Cost of Living
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Ireland in 2025: wages are growing but so are prices
CSO snapshot highlights two-tier nature of economy
He said he was a Bank of Ireland employee: A reader loses thousands of euro in an afternoon
Irish consumers lose tens of millions of euro to criminals operating scams of this nature, watchdog says
Vomiting cats and dirty towels: An unhappy holiday in Turkey
A reader says trying to get TUI to address her concerns consumed her holiday
My friends don’t buy me gifts and it makes me feel unloved
Ask Roe: ‘If this was a romantic, I would have a conversation about it but as it’s with friends, should I let it slide?’
If you earn more than €20,000 you will now have to pay into a pension scheme
Auto-enrolment is designed to provide better retirement income for around 760,000 workers who are not members of occupational schemes
A grocery price war has started in Ireland. Is your shopping about to drop considerably?
Some staples have plunged in price across retailers, but Irish shoppers still face high inflation
How 2025 became year of rising prices and cost of living
Irish consumers faced climbing house prices, grocery price inflation and health insurance premiums
How to get the best out of the St Stephen’s Day sales - even if they’re not what they used to be
The absence of headline items selling at massive discounts might be a reflection of the changing face of discounting in Ireland
Blarney Woollen Mills group books €4.2m profit despite cost challenges
Directors of Meadows and Byrne subsidiary warn ‘sourcing and pricing of key inputs’ remain a challenge
When things go right: Happy Christmas stories of the best of customer care
The local retailers and multinationals alike who go above and beyond to keep shoppers happy
US inflation data is hailed by Trump but does it tell the full story?
Wall Street says report, based on data drawn from second half of November skewed by Black Friday discounts, was ‘a mess’
Amid festive goodwill, Dáil reminded of 5,247 children facing homeless Christmas
British ambassador in attendance reminded of Irish position on Palestine protesters at final Dáil sitting
Oil falls below $60 a barrel on hopes of Russia-Ukraine peace deal
Brent crude hits lowest intraday level for six months
Wage costs for grocery retailers up almost 40% since 2020, says Excel Recruitment
Rising retail crime adding to cost base as supermarkets forced to hire security staff
Toy story: 15 fads of Christmases past
From Raggedy Ann Dolls to Tamagotchis, toy fads have certainly evolved
What to wear for a flight? It makes sense to look smart
But not because of anything to do with the US transport secretary’s campaign to civilise air travel
Too rich for social housing, too poor to rent or buy. Who will help Ireland’s squeezed middle?
The challenge for the two big parties of Government is how to hold on to – or win back – this vital but disparate middle ground
Inflation explainer: why are prices in Ireland accelerating again?
What is driving the latest tick up in headline inflation here
‘It’s poverty’: Capuchin Christmas food voucher tickets draw ‘longest’ queue in years
An extra 500 tickets were printed this year after distressing scenes last December when they initially ran out
The new US poverty line: $140,000
Claim by Wall Street portfolio manager that families need $140,000 income to function goes viral
Patients face €20 charge for blister pack medication previously covered by State, says Doherty
Taoiseach says ‘we will go back and discuss this with the HSE’ but it was never agreed the State should pay
‘Death trap’: After dodging dodgy car, reader seeks to save others
Buyer told to ‘run a mile’ after mechanic uncovers problems with second-hand car that had passed NCT
Almost 15% of population were deprived of basic needs in 2025, CSO figures show
Renters account for six in 10 people living in enforced deprivation
‘I’ve never been ignored and mistreated to this degree’: New mother repeatedly let down by Currys
A cooker from the retailer caused an endless stream of disappointments over many months
Ireland dodged a bullet this year. But there’s a caveat
Trouble for Simon Harris is that GDP figures don’t tend to cheer you up if you are juggling a long commute, childcare costs and soaring grocery bills
In Ireland, the ‘working poor’ will determine future elections
Life in Ireland today looks nothing like it did when benchmark metrics were defined
‘You can hear the stress in people’s voices’: St Vincent de Paul’s 900 calls for help in a single morning
Christmas time is exceptionally busy for the charity and those staffing its phone lines as people find making ends meet ‘really, really tough’
Why are Irish supermarket prices still so high? Here’s why €100 feels like the new €20 when you’re doing the shopping
More than three years of price hikes have left many Irish families worse off by at least €3,500 annually
Debate on further ECB rate cut all but closed
With headline inflation hovering at 2%, and continuing nerves on tariff impacts, policymakers are expected to hold rates steady
Irish inflation climbs over 3% again on higher energy and food prices
Latest flash estimate puts annualised rate of price growth at 3.2% in November with wider euro zone figure due out on Thuesday
Beware the ghost of “Buy Now Pay Later” and have a savvy Christmas
Pricewatch reckons the cost of an Irish Christmas in 2025 will be about €700 more than five years ago
‘Regift the bejaysus out of it’: 21 tips for a cheaper Christmas, from readers and from us
Stop buying gifts for adults and forget matching PJs seem sensible suggestions; pretend it’s not happening and print made-up vouchers, less so
Food prices may moderate but won’t return to levels before Russia invaded Ukraine
Climate change could make food prices more volatile in the future
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