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Value Ireland has been in operation since August 2003. Here is a selection of the media coverage that it has received in the time since then. Alternatively, go to Coverage by Media Outlet June 1st, 2008 Diarmuid MacShane of ValueIreland.com was quoted today in Eddie Lennons article entitled "Borderline Bargains" in todays Sunday Tribune. The article focused on Irish shoppers making trips north to Newry and the possible bargains to be had. Click here to read the full article. May 18th, 2008 The ValueIreland.com website SayNoTo1890.com was highlighted as the Tip of the Week in todays Personal Finance section of the Sunday Tribune. Click here to read the full article. April 15th, 2008 The Value Ireland research which revealed that 40% of visitors to ValueIreland.com who responded to our survey didn't check their bills before paying them. The original research article is available here. The piece by Ciaran Brennan highlighted the fact consumers should check their bills in order to save money - their own hard earned money. April 8th, 2008 The Value Ireland research into the price of groceries in Lidl and Aldi compared to the other major multiples. The piece by Ciaran Brennan highlighted the fact that the recent National Consumer Agency grocery price survey was really only telling us again what we knew from Value Ireland over 6 months previously. April 6th, 2008 Value Ireland was today quoted in Eddie Lennons article "The Net is Bursting With Free Stuff". The great positive review of the Value Ireland site in the Sunday Tribune went as follows:
March 30th, 2008 Value Ireland is quoted in Eddie Lennons article entitled "Online thrills and shocking bills" in todays Sunday Tribune. While Eddie was looking at the sometimes staggering cost of using the internet on your phone, we had the opposite experience using an O2 broadband bundle on our new Nokia N95 phone. February 14th, 2008 Value Ireland is mentioned in an article today, New EU survey shows true face of rip-off Ireland, in the Kildare Nationalist. The article was eerily similar to the article underneath in the Irish Independent. Click here to read the full article. February 8th, 2008 Value Ireland is mentioned in an article today by Jessie Magee, Survey to reveal price differences across the EU, in the Irish Independent. It's just unfortunate that the journalist listed us with 3 other websites, 2 of whom are no longer updated (shoppingbill.com and ripoffrepublic.com), and one, ripoff.ie from Fine Gael, which is only rarely updated these days. Click here to read the full article. September 10th, 2007 Diarmuid MacShane of Value Ireland is quoted today in an article in the Irish Times Pricewatch column by Conor Pope. The article considers the effectiveness of online consumer advocacy. Click here to read the full article (subscription needed), or click here to read a copy on our site. To see more about what we had to say to Conor, click here to read todays post on the Value Ireland Blog. September 1st, 2007 The Value Ireland additions to the National Consumer Agency Grocery comparison survey gets a mention in this months You and Your Money magazine. The article, ALDI and LIDL stand out in new value survey, highlighted the savings available by shopping at either Aldi or Lidl. The full article is available here. August 29th, 2007 Interestingly enough, the same LIDL that didn't even acknowledge letters sent to them by Value Ireland in 2003 is now depending on Value Ireland research in 2007 to help increase their sales. Click here to see the advertising they published in todays Irish Independent. August 28th, 2007 Interestingly enough, the same LIDL that didn't even acknowledge letters sent to them by Value Ireland in 2003 is now depending on Value Ireland research in 2007 to help increase their sales. Click here to see the advertising they published in todays Irish Times. August 16th, 2007 Our NCA Grocery Comparison enhancement was again used today in the Sunday Independent. My apologies to the author, but I forget her name - and it's not mentioned on the web version of the article (available here). Or click here to read the full article. August 15th, 2007 Our research to enhance the findings of the National Consumer Agency grocery pricing survey was quoted today in an Op-Ed piece in todays Irish Times by Quentin Fottrell, Consumer confidence at its best. Click here to read the full article. August 13th, 2007 Conor Pope of the Irish Times wrote an article today based on the www.valueireland.com commentary on the grocery pricing survey carried out recently by the National Consumer Agency. Click here to read the full article. March 5th, 2007 Diarmuid MacShane of Value Ireland was today quoted in an article by Conor Pope in the PriceWatch section of the Irish Times. Conor is asking why Irish consumers are not as proactive when it comes to reacting to perceived rip-offs and poor consumer service, particularly in comparison to the consumer activity currently ongoing in the United Kingdom at the moment. Click here to read the article in full. May 12th, 2005 Diarmuid MacShane of Value Ireland was today quoted in an article by Eddie Lennon "Eircom a low speed provider of high speed internet". Click here to read the article in full. April 15th, 2005 A report in this mornings Irish Daily Mirror quotes from Value Ireland research on the extent of overcharging by Irish companies of Irish consumers. According to the Emily Miller in the piece, "Irish people were ripped off to the tune of €100million last year - for their mobile phones, car insurance and bank accounts". Click here to read the article in full. April 14th, 2005 In this mornings Irish Examiner, Anne Heyden writes about Value Ireland research revealing the extent of overcharging of Irish companies of Irish consumers. Her article is entitled "Consumers overcharged by €100m in past year". Click here to read the article in question (Available Soon). April 14th, 2005 In a follow up to Anne Heydens article in this mornings Irish Examiner, the Irish Examiner published an editorial entitled "Rip-off culture has taken root". Click here to read the editorial in full. February 17th, 2005 Value Ireland is today quoted as a "Market observer" (well, we think we are and are open to correction) in a short piece about the ESB and the opening up of the electricity market this coming Saturday. In an article not attributed to anyone, in the "Euro Notes" section, the piece reads as follows -
Value Ireland has carried out its own research into what the electricity market will be like for Irish consumers after market de-regulation. This article will be published on the website on February 20th. January 26th, 2005 Value Ireland is a contributor of some money saving tips to an article by Linda Higgins in this evenings Evening Herald. The piece, entitled "Value For Money" contains 50 tips for Irish consumers on how to spring clean their finances and raise the importance of managing their money in 2005. Click here to read the full article in question. Alternatively, click here to read the full listing of Value Ireland Tips on Spring Cleaning your Finances for 2005. January 21st, 2005 The Value Ireland website and its editor Diarmuid MacShane are featured in an article by John Hearne in an article in this mornings Irish Examiner. The piece, Purchasing power is the key to getting value, discussed the background to Value Ireland, as well as the aims and ambitions of the site. Click here to read the article in question (Available Soon). January 12th, 2005 In a follow up inspired by this mornings
article in the Irish Examiner, Diarmuid MacShane of Value Ireland spoke
on the Niall Power show on Beat 102-103 Radio in Waterford. Diarmuid discussed
the issues of overcharging by Irish businesses revealed over the past 12 months.
Diarmuid highlighted the importance of consumers checking their bills prior to
paying them. January 12th, 2005 The Value Ireland research and presentation of analysis carried out on the many incidents of overcharging revelations by many Irish companies was widely quoted in an article by Anne Hayden in this mornings Irish Examiner. The article quoted the many examples of overcharging revealed in the last 12 months, and highlighted the importance for Irish consumers to always check their bills prior to paying them. Click here to read the article in question (Available Soon). Or else click here for the Value Ireland analysis of recent revelations of overcharging. January 7th, 2005 In a follow up inspired by the article
in the Evening Herald of January 5th, Diarmuid MacShane of Value Ireland spoke
on the Niall Power show on Beat 102-103 Radio in Waterford. Diarmuid presented
some tips for consumers on how to complain if they have a problem with a product
or service.
January 5th, 2005 Today Value Ireland provided the readers of the Evening Herald with some handy tips on how to complain if your not happy with a product or a service. This was included in an article about returning goods after Christmas by Linda Higgins, Consumer Affairs Editor. Click here to read the full article.
December 2nd, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane, editor of Value Ireland, is extensively quoted in an article by Orla O'Sullivan in todays Irish Independent. The article entitled "Many are paying bills 'blind'" utilises the results from the recent Value Ireland survey on how users of the site pay their bills. Please click here to read the article.
November 25th, 2004 Value Ireland mentioned as a "Value Site" in an article by Eddie Lennon in the Irish Independent today. The article, "Christmas Crackers" can be read by clicking here.
November 21st, 2004 In a recent article in the Sunday World, Des Ekin excellently portrayed a “Rip-off Encyclopaedia – An A-Z guide on who is fleecing you and where”. He described many of the day to day activities where Irish consumers are being ripped off. Included were businesses such as pubs, doctors and dentists, banks, and insurance companies. With that in mind, www.valueireland.com, believing in “better purchasing decisions through better information”, presents an A-Z of Avoiding Rip-Off Ireland – a guide for Irish consumers on how best to protect themselves against rip-off Ireland. Click here to read the full article.
November 21st, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane, editor of www.valueireland.com, is quoted in an article in the Sunday Times business section on how to avoid roaming charges with your mobile phone. Click here to read the article. To read a full listing of tips on how to reduce you mobile roaming costs, please click here.
October 18th, 2004 Value Ireland was today mentioned in an article entitled "Deal hound for those barking mad over prices in 'Rip-Off Ireland" by Orla O'Sullivan in The Irish Independent. Click here to read the piece.
September 26th, 2004 Value Ireland was today mentioned in an article entitled "The A-Z of Rip-Off Ireland" by Des Ekin in The Sunday World. Click here to read the piece.
September 23rd, 2003 Value Ireland was today mentioned in an article entitled "Pubs drinking in the last chance saloon" by Eddie Lennon in The Irish Independent. Click here to read the piece.
September 13th, 2004 Value Ireland, and the Value Ireland Card was mentioned in this evenings edition of The Last Word on TodayFM. The discussion was focused on the recent press coverage regarding the Government's Tourist Action Plan, proposed by the Tourism Action Group.
September 1st, 2004 Value Ireland was today mentioned in an article entitled "The Rob of The Green" in The Irish Mirror. Click here to read the piece. To read more about the experiences of Irish consumers when spending their euros in Ireland, and to contribute your own stories, please click here.
July 21st, 2004 Value Ireland was mentioned today in an Opinion & Analysis piece by Miriam Donohoe in The Irish Times. Click here to read the piece. To read more about the experiences of Irish consumers when spending their euros in Ireland, and to contribute your own stories, please click here.
July 18th, 2004 A Value Ireland users comments regarding a rip-off they experienced in a Dublin hotel was mentioned in an article entitled "Ten Greatest Irish Consumer Rip-Offs" by Des Ekin in the Sunday World. Click here to read an extract of this article. To read more about the experiences of Irish consumers when spending their euros in Ireland, and to contribute your own stories, please click here.
July 7th, 2004 Contributions from Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland formed part of a piece about "How to Complain" to businesses Ireland on the Lunchtime Show on Newstalk 106 radio in Dublin today. Click here for some tips from Value Ireland on "How to Complain".
May 6th, 2004 Value Ireland and Diarmuid MacShane was mentioned in an article referring to the ongoing problems of "Rip Off Ireland" by journalist Eddie Lennon in the Irish Examiner today. The text of the article will be available here as soon as we have it.
March 31st, 2004 Contributions from Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland formed part of a piece about customer service in shops and stores in Ireland on the Lunchtime Show on Newstalk 106 radio in Dublin today. Some of the examples provided can be reviewed by clicking here.
February 19th, 2004 Contributions from Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland formed part of an article entitled "The Price is Not Right" in the March edition of the Irish Entrepreneur magazine. Written by Nicole Buckler, the article questioned the reluctance of Irish consumers to shop around for the best value and save money. Click here to read the full text of the article.
February 19th, 2004 Also in the March edition of the Irish Entrepreneur was a review of the Value Ireland website. Click here to read this review.
February 18th, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland took part in a discussion on consumer affairs issues and complaints on the Late Night Talk Show on 98fm. On the show he was joined by Dermott Jewell from the Consumers Association.
February 17th, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland spoke on with Niall Madigan on the Kerry Today programme on Radio Kerry.
February 16th, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland spoke on the LiteFM morning programme, presented by Al Dunne.
February 11th, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland
took part in a discussion on consumer affairs issues and complaints on the Late
Night Talk Show on 98fm. On the show he was joined by Dermott Jewell from the
Consumers Association.
February 10th, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland spoke on the Cork Talks Back show, with Victor Barry, on RedFM in Cork.
February 5th, 2004 Value Ireland mentioned in an article in the Irish Independent Business Section, entitled "Throw off the 'rip-off' yoke: go online for value ". Referring to Value Ireland as "Ireland's new consumer activity website, www.valueireland.com similarly invites people to tell of their experiences about rip-offs and bargains in Ireland and submit review and value-conscious tips online". The full text of the article can be read by clicking here.
February 4th, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland
took part in a discussion on consumer affairs issues and complaints on the Late
Night Talk Show on 98fm. On the show he was joined by Dermott Jewell from the
Consumers Association.
January 21st, 2004 The Value Ireland Card was kindly mentioned in a piece written on the €irePreneur - Doing Business In Ireland web site. The text of the piece can be reviewed by clicking here.Check out the site - it brings together some very interest articles.
January 21st, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane presented the Value Ireland Card, and chatted to listeners about complaining in general on the Late Night Talk show on 98fm. Click here to find out more about the Value Ireland Card.
January 21st, 2004 Diarmuid MacShane took part in a discussion on The Last Word on TodayFM with Matt Cooper regarding the recent government pronouncements regarding reviewing regulation within the Irish market place. Also taking part were Jim Massey, Jim Delaney, and Michael Kilcoyne of the Consumers Association of Ireland.
January 21st, 2004 Value Ireland mentioned again on the Full Irish Breakfast show with Ryan Tubridy on 2fm. "A great website to mention where you are being ripped off".
January 16th, 2004 Value Ireland is included in an article in The Irish World newspaper (printed in the UK), entitled "Is Time Up For Rip-Off Ireland?". You can view review the article by clicking here if you have Adobe Acrobat. Alternatively, you can read the full reproduced text of the article by clicking here.
January 11th, 2004 Value Ireland inadvertently received some excellent coverage from Jill Kerby of the Sunday Times (Ireland Edition) in her Comment piece today. Click here to read the full text of her comments on Value Ireland.
January 3rd, 2004 Hot for Shopping for 2004. According to the Irish Times, "Value Ireland - At last, a place to vent consumer-angst spleen. Click here to read the full article.
December 11th, 2003 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland spoke on the Cork Talks Back show, with Victor Barry, on RedFM in Cork.
December 10th, 2003 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland again took part in the regular feature about "Rip Off Ireland" on the Late Night Talk show on 98fm. This discussion was focused on car insurance prices as a follow up to the publication of the IFSRA report, and the launch of their website. Value Ireland would like to hear your comments about car insurance costs - both about any rip off experiences, but also about any ways in which you've received a good deal on your car insurance, and the companies you have had dealings with. Click here for the Car Insurance Forum to let people know about your experiences.
December 6th, 2003 Value Ireland is featured in an Irish Independent Features article, "Why rip-off Ireland is a (web)site for sore eyes" by Kim Bielenberg. The article quotes a number of user reviews from the Value Ireland Forum highlighting our users' rip off experiences. Click here for a full copy of the article.
November 5th, 2003 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland took part in the regular feature about "Rip Off Ireland" on the Late Night Talk show on 98fm. He was joined by Ms. Carmel Foley, the Director of Consumer Affairs. The discussion covered areas of consumer interest such as petrol prices, health and insurance costs, and the usual comments regarding prices in pubs. Ms. Foley kindly recommended the work that Value Ireland is doing and encouraged listeners to use the facility provided by the Value Ireland forum. Click here to add your comments to the Forum, or to find out what others are saying.
October 30th, 2003 In response to some discussions on Wednesdays Late Night Talk on 98fm, we would like to hear your comments regarding the ability of online shopping to help Irish consumers avoid the "rip off Ireland" phenomenon in our shops and businesses. Click here for the Online Shopping Forum to let people know about your experiences.
October 22nd, 2003 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland took part again in a discussion regarding rip off Ireland on the "Late Night Talk" show on 98fm in Dublin. Topics discussed included consumer rights (of which you can find out more about by clicking here), rip off business in Dublin (click here to find out more), and recent developments regarding a perceived rip off by a garage in Dublin, and the offer they are making to show that they are in fact not ripping customers off (for more details of this, and how to avail of the offer, click here).
October 8th, 2003 Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland took part in a discussion regarding rip off Ireland on the "Late Night Talk" show on 98fm in Dublin. Click here to contact us for more information on Value Ireland.
October 3rd, 2003 In continuing coverage of Value Ireland in the Cork area, today, Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland was interviewed as part of discussions on consumer affairs and rip off practices. The coverage was on Cork Campus Radio, associated with UCC. If you have comments, reviews or complaints about businesses or service providers in Cork, please click here.
October 1st, 2003 Value Ireland was featured this evening in the Cork and Limerick Evening Echo newspapers. The article was entitled "Rip Off Ireland to be tracked on the web". The article can be reviewed by clicking here.
September 22, 2003 The Right Hook on Newstalk 106, presented by George Hook, presented features on "Rip Off Ireland" on its shows on Monday and Tuesday of this week. On Monday, Diarmuid MacShane from Value Ireland, had about 20 minutes speaking about the site, its aims, and consumer affairs in general in Ireland. For further information, please contact.
August 13, 2003 The Value Ireland site is featured in a piece about "Rip Off Ireland" on the Ryan Tubridy 2fm Breakfast Show. Please read our Legal Disclaimer by clicking here.
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