53
RTÉ and Ticketmaster ‘among worst for customer experience’ while credit unions top list Research from CX Company puts national broadcaster in last place when it comes to customer experienceTue Oct 03 2023 - 05:30
Why am I asked to show my boarding card when shopping at the airport?Travel Q&A: Conor Pope answers a query from a cross reader frustrated by multiple requests at Dublin Airport recentlyTue Oct 03 2023 - 05:00
What makes consumers tick when it comes to the climate emergency?Pricewatch: Price mechanisms are crucial to long-term decision-making, says behavioural scientist Pete LunnMon Oct 02 2023 - 06:35
Pricewatch: Couple with infant devastated after losing more than €5,000 in home rental scamPricewatch: Prospective tenants are advised to always meet the landlord or letting agent in the accommodation and ask them for identificationMon Oct 02 2023 - 00:01
Northern Irish businesses benefitting already from EU deal, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar says DUP’s issues about returning to power sharing are a matter for the DUP and the British governmentSat Sept 30 2023 - 15:59
Gardaí charge teenager over death of woman in OffalyGardaí appeal to people not to share footage of aftermath of incidentSat Sept 30 2023 - 13:25
One-off cost of living measures in budget will not be as generous this year, says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says inflation has ‘moderated’ over last 12 months while wages had increased ‘across the economy’ to offset impact of rising pricesSat Sept 30 2023 - 13:24
Rise of contactless transactions continues, Central Bank findsContactless cards transactions still tot up to just a quarter of the total card spending despite accounting for 84% of all point of sale transactionsFri Sept 29 2023 - 11:34
