Tag Archives: Conor Pope

Top Tip when booking online for anything

In this post last week, I referred to this thread on Conor Popes Pricewatch blog where there was some discussion on the [...]

Ridiculous consumer views about Ryanair

This thread on Pricewatch recently, which I’ve referred to a few times already, is a gold mine of information and absolute stupidity. [...]

Ireland deserves foreign holidays!

A few times over the past couple of weeks (over a few pints mind you), the term entitlement and the Irish race [...]

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 [...]

SayNoTo1890.com in Irish Times Pricewatch

Following on from a story in the previous weeks edition, Conor Pope referenced SayNoTo1890.com in his Pricewatch column on Monday May 18th.
The [...]

Ringing Government Departments on 1890 LOCALL numbers

This article from Mondays Pricewatch column in the Irish Times from Conor Pope highlights a reader, Mannix, who takes issue with the [...]

More silly bank charges – this time from NIB

Obviously the credit crunch and the banking crisis is having it’s impact on the banks in Ireland and their need to keep [...]

Stop Wasting Your Money, from Conor Pope

Having just finished Twenty Majors The Order of the Phoenix Park, I’m moving onto another book by a blogger. I’ll leave the [...]

Pricewatch in the Irish Times

I’ve mentioned the great work by Conor Pope in the Irish Times a couple of times here already, but had lamented that [...]

PriceWatch in the Irish Times – no longer free online

So much for value for money, or not as the case may be. Early on in this blog I gave PriceWatch in [...]