Competition

NCA survey results – Consumers are shopping around less. But why?

Back in January, the National Consumer Agency released the results of a survey (and strangely, seemed to release pretty much the same survey [...]

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 [...]