Back in January, the National Consumer Agency released the results of a survey (and strangely, seemed to release pretty much the same survey [...]
Competition
Flatpack Assembly Services – the growth Irish industry
With Ikea now open in Dublin (but even since it opened in Belfast in some cases), a rash of businesses have popped [...]
Pop Quiz: Why do you fly Ryanair?
Ryanair describes itself as “the worlds favourite airline” in its press releases. It frequently provides the cheapest fares on its routes compared [...]
Grocery Prices – the Australian situation and current controversy
There is an interesting controversy breaking in the consumer affairs / grocery prices area in Australia at the moment. There, the government [...]
USIT – screwing extra cash from a captive consumer?
I recently received this e-mail from a ValueIreland.com reader: Im hoping you may help me with this problem. I have recently applied [...]
Centra Special Offers
From yesterday, Centra will be renewing their recent Smart Savings Meal Deals that have already been running throughout their 480 stores nationwide [...]
Comparing Ireland to France when thinking of moving home
I received this e-mail a little while ago from someone who was in the process of moving home to Ireland from France. [...]
Irish consumer inertia – it’s why we’re ripped off so much
80,000 switch from ESB to Bord Gáis I’ve written here a few times recently about the advent of a sort of competition [...]
American Type Deals Arrive in Ireland
Irish News of the World Sunday March 29th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane American Type Deals Arrive in Ireland Here on ValueIreland.com I’ve written [...]
Where’s the cheapest coffee in Ireland?
Irish News of the World Sunday March 29th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Where’s the cheapest coffee in Ireland? With everyone looking at costs [...]
