You're not wrong: Tipping in Ireland is on the rise 

More than half  of consumers agreed that they would sometimes rather not tip but feel they have to.

A cup of tips on a checkout counter in a cafe

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has just published guidance to help traders decide how best to collect tips with new technologies. They’ve also released research that shows that most of us now believe that tipping has become less voluntary.

While digital technologies make it easier to tip, they also make it harder to avoid tipping.