Credit Cards & Loans

Plastic fantastic? Being smart when using your credit cards

Irish News of the World Sunday May 31st, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Plastic fantastic? Being smart when using your credit cards Do you [...]

Websites you can trust – what to watch out for?

In the past, I have compiled top tips to protect yourself when online – Avoid Online Scams, Protect your personal data, Avoid [...]

Problems with getting your winnings from online bookies

Adrian Weckler contacted me last week about a piece he was putting together for his reality BYTES column in Sundays Sunday Business [...]

“Unacceptable” Ryanair credit card charges – more complaints

I received this e-mail from an irate Ryanair customer: Today I was booking a flight from Carcassone in France to Shannon in [...]

The trouble with debt, and some ways out

Irish News of the World Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane The trouble with debt, and some ways out With all the [...]

Are credit card surcharges to be applied in regular shops now?

I received this e-mail a couple of weeks ago, but only got around to answering it at the weekend. Its interesting as [...]

What happens when your credit card is put “at risk”?

Another article in the recent Sunday Tribune details a persons problem with AIB after their credit was apparently skimmed, and they had [...]

Getting around paying the Ryanair credit card surcharge?

There’s an e-mail doing the rounds at the moment with some advice as to how you might be able to get around [...]

Top Tips when thinking about a new credit card

Following on from a recent appearance to talk about this on Ireland AM on TV3, click on this link to read a [...]

Is Your Credit Card At Risk?

Apparently mine was last week. I received a call from my bank telling me that their credit card department had canceled my [...]