THE Government is coming under increasing pressure to end self-regulation of the legal profession after two solicitors had their businesses closed down when it was discovered they abused their positions to take out millions of euro from various banks.

CONSUMER watchdogs are to investigate whether tougher laws are needed to protect homeowners from builders and repairers.

The Director of Consumer Affairs Anne Fitzgerald has stated that retail prices are heading in the right direction following the abolition of the groceries order.

THE National Consumer Agency has been complaining about the high cost of prescription medicine in this country. Ireland is the fourth most expensive country for prescription medicine in the eurozone.

A new report released today by Amnesty International sets out what it says is further evidence that eastern European countries might have been involved in secret CIA flights transporting terror suspects to clandestine prisons.

THE abolition of the Groceries Order is a victory for consumer power over the influential lobbying of vested interests, consumer champion Eddie Hobbs claimed yesterday.

The abolition of the Groceries Order would be very good news for consumers, it was claimed today.

The chair of the Government's new National Consumer Agency has claimed that consumer complacency is costing the economy hundreds of millions of euros every year.

A Dublin man on trial for murder walked free today when the Central Criminal Court jury was directed to acquit because DNA evidence alone could not be relied upon.