Dear god this must be the first price decrease I’ve seen in over 2 years in a country where the cost of living increases daily!.
The Commission for Energy Regulation has approved a 10.5% reduction in the price of gas. This represents a reduction of about €100 in the average annual bill.
Bord Gáis had applied to the [...]
The environmental levy on plastic bags will increase to 22 cent per bag from July 1.
The price increase, which was first announced at the beginning of this year, is the first since the charge was introduced in 2002.
Environment Minister Dick Roche said he was approving the increase so that the impact of the levy would [...]
Rents have increased by nearly 12% over the last year according to a study carried out by one of Irelands busiest property websites Daft.ie. With an increase of 11.9% rent inflation is now at its highest level since the Daft Report was started in 2002. The average rent nationwide now stands at €1,382, approximately €150 [...]
The price of a pint could increase by as much as eight cent from today.Drinks firm Diageo has hiked the cost of its brands by four cent, and publicans are expected to add a similar mark-up.
Pints of draught Guinness, Smithwicks, Carlsberg, Budweiser and Harp will be affected.
The company is also expected to increase the price [...]
A new survey has said that Dublin is the sixth most expensive location for office space in the world.
The report by Lisney’s international partners compares office occupancy costs in 211 locations across 51 countries.
It shows that Dublin was the joint biggest riser in the rankings, up from 12th position last year.
The survey put London at [...]
So back in January we saw the usual price increases that appear to assault people in a new year – bus fares, cement, ESB, etc. I thought an update on a few other small but still important price increases that will reduce the old cash in our pockets:
Cost of basic stamp rises to 55c from [...]
That is apart from the small financial hubs according to the Standard & Poor’s agency ratings. With the exception of world financial centres like Liechtenstein and Bermuda and [...]
