Tag Archives: The Irish Independent

Refund.ie – A service that I’d stay well clear of

Both the Irish Examiner and the Irish Independent (three times) have blindly (and misguidedly in my opinion) given coverage recently to a new [...]

How come we still can’t stop “Tiger Kidnappings”? Ability or inclination?

Tiger Kidnappings
Right, before I get into this post, regular readers are probably familiar that I’m quite keen on my conspiracy theories, but [...]

NAMA. Some worthwhile reading.

I wrote back in April what my thoughts are with regards to how NAMA might actually be a good thing for some [...]

Consumer News Weekend Short Stack

A few items for the weekend – hope it’s nicer wherever you are. Sunny south east, ahem!

ValueIreland.com milestone – It passed unnoticed [...]

Customer reaction to poor customer service and mistakes

There’s a right way and a wrong way to react to poor customer service and mistakes, and this letter from a couple [...]

Businesses giving smaller portions, but charging the same

It was back in August last year that I contributed to an article by Linda Higgins in The Irish Independent – Good [...]

Our country is being run by clowns

Two newspaper articles this weekend drove me mad this weekend.
Firstly, from Louise McBride in the Sunday Independent, Lenihan’s new property tax is [...]

BeThrifty.ie – Beware!

I’ve noticed some publicity in the last week or so for a new website called BeThrifty.ie, which describes itself as “Ireland’s Online [...]

Irish Independent advertising sleight of hand

I thought I noticed over the weekend a banner advert on Independent.ie for the IdeasCampaign. I thought it strange that, as a [...]

Should we bail out fixed rate mortgage holders? I don’t think so!

I’ve been reading some coverage recently, including more yesterday, about people on fixed interest mortgages and how they’re feeling the pinch these [...]