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# Recessionomics

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# Your Say
Poll: Do you try to shop in Irish-owned supermarkets?
Study shows that chains like Tesco, Aldi and Lidl are experiencing more growth than homegrown Irish chains – do you make a conscious choice to shop in Irish supermarkets?
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Oct 16th 2012, 9:44 AM
# Recessionomics
Open thread: Feeding a family on less than €10 a day
As new Irish book gives handy tips and recipes to help families cut their food bill, we want to hear about YOUR cost-efficient cooking…
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Jun 30th 2012, 9:15 AM
# Recessionomics
Massive increase in number of people seeking advice over debt in past three years
The Free Legal Advice Centre says there has been a 400 per cent increase in debt queries in the last three years with a 45 per cent rise in the last year alone.
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Jun 2nd 2011, 8:19 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Consumers warned to wash their salads as ecoli outbreak spreads; Britain prepares for a heatwave as Ireland gets its woollies out; and why one Booker prize winner believes he’s better than any woman writer.
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Jun 2nd 2011, 8:06 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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May 6th 2011, 4:50 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you really need to know by 9am: Noonan promises good news in today’s Exchequer figures; two barmen go on trial for the manslaughter of a customer who drank himself to death and why using the word ‘pet’ is insulting to your family moggy, er, animal companion.
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May 4th 2011, 8:33 AM
# distressed property
Knock-down Irish property auction drawing foreign buyers
Sale of ‘distressed’ properties is set for 15 April in Dublin – and agent says the homes and commercial spaces on offer will be priced “aggressively”.
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Feb 21st 2011, 11:53 AM
# Housing
'Shared equity' proposal might keep struggling householders in their homes
Housing association Threshold puts forward plan that would see the State buy properties on point of repossession and renting back to former owners.
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Feb 7th 2011, 5:41 PM
# Recessionomics
Dublin businesses strike bargain to get 20 per cent off insurance premiums
Umbrella group for city centre traders does deal to cut cost of insurance for its 2,500 members after slow shopping year.
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Jan 28th 2011, 3:09 PM
# Consumer Price Index
Cost of education soars by over 25 per cent since peak of boom
The costs of education and health care have soared since 2006 according to the latest Consumer Price Index;
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Jan 21st 2011, 1:01 PM
# Recessionomics
Consumer prices down slightly in November
Central Statistics Office finds that only clothes and footwear saw a price hike in the last month.
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Dec 10th 2010, 1:51 PM
# Broadabandoned
Broadband and telephone still out for over 4,000 houses
Eircom technical crews finding it hard to access areas of Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow to fix faults.
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Dec 3rd 2010, 5:32 PM
# Recessionomics
Irish shoppers expect to spend €1.5bn this Christmas
Despite last month’s fall in consumer confidence, Irish shoppers are looking forward to splashing out on Christmas gifts, food and socialising.
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Nov 9th 2010, 8:55 AM
# Recessionomics
The emergence of the savvy Irish shopper
The recession has brought some benefits – Irish consumers are no longer willing to be complacent, ill-informed or ripped off.
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Oct 11th 2010, 9:47 AM
# Recessionomics
Medical card holders to pay more for pharmacy bills from today
The levy will apply to each prescription item collected by a patient.
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Oct 1st 2010, 2:45 PM
Voices
The Guardian: Ireland facing a double dip recession
One economist is so shocked by the fall in our output, he thinks it’s a misprint.
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Sep 23rd 2010, 1:23 PM
# Debt
Ireland unlikely to dodge out on debt, says IMF
But we’re not out of the woods yet.
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Sep 2nd 2010, 4:14 PM
# Childcare Costs
Irish childcare costs highest in Western World
It costs more to send your child to a creche in Dublin than to some of the country’s most expensive private schools.
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Aug 23rd 2010, 9:22 AM
# Optimism
Things can only get better
Consumer confidence levels at level not seen since 2007.
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Jul 30th 2010, 9:01 AM
# State Assets
McCarthy heads group to check state assets
Board will look into efficiency of assets such as RTÉ and an Post.
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Jul 22nd 2010, 7:10 PM
# Recessionomics
Cost of doing business in Ireland goes down
We’ll drink to that.
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Jul 22nd 2010, 12:54 PM