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Pricewatch: Many saving on commuting, food and coffee costs, but utilities are up

Pricewatch: Indigenous online sites aim to help Irish consumers to shop local

From clothes to food, taking the time to inform yourself can make a difference

Pricewatch: Getting a letter from England to Ireland can take a stressfully long time

Pricewatch’s 12 fun facts of Christmas explores the origins of our modern traditions

Top thing Irish people have missed is time spent with friends, research finds

Pricewatch: Consumers need their wits about them amid relentless coverage of ‘bargains’

Supermarkets bombard customers with all manner of psychological devices and tricks

Pricewatch: People who change energy providers can make annual savings of €400

Keep your wits about you as a shopper – that way you get the best value

Pricewatch: Overcharging and disconnecting as the price of bacon goes through the roof

Pricewatch: More complaints than ever as some travel operators let themselves down

Pricewatch: Will consumers return to normal or will some new habits endure?

The lockdown has encouraged Irish consumers to buy locally-sourced goods

Pricewatch: Meal kits and takeaway pints have become the new camping holiday

Bread and male grooming products among things consumers decided they can do without

What can we expect? Limits on time spent in shops, staggered queues and plexiglass at tills

One reader ‘mugged’ by an ATM, another is told to visit branch for ‘golden years’ account

The multimillion euro retail chain has had to reinvent itself since the Covid-19 lockdown

Pricewatch: ‘Shielding’, ‘stocking-in’ and ‘comfort cooking’ are among the new trends

Pricewatch: Retail has undergone a swift and bleak transformation under crisis guidelines

Pricewatch: Hundreds of people could lose thousands of euro as their travel plans lie in tatters

Pricewatch: Help cope with confinement by adding to your interests and activities

Pricewatch: There are several reasons for the apparent rip-off but the main one is tax

Ireland is gradually becoming cashless. Is the convenience worth the loss of privacy?

Less than 20% of Irish people describe themselves as regular users

Pricewatch: Reader shares her experience of conflicting phone calls with Laya Healthcare

The health insurance market is packed with hundreds of plans from three key players

Pricewatch: Posh frock horror in Wexford, BA’s no-show policy proves costly for reader

Selfies, contactless payments, storm names and Netflix - what have the 2010s given us?

Food scares, Brexit fears, rising costs, and how to cut a pineapple

Why not enable more cash to circulate in the local economy . . . where delivery is free?

Not everyone can make gifts but happily there are talented craftspeole who can

Pricewatch: Park-and-ride system proves costly but it is user error or faulty machines?

Pricewatch: About 15m crackers will be pulled in Ireland over festive season