The challenges facing the faltering national broadband plan (NBP) have been exacerbated by a report highlighting how costs in Ireland are among the highest in the EU despite much poorer speeds.

Only in Malta and Luxembourg is broadband more expensive.

A “rate war” is heating up as Bank of Ireland has become the latest bank to cut its mortgage rates.

Bank of Ireland has reduced its fixed rate mortgage offering.

Energia announced this morning that it will increase electricity prices by 3.9% from the beginning of December.

Almost 1m Electric Ireland customers are to get discounts of between 4% and 8.5% automatically applied to their bills by the end of the summer.

Richard Kilpatrick (Banbridge GC), Tim Rice (Limerick GC), and Colm Moriarty (Drive Golf Performance) lead the way on six under par after the opening round of the 107th Irish PGA Championship at Moyvalley Hotel and Golf Resort.

Consumers are increasingly switching gas and electricity supplier and are making “large savings” as a result.

Consumer advice with Grainne McGuinness

“FINANCE is the scary thing about being a grown-up and I just feel so ill-equipped to deal with it,” so says Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope screenwriter Stefanie Preissner and a recent survey suggests she is not alone.

Late goals have been the hallmark of the St Francis College march to the senior schools final and another late intervention yesterday claimed the Rochestown school the prestigious FAI Schools Tony O’Neill Cup.

This week our resident financial guru Grainne McGuinness looks at mortgage offers and gives her few cents on what she thinks is a sensible deal.

For many of us, September and the start of the new school year is a better time to assess our lives and start making changes than the new year, writes Grainne McGuinness.

The former secretary general of the Department of Finance, John Moran, has admitted to an omission in his impressive CV.

A LIMERICK radio presenter will live very publicly over coming days — taking up residence in a front window at the city’s Brown Thomas store.

The Ireland team to play France in the Bank of Ireland schoolboy International in Galway on Saturday week has been announced.