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Border shopping: the price is right
FOR certain folk, the long-awaited opening of IKEA in Ballymun may have removed the only incentive to take a shopping trip across the border, but it's clear that the North remains a mecca for many shoppers in the Republic.
Rental prices driven down to 10-year low
RENTS across the country have plummeted to their lowest level in almost a decade, a new survey has revealed.
What way will sterling go?
THE big question on the minds of many shoppers is whether sterling will remain weak against the euro, thereby keeping open the opportunity for Christmas cross-border bargain hunting.
Charlie Weston: Make a list and check it twice this Christmas
CONSUMERS are planning to spend a lot less this Christmas.
Healthcare: targeted cover
SPECIFIED illness insurance pays a lump sum if you are diagnosed with an illness such as cancer, a heart attack, multiple sclerosis, or a stroke -- and you survive 14 days or more from the date you were diagnosed.
Pay the price or shop around
A SURVEY carried out by National Consumer Agency (NCA) on the cost of personal care goods and over-the-counter medicines has revealed price differences of up to 162pc between retailers.
Me and my money: Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson
COMEDIAN Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson says he didn't get into showbusiness for the money and keeps to a strict budget as a result.
Question of Finance: Invest in pension, regardless of booms or busts
Q: Everybody tells me I should be planning for when I retire, yet the same people are telling me that the markets are in turmoil. So should I bother?
Inside Personal Finance
New service aims to make the banks pay for overcharging
A NEW company is promising to win back thousands of euro for people who have been ripped off by the banks and other financial institutions.
Further fall in cost of living
The cost of living continued to fall last month with prices now down 6.6pc in the last year, it was revealed.
Deal to delay repossessions 'is too reliant on the banks'
HOMEOWNERS will only be protected from repossession under a new scheme if they can work out a deal on repayments.
'Intolerable' new rules put retirement schemes at risk
EMPLOYERS and trustees of company pensions will find it impossible to keep schemes going if new stringent rules are not radically altered, pensions experts said yesterday.
Invest ethically
THE financial turmoil of the past two years and the subsequent collapse of the value of many investment funds seems to be prompting a sea change in how investors choose where to put their money.
Question of Finance: It's vital to prepare for a business exit strategy
Q The current economic downturn has reaffirmed my belief that planning for the future is essential.
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• Fight back against high insurance premiums
THE insurance industry is trying to avoid the impact of the recession by ripping off its customers.
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