Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Silence…. of the Irish

In the past, I’ve referenced the excellent Execupundit.com website – one of my favourite daily reads. This is another beautiful post from [...]

Coffee Special Offers – again

I wrote about this before, but I think it’s worth mentioning again. The Insomnia coffee shop lunch deal is hard to beat [...]

Count your own beer change

Irish News of the World Sunday March 15th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Count your own beer change We’ve all seen the change counting [...]

Mobile Phone Taxes and Charges

Irish News of the World Sunday March 15th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Mobile Phone Taxes and Charges Times are tough all round, with [...]

Prize Bonds – Are they worth it?

I was inspired to write this article following some recent publicity regarding the large increase in money invested in Prize Bonds towards [...]

MoneyGuideIreland.com steals content – a site to avoid

It’s been another busy week here so the Consumer Weekend News Short Stack probably won’t be published this weekend. But in the [...]

Beware of business organisations crying wolf

I’ve written here before about how consumers should be careful when listening to business representative organisations pronouncements in the press. If you’re [...]

Contract Terms also need a little common sense

There was a story recently in the Irish Times about problems encountered by the Trocadero Restaurant when having a new carpet fitted. [...]

Retail outlets dodgy sales tactics for Dublin Bus tickets

I was sent this picture of two Dublin Bus Travel 90 bus tickets. The one on the left was bought in February [...]

Dublin Restaurants – Where confidence resides?

It’s hard to work out what’s happening with the restaurant business in Dublin at the moment. There have been restaurant closures – [...]