Consumers miss out on €370m of potential savings despite extra competition, says comparison website

Electric Ireland has become the third energy supplier in just over a month to cut prices for households.

Struggling homeowners can save almost €55 on their energy bills after Bord Gáis Energy confirmed a raft of gas and electricity price cuts.

Households struggling with energy bills have been told that switching supplier is the best way to force energy companies to slash prices.

Another part of the empire built by businessman Seán Quinn has been sold in a deal believed to be worth in the region of €25m.

The powers and advocacy role of Ireland’s National Consumer Agency (NCA) must not be lost when the body is merged with the Competition Authority.

WITH many Irish households facing into a financially challenging New Year, consumer website bonkers.ie has revealed some steps that can yield up to €100 per month in savings.

HOME insurance premiums could rise again in 2011 following the adverse weather conditions experienced in the last 12 months.

IRISH households have stashed away an average of almost €44,000 each but many are moving their cash to instant access accounts as concerns mount about their future finances.

SAVERS have been warned that time is running out to take advantage of exceptional interest rates being offered by the banks.

CONSUMERS are missing out on an estimated €1 billion in lost interest payments by leaving their savings in low earning bank accounts.

SEWAGE treatment firm SCFI’s AquaCritox technology turns sludge into electricity and has the potential to replace the world’s landfill and incineration markets.

LET’S try and save some money. To be precise, let’s save €500 in 15 minutes on electricity bills, credit cards and bank fees.

Belfast should host the Olympic Games in 2016, a political party in Northern Ireland claimed today.

CHANNEL 4 has signed a new commercial rights agreement that will allow it exclusive coverage of the day’s feature cross-channel races when it is on air.

Northern Ireland’s hard-pressed farmers are being urged to look to new markets - specifically one worth almost £1.5bn (€2.3bn) a year – supplying Britain's florists.

THOUSANDS of people yesterday stood in silent defiance of the paramilitary gunmen as Belfast united in a bid to end the killing spree.

THE extremes on both sides of the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland "desperately want to kill the peace process and put themselves back centre-stage in dominating the politics