Words to look out for in fraudulent text messages include ‘click here’, ‘account information’ and ‘gift card’

The Central Statistics Office found prices rose 7% in the year to April, with massive increases in energy costs during that time

Minister Eamon Ryan told the Seanad in February that CRU data indicated that customers could save €300 by switching their supplier every year

The Central Statistics Office also found that the cost of clothing and footwear rose 3.9% while the cost of restaurants, hotels and transport rose 1.7%

The average number of homes available to rent nationwide at any point in time over the period 2006-2021 was nearly 9,200 – over 10 times the supply available currently

Taking the time to scan the shelves can often result in big savings — plus, is Annie Mac's barman Jim the best barman in Cork?

Berlin has said it wants to wean itself off Russian supplies but expects to be largely reliant on Moscow for gas until the middle of 2024.

The Bank of England believes the UK's unemployment rate will climb from 3.6% to 5.5% over the next three years

Figures reflect surging fuel costs in the past year

Kya deLonghchamps has some hot hacks for saving energy and money 

The rise in inflation is hitting consumers hard, with cost-of-living increases being felt across the board, especially in fuel prices, home heating, and basic food items

I want to say to the people who haven't paid me: “What do you think I’m living on here pal? Gimme my freaking money already!!”

Make sure your provider is getting an accurate meter reading - plus, our Consumer Champ of the Week!

More than four in 10 households in Ireland are struggling to afford their everyday home energy needs, here's how to manage your bills.

Income tax receipts have risen, while other major sources of tax revenues had mixed performances in the month.

Unions say workers in areas such as home care, dementia services, disability services and nursing homes are poorly paid, have little to no pension provision and have poor job security

Grocery price inflation has hit 4.7% over the 12 weeks to April 17, its highest level since September 2013

The house surrender scheme. Zappone. Holohan. Retrofitting. And now turf. You'd wonder if we'll ever learn from our mistakes

The main blockage on the way to Europe's energy security is neither technical nor financial but bureaucratic — leading to increasing calls to fast-track approval for renewable schemes 

Most of us cannot hedge against rises in groceries, utilities, or fuel — but there is an opportunity to cushion ourselves against rising interest rates

Charities including SVP and Alone say lower-income households will be hit particularly hard by the increase that came into effect today

Ireland does well in terms of paying for basic foods, but costs such as housing or medicine were not included in the study.

If you can't get a discount by ringing reception - you might get a better deal in other ways

Gas for delivery through the summer was already trading 550% higher than prices of a year ago

British retail sales slumped in April with the first year-on-year fall in volumes in 13 months, reflecting a cost-of-living squeeze and changed spending patterns, figures from the Confederation of British Industry showed.

New research on 1,090 Irish teenagers found major scepticism about the Government's intentions in tackling the climate crisis

Former minister, Michael Ring, described the proposed turf-cutting restrictions as 'the wrong regulations at the wrong time'

Fianna Fáil back bencher says Green minister 'has come down the ladder, but he has a good few more rungs to go yet'

Next week's exchequer returns will determine if the Government will need to hike taxes to mitigate Ireland's soaring cost of living

The man said he has "in effect" been given €400 in credit. The government says misallocations will be dealth with by energy providers

Mary Lou McDonald says SF is prepared to re-establish the Northern Executive as party launches its Northern Ireland Assembly election manifesto

The ubiquitous use of edible oils in most foodstuffs could well be a thorn in the side of global food inflation for a long time to come

More than 80% of people are planning to change their spending habits to cope with rising energy bills

Micheál Martin also said Vladimir Putin was using migration as a 'weapon' to create pressure on European countries

The 24-point decline from February to April is the second largest in the 26-year history of the KBC Bank consumer sentiment survey

Unions recently triggered a clause in the current agreement that allows for a review if circumstances change radically. 

'Massive, massive' price increases in ingredients will have to be passed on to the customer, says restaurateur

INTO will 'fight tooth and nail' to get protect members from 'runaway prices'

It comes amid calls from teaching unions for inflation-matching pay increases

ASTI president Eamon Dennehy said every worker in the country was aware that the cost of living had gone up by an enormous amount

ASTI delegates will also consider if the union should ballot its members on undertaking industrial action for a common pay scale for all teachers

Cost of living pressures are creating demands for wage increases and other measures to relieve the burden on households

Since the end of June last year, 675 units of blood have had to be imported from Britain for use in hospitals and other medical services across Ireland

It comes after Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told his party the measure had been put on hold