Papal conclave: Black smoke emerges from Sistine Chapel, signalling no new pope electedCardinals to reconvene tomorrow for further ballotsWed May 07 2025 - 20:04
Irish consumers pay almost €500 more than EU average for energy each yearPrice of electricity 30% higher and domestic gas almost 10% than European standardTue May 06 2025 - 16:04
Supermarket prices up almost 5 per cent in 12 months new data showsIf spread over the course of a year, price hikes of that scale could add €400 to typical household’s grocery spendTue May 06 2025 - 15:55
Safe travels: all you need to know about insurance and car hire for your holidayQ&A: How to secure the best deals and avoid the sneaky tricks some companies try to pullMon May 05 2025 - 06:00
Retail lobby group seeks pause on minimum wage hikesRetail Excellence Ireland points to increase in insolvencies last yearFri May 02 2025 - 13:07
What kind of savings rates are banks, fintechs and the State offering?When it comes to making money out of money, finding the sweet spot is trickyFri May 02 2025 - 13:00
Consumers moving to own-brand products amid cost pressure, EY study showsIrish consumers continuing to do majority of shopping in-storeFri May 02 2025 - 12:44
Regulator criticised over energy firms’ failure to help consumers save money via smart metersDelay over new electricity tariffs is disappointing says climate advisory bodyWed Apr 30 2025 - 14:13
‘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 feesTue Apr 29 2025 - 06:00
Number of private motorists without insurance almost halves in two yearsOne in five commercial vehicles found to be in breach of motor insurance lawsMon Apr 28 2025 - 19:12
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 wasteMon Apr 28 2025 - 06:00
As it happened:Pope Francis’s funeral takes place in RomeCatholic Church begins nine days of official mourningSat Apr 26 2025 - 14:26
M&S struggles to get on top of ‘cyber incident’Customers have reported issues making some payments and delays to orders since last weekendThu Apr 24 2025 - 13:21
Beyond the big bang: Irishman’s universal evolution theory challenges accepted cosmologyJulian Gough has unveiled a cosmological theory he believes may better explain the origins of our universeThu Apr 24 2025 - 06:48
EU fines Apple and Meta combined €700m Sanctions come on foot of investigations into suspected breaches of EU Digital Markets ActWed Apr 23 2025 - 10:49
Death of Pope Francis: Michael D Higgins says pontiff had ‘unfinished business’, as preparations made for papal funeralPope Francis remembered following his death from a stroke and heart failureTue Apr 22 2025 - 22:14
Marks & Spencer apologises to customers over ‘cyber incident’M&S customers warned of possible delays to click-and-collect ordersTue Apr 22 2025 - 18:43
Plan to make pharmacies display dispensing fees will not make ‘a blind bit of difference’ Minister for Health seeking greater ‘visibility’ for private customers but Irish Pharmacy Union says move won’t change what they payTue Apr 22 2025 - 06:00
Tariffs and your pension pot: Whatever you do, don’t look nowMarket tumult will pass but the failure to start investing early in a pension could haunt you financially throughout your retirement Tue Apr 22 2025 - 05:00
Decking, doughnuts and jogging: 25 fads that have been big in IrelandWhen’s the last time you went for a jog? Or slipped on your decking in your slanket while listening to your ghetto blaster?Mon Apr 21 2025 - 06:00
Ireland now: anxious, jumpy and no country for young men or womenDespite full employment, a new survey suggests Irish people are increasingly concerned about the economic outlookSun Apr 20 2025 - 06:00
Tucker Carlson’s Conor McGregor interview: Pushing all buttons, blowing all dog whistles, telling multiple untruthsReview: The MMA fighter was given a soapbox on YouTube to air political views Fri Apr 18 2025 - 20:59
Lilly’s weight loss pill is a ‘landmark moment’ in the obesity fightProf Donal O’Shea hails breakthrough and says it may play key role in reshaping treatmentsFri Apr 18 2025 - 13:10
Interest rates Q&A: What does latest ECB cut mean for people in Ireland, and is now a good time to borrow?Interest rates explained: Drop of a quarter of a percentage point will benefit some consumers more than othersThu Apr 17 2025 - 14:23
Cost of health insurance rises over 12% in a year, with some policies jumping 25.6%Over 65s paying 44% more for cover than the average, Health Insurance Authority report saysTue Apr 15 2025 - 11:42
Netflix levy: A boost for homegrown television or a blow to consumers?We already have a TV licence fee, says Conor Pope, the Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent. But with a well-designed levy, the consumer wouldn’t pay, argues independent producer Larry BassTue Apr 15 2025 - 06:00
‘I have no access to my pensions’: Overseas readers locked out of their AIB and BoI accountsTwo readers complain about being locked out of their Irish accounts from overseas. Sometimes the banks’ response can seem over the top - but not alwaysTue Apr 15 2025 - 06:00
‘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’ Mon Apr 14 2025 - 06:00
Doctors initiate legal action over State’s transgender policyClinicians made a formal complaint against HSE over its referral of young people for assessment abroad Sun Apr 13 2025 - 07:06
Colin Farrell pays moving tribute to his father at Dublin funeral: ‘I loved being your son’Actor’s father Eamon Farrell played football with Shamrock Rovers in the 1960sSat Apr 12 2025 - 13:06
Tariffs Q&A: How will Irish consumers be affected? European Commission announced plan to impose counter-tariffs on close to 2,000 categories of US products ahead of Trump pauseWed Apr 09 2025 - 19:55
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 storiesWed Apr 09 2025 - 06:00
Romance loses its lustre as investors return to safe haven of goldWedding rings now costing hundreds of euro more as tariffs shake up markets Wed Apr 09 2025 - 06:00
Dublin Zoo chief appointed head of European zoo and aquarium associationDr Christoph Schwitzer to head body’s international efforts to promote animal welfare, conservation, education and scientific research Wed Apr 09 2025 - 01:00
No dress and no refund: A reader’s saga ordering clothes online from an ‘Irish’ firm that used stock images for staff photosThe Irish people behind Collins Kildare, at least according to its website, also appear to moonlight as stock photography modelsTue Apr 08 2025 - 06:02
Hot to go: New batch of Electric Picnic tickets sell out within minutesLimited number of festival tickets were on sale from noonMon Apr 07 2025 - 17:47
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 Mon Apr 07 2025 - 12:03
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’Mon Apr 07 2025 - 06:00
Trump’s tariffs: How will it hit me in my pocket and shopping trolley?Trade war to push inflation higher, causing elevated prices in supermarkets and elsewhere Fri Apr 04 2025 - 19:00
Scams, insurance not paying out and tracker issues among complaints to OmbudsmanFinancial Services and Pensions Ombudsman case studies illuminating for anyone considering lodging a complaintFri Apr 04 2025 - 13:23
Easter eggs will be smaller in Irish shops this year and likely much more expensive. Why? If you’re willing to play a game of chicken with your eggs, you’ll get a good deal on Easter Sunday. Maybe …Fri Apr 04 2025 - 06:00
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 experienceThu Apr 03 2025 - 06:00
Reduced VAT rate for electricity and gas to be extendedEstimated cost of move is €85mTue Apr 01 2025 - 16:36
Low-income households made ‘high-risk’ changes to meet cost-of-living pressures, study findsWith difficulty accessing welfare benefits, they cut spending on essentials such as food while getting into debt to surviveTue Apr 01 2025 - 06:00
Social welfare payments for those who lose jobs will be linked to previous earnings from MondayThree weekly payment rates are available under the scheme for qualifying workersMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
More than half of contactless payments in Irish retail made with a mobile phone or watchMore than 1.5 billion contactless transactions worth over €25bn made last year, figures showMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
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 yearsMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
What’s the story with driver numbers and my insurance?Change requires all drivers in Ireland to provide driver number for each driver covered on car insurance policySun Mar 30 2025 - 15:33
Consumers could face €1,000 increase in bills across energy, broadband and other areas from this weekSurge in costs for health insurance, energy, television, broadband and mobile phones Sun Mar 30 2025 - 10:41
If I can’t get flood insurance, can I still buy a particular house?Even people who haven’t been affected by flooding can now struggle to get insured, depending on where they liveSat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
