Tag Archives: Charlie Weston

UK Government proposes a “Consumer Tsar” – do we need one too?

Recently, I asked the question here as to whether Irish consumers should expect a better level of consumer advocacy and protection than [...]

MoneyGuideIreland.com steals content – a site to avoid

It’s been another busy week here so the Consumer Weekend News Short Stack probably won’t be published this weekend. But in the [...]

Rip Off Ireland is alive and well

I said earlier this week that I am of the opinion that we don’t really live in what many people call “Rip [...]

Builders representative confirms decent houses for sale for €300,000

I was flicking through the “drive time” radio shows this evening on the bus on the way home (I’m sure my preference [...]

Is it plagiarism if you copy and paste your own article?

Charlie Weston today has a strangely familiar article about AIB reintroducing their 7% regular savings account having previously reduced it to 3%. [...]

AIB up to their usual sneaky tricks shafting their own customers

Charlie Weston today covered the decision by AIB to restore their 7% interest regular savings account – after having originally dropped the [...]

Axa Insurance are dropping their car insurance premiums

According to my friend Charlie Weston in the Irish Independent, AXA are cutting the cost of their car insurance. While the headline [...]

Press Ombudsman & Council – just another useless Irish regulator?

As of January 1st, 2008 the Press Ombudsman and the Press Council of Ireland are no in place. According to the Press [...]

Eddie Hobbs’ You and Your Money – Not long for this world?

I was reading the January issue of Eddie Hobbs’ You and Your Money magazine. Something struck me as I was reading it [...]

Reaction to Irish Independent post, and a little more

To follow up on my post below, here’s the Value Ireland site statistics for the month in which the infamous Top Tips [...]