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More on Buying Irish – the Irish Question from PriceWatch

I didn’t get around to writing about this article when it was published a couple of weeks ago, but it’s definitely worth [...]

Boo hoo – we’re being bullied by Tesco

I’m getting tired of the frequent coverage given to Tesco and how they’re operating, allegedly, in the Irish grocery market. I don’t [...]

The National Consumer Agency Price Comparison Website – RIP – and just as well

It’s some time ago that the NCA admitted that they had to give up on trying to build a grocery price comparison [...]

How to get free groceries – according to Dr. James Reilly, TD

There was an exchange in the Dail last week (as recorded on KildareStreet.com) where Dr. James Reilly, Fine Gael TD for Dublin [...]

Another reason not to get involved with gift vouchers – I’m losing count now

One of the more popular pages on this site is my constantly updated feature on reasons not to get involved in using [...]

Buy Irish? Make sure you check the small print

I wrote recently about some comments in the Seanad and elsewhere from people concerned that Irish consumers were sometimes being conned into [...]

When is buying Irish not actually buying Irish?

I’ve covered this topic a few times in the past, but I thought I’d come back to it again. I know from [...]

Taking Street Trading to a New Level in Dublin

I was having lunch recently with a friend in The Bailey on Duke Street in Dublin. We noticed a car pull up [...]

Who really is the cheapest supermarket? Don’t expect the NCA to tell you!

Splashed across the Aldi website at the moment is the headline “Ireland’s Best Value Discounter”, while available on many of the Lidl [...]

ThinkIrish.ie – A new “Buy Irish” campaign

You may already have seen the press coverage of the new internet based “Buy Irish” campaign being promoted by an organisation called [...]