In the past, I’ve referenced the excellent Execupundit.com website – one of my favourite daily reads. This is another beautiful post from [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
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 machines popping up in [...]
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 little chinks of light [...]
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 listening [...]
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.
It’s [...]
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 – [...]
