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

One unhappily clamped driver complains that the NCPS cannot tell its Xs from its Zs

What’s the point of an advent calendar if you have to keep it in the fridge?

Pricewatch: Eir leaves customer without phone service and another without a modem

Pricewatch: Many of us are still scrabbling around back of couch looking for change

Pricewatch: Trendy gadgets and superfoods all have one thing in common. They cost a bomb

Pricewatch: Cadbury reduces sugar and value for money in new Dairy Milk

Pricewatch: We may not pay library fines anymore, but banking fees have gone up

Pricewatch: Our reader offers a ‘salutary tale’ on the vagaries of the driving licence system

Pricewatch: Joseph Joseph’s was pointless, Oxo’s seems reliable but Jamie Oliver’s made us sad

Pricewatch: Is a public services card necessary when renewing a driving licence?

Pricewatch: We need more heat, food, clothes . . . and then there’s Christmas

Pricewatch: Barbour and Ted Baker demand plenty of lolly for their brollies

Pricewatch: ‘€75 of missed payments had me on credit barred list for the next five years’

Pricewatch: Journey home from Italy took members of wedding party 33 hours

Pricewatch: They may be gone, but the once household names are certainly not forgotten

Pricewatch: Cook your meals, make lists and other tips to help you save money

Pricewatch: Options are slim if you want to avoid putting your money into certain industries

Importing from the UK may become redundant in a no-deal Brexit so consumers must act fast

Ever wondered how sun cream works or about the curious noise made by an ATM?

Online interactions can be important for brands – but there are potential pitfalls

A woman who signed up to a bill phone for her daughter takes issue with Eir

Parents have spent over €20bn educating their young, despite free schooling

Consumers wasting hundreds each year by not availing of cheaper rates at different companies

Pricewatch: Six-month wait to have broadband connection restored

Pricewatch: Refunds are hard to come by at holiday-time, as these experiences show

Pricewatch: ‘Travel insurers are being violently discriminatory to thousands of Irish citizens’

By not taking out insurance you leave yourself at mercy of airlines, tour operators

Massage chairs, the ‘golden hour’, boarding passes – and why is Toblerone a thing?

From libraries to walking tours to museums, there is something for everybody

It can pay to reduce the amount of carbon we generate, so time to alter our behaviour

Pricewatch: Ryanair and refunds; Bank of Ireland and bank holidays

Pricewatch: Travel agents have found myriad ways to adapt to the brave new digital age

Pricewatch: Eir cancels account after telling customer termination notice had been lifted

Pricewatch: The best value secateurs to sink into your unruly shrubbery

Our homes are full of seemingly useful purchases which soon become redundant junk

Pricewatch: Can you be sure the person who served you will receive your gratuity?