http://www.valueireland.com Irelands Only Truly Independent Consumer Watchdog Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:00:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've all seen the increased popularity of shoppers from the south of Ireland heading north to shop in Newry. We've seen a big increase in people using Google to hit this site looking for information on shopping in Newry. Here's the Google Trends graph of Irish people searching Google for "Newry" ... http://www.valueireland.com/2009/01/searching-for-shopping-in-newry/ Happy New Year to all our ValueIreland.com readers and subscribers. Here's hoping that you enjoyed the past couple of weeks, and that you're looking forward to facing into 2009. Reading much of the newspaper coverage of the year gone by, and the year that's just arrived, it seems like it's going ... http://www.valueireland.com/2009/01/good-bye-to-2008-welcome-to-2009/ I blogged about this very same subject this time last year as well, and the timing is important, so here we go again. Dublin Bus have increased their fares again for 2009, by up to 10c per ticket for adults. For me, my bus fare will go from €1.70 to €1.80 ... http://www.valueireland.com/2009/01/save-money-on-your-dublin-bus-tickets/ I know I'm supposed to be on holidays at the moment, but here's a quick tip if you're reviewing your finances as we're heading into the New Year, 2009. If you have a credit card with Ulster Bank the advertised interest rate is 17.9% (or 15.9% on the Zinc card that ... http://www.valueireland.com/2009/01/save-money-on-your-ulster-bank-credit-card-interest-rate/ ValueIreland.com is finishing up today for our Christmas and New Years break. We’ll be back online on Monday, January 5th. We hope you’ve enjoyed what we’ve put together here for you during 2008 and have found it useful and interesting. We have some exciting plans for 2009 with planned new initiatives ... http://www.valueireland.com/2008/12/finished-for-the-holidays/ We very much hope that you enjoyed our series of Top Tips for Irish Consumers. For the past 3 weeks, we've provided you with some fantastic and interesting tips from some higher profile Irish consumers. Everyone involved has been very generous with their time, for which we are extremely grateful. If ... http://www.valueireland.com/2008/12/top-tips-for-irish-consumers-were-done/ Do you know that the "unit pricing" regulations are? Do you check out the unit prices to see if you're getting good value for money? A shop that provides price labels on their shelving and has bar code scanning at checkouts (most shops these days) are obliged to provide a unit ... http://www.valueireland.com/2008/12/do-you-check-our-the-unit-price-of-items/ With thanks to, and courtesy of, Jan Battles who writes for The Sunday Times, here is the 17th and last in our series of Top Tips for Irish Consumers. When I'm being thrifty and virtuous (which I admit is not always) these are some of the things I have found that ... http://www.valueireland.com/2008/12/top-tips-for-irish-consumers-from-jan-battles/ With many thanks to, and courtesy of, Pete Wedderburn (Pete the Vet) here is the 16th and penultimate installment of our Top Tips for Irish Consumers. Think about the cost of a pet before you welcome it into your home. Even just the cost of feeding a dog or cat will ... http://www.valueireland.com/2008/12/top-tips-about-pets-for-irish-consumers-from-pete-the-vet/ PAUL CULLEN, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Sat, Nov 22, 2008 THREE LEADING members of the Consumers' Association of Ireland have resigned in a row over policy issues and internal operations. The three, Diarmuid MacShane, Mel Gannon and Enid O'Dowd, were all members of the association's council and had raised their concerns about the running ... http://www.valueireland.com/2008/12/consumers-group-members-resign/