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The historical portfolio of media coverage of ValueIreland.com is available below.

2009

The Irish Independent

• Smart Consumer – 10 Ways to Save Money and Still Make Merry This Christmas

The Sunday Tribune

• Tip of the Week, January

RTE Radio 1

• Morning Ireland – It Says In the Papers, March 13th
• Today with Pat Kenny (and Tina Leonard), November 17th

RTE 1 Television

• The Afternoon Show, December 14th

The Irish Times

• Is it RIP for Rip Off Ireland?, August 15th, 2009
• Pricewatch – Watchdog Woes, February

The Sunday Times

• Add Security into the Bargain, March
• Bargains to send the blues packing, January

TV3

• Ireland AM, March
• Ireland AM, Saving Money on Car Insurance, Mortgages, and Credit Cards
• Ireland AM, Website of the Week, January

East Coast FM

• Declan Meehan, General Consumer Tips and Advice, January

Radio Kerry

• Kerry Today with John Green, The Dangers of using Vouchers, February

Limerick Live 95

• Limerick Today & Ed Myers, Euro Sterling Pricing Issues discussion, January

The Irish Examiner

• Warning over website that takes ownership of ideas, March
• No Fears over ideas website, March

ENN.ie

• Ideas Campaign – Good idea?, March
• Warning over IdeasCampaign Terms & Conditions, March

The Sunday Business Post

• Bookies can’t lose on Mastercard punts

The Sligo Weekender

• Warning over website that snaffles up ideas, March
  

Irish News of the World

• For 6 months from January to June 2009, I write a weekly consumer affairs, personal finance and money saving tips column in the Irish News of the World. Under the byline of “Ireland’s Money Saving Expert”, I shared some of the best money saving tips from the ValueIreland.com website. Click here to read these columns.

2008

The Irish Times

• Consumers’ group members resign, November
• Those so called lo-calls, November

The Sunday Tribune

• It’s trolleys at dawn as Tesco declares price war with Lidl, August
• Borderline Bargains, June
• Tip Of The Week, May
• The Net is Bursting with Free Stuff, April
• Online Thrills and Shocking Bills, March

The Sunday Times

• Comreg to probe lo-call mobile tariff, September

TV3

• Ireland AM, Avoiding Rip off Ireland, November

The Irish Independent

• Blog Digest, November
• Why the price of Thomas the Tank Engine will get you all steamed up, September
• Good Buys: Products hit by ’shrink ray’, August
• Smart Shopper, April
• Check Please, April
• Survey to reveal price differences across the EU, February

The Irish Examiner

• Consumers victim of €620m rip-off, November
• Overcharging banks – consumers suffer again, November
• Consumer Feature, October

You And Your Money

• Top 5 Irish Blogs, June
• Cowboys And Angels, February

The Kildare Nationalist

• New EU survey shows true face of rip-off Ireland, February

2007

The Irish Times

• Change is in your hands, September
• Lidl Advertising, August
• The top-dollar trolleys, August
• Too rich to feel ripped off?, March

The Irish Independent

• Lidl Advertising, August
• Top Tips to Make Sure You Get a Bargain, March

You And Your Money Magazine

• ALDI and LIDL stand out in new value survey, September

The Sunday Independent

• Naked greed and passive consumers, August

2006

2005

The Irish Independent

• Paying Through the Nose, November
• Eircom a low speed provider of high speed internet, May
• No ESB switch, February

The Irish Times

• Consumer confidence at its best, August

The Irish Examiner

• Rip-off culture has taken root, April

The Irish Mirror

• €100m RIP OFF SHOCK, April

The Evening Herald

• Value For Money, January
• Many Happy Returns – Return to Sender, January

2004

The Irish Times

• Time to say no to being ripped off, July
• Hot or Not – Shopping, January

The Sunday World

• The A-Z of Avoiding Rip-off Ireland, November
• The RIP-OFF Encyclopedia – Our A-Z guide on who is fleecing you and where, September
• Ten Greatest Irish Consumer Rip-Off, July

The Irish Independent

• Many are paying bills ‘blind’, December
• Christmas Crackers, November
• Value Sites, November
• Deal hound for those barking mad over prices in ‘Rip-Off Ireland’, October
• Pubs drinking in the last chance saloon, September
• Yes, we are being ripped off – but we deserve it, March
• Throw off the ‘rip-off’ yoke: go online for value, February

The Irish World

• Is Time Up for Rip Off Ireland?, January

The Irish Mirror

• The Rob Of The Green, September

The Sunday Times

• Think locally if you want to phone globally, November
• Fine Gael’s valuable idea, January

The Irish Entrepreneur Magazine

• Website Reviews, March
• The Price is Not Right, March

2003

Cork Evening Echo

• RipOff Ireland to be Tracked on the Web, October

The Irish Independent

• Why rip-off Ireland is a (web)site for sore eyes, December