The Irish Times - Price Watch http://www.irishtimes.com Articles from The Irish Times - Price Watch en-ie Copyright 2012, irishtimes.com. The Irish Times 2012-02-13T00:00:00 irishtimes.com http://www.irishtimes.com/ http://www.irishtimes.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search The Irish Times Search for articles on irishtimes.com keywords http://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresults Money can't buy me love - or can it? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/pricewatch/2012/0213/1224311681590.html IN THEORY, you can’t put a price on love but the reality is that finding it, maintaining it and celebrating it often comes with a hefty price tag. Valentine’s Day, should you choose to mark it tomorrow with a traditional gift, is not inexpensive – think €80 for a dozen red roses and not much change out of €20 for chocolates, with heart-shaped packaging. Text Price Watch TopStories CLAIRE O'MAHONY 2012-02-13T00:00:00 1224311681590 Living longer, loving life http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/pricewatch/2012/0213/1224311681242.html IT WAS Otto von Bismarck who decided we should retire at 65. The Iron Chancellor was terrified by the growing popularity of the German Socialist Party and to win the support of the working classes, he decided to give a social welfare payment to those of a certain age and beyond. But while Bismarck wanted to appease the masses, his coffers were empty following a decade of war so he set the qualifying age at 65 knowing full well that very few poor Germans would get to see 60 never mind 65. Text Price Watch TopStories 2012-02-13T00:00:00 1224311681242 Personal finance: Your queries answered http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/pricewatch/2012/0213/1224311681272.html How secure is Revenue’s online service? Text Price Watch TopStories DOMINIC COYLE 2012-02-13T00:00:00 1224311681272 Value for Money Valentine's Chocolates http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/pricewatch/2012/0213/1224311681620.html Choceur Irish Handcrafted Chocolates€4.99 for 195g, €25.58 per kg Text Price Watch TopStories CONOR POPE 2012-02-13T00:00:00 1224311681620 'Every production we put on is full of gambles' http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/pricewatch/2012/0213/1224311681562.html ME and MY MONEY: MONICA LOUGHMAN,artistic director, Monica Loughman Ballet Company Text Price Watch TopStories TONY CLAYTON-LEA 2012-02-13T00:00:00 1224311681562