Household Bills

Management Company Issues – ODCE might have to act for once

Lately, I received a few e-mails from a reader who was having problems with their management company. Have a read through: I [...]

Ridiculous consumer views about Ryanair

This thread on Pricewatch recently, which I’ve referred to a few times already, is a gold mine of information and absolute stupidity. [...]

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 [...]

Bord Gais Electricity Switching Problems

I know there’s been some coverage in the media about the delays on the part of Bord Gais Energy in handing the [...]

Tips for Cheaper Home Insurance

From our original ValueIreland.com Tips pages, here are some top tips which should help you get cheaper home insurance compared to what [...]

Can I do anything about my management charges being increased?

Irish News of the World May, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Question: I live in an apartment block where last year I was charged [...]

More consumers helpless at the hands of negligent Bord Gais Energy and HSE

This week has seen two more instances of customer data losses by two more Irish organisations. These are the 12th and 13th [...]

Can NTL give me free upgrades I don’t want and charge to downgrade?

Last week I received this e-mail from a ValueIreland.com reader complaining about a problem that I’ve only recently begun to follow up [...]

Watch out when renewing home insurance

I’ve referred recently to the issue of rebuild costs not necessarily dropping when it comes to calculating the premium for home insurance. [...]

The “Downshift” Challenge

Irish News of the World Sunday April 5th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane The “Downshift” Challenge In a hard hitting speech last week, the [...]