Dine In Dublin Week is back. After a very successful run last April, over 60 restaurants will take part in the initiative, offering three course dinner menus for €25-30, from October 12-18. The Irish Times reports that participating restaurants will include Saba, Bleu Bistro, and Marco Pierre White’s Steakhouse. I’m very keen to try the [...]

I’ve recently had two very satisfying, tasty and cheap Japanese lunches in Dublin for only €10 apiece.  Anyone who’s a fan of Japanese food will be familiar with bento boxes: compartmentalised lunch boxes containing a variety of snacks, arranged in the aesthetically appealing way we expect from Japanese cuisine. A couple of weeks ago, I [...]

This year, I had an evil chest infection that would NOT go away. I am not normally ill, so lurching around feeling like my days were numbered really got me down. After trying all the usual weaponry – antibiotics, bedrest and weeping – my sister, over from New York to visit, imparted her solution. Garlic [...]

For retailers, loyalty cards are about increasing profits and rewarding the customer with freebies or cash when they sign up. But are we really making as much savings as we could be by committing to these cards? I figure shopping around easily outweighs the savings made by a loyalty card. Yet the cards are designed [...]

Although there are good lunchtime deals on offer these days, it is still a fact that packing your own lunch will save you money; even my cat knows that. By spending €2 on a morning coffee and €5 on lunch, you could potentially spend €1,800 a year. That’s €9,000 over five years and a possible [...]

Last Saturday’s Irish Times magazine had a small piece on an innovative new service from Dublin’s Cake Cafe: breakfast in bed delivered to your house.  The delivery costs €3.50 and they will deliver by bicycle to Dublin 2 or Dublin 8.  It’s a bit of a pre-recession style indulgence, but for an occasional treat it [...]

If you’re interested in price comparison websites, there’s a great article by Pricewatch’s Conor Pope in today’s Irish Times. Pope reports that that the National Consumer Agency has written to the big retailers about establishing a grocery database containing real-time information that consumer could use to make price comparisons. The project is still “very much [...]

€2 special offers this week at Dunnes include: Goodfellas Delicia Pizza Range (310g-350g) Birds Eye Omega 3 Fish Fingers (360g) Mega Beef Burgers (4′s) Offers are valid until Saturday October 3. Click here for more details on these and other specials at Dunnes.

Kieran Murphy of Murphy’s Ice-Cream Ireland is contemplating producing a pink icecream tub to support marriage equality, and is currently asking for feedback on the idea.  Head over to Ice-Cream Ireland to have your say. I think it’s a great idea, I’m a big fan of active citizenship and using everyday items to raise awareness [...]

Half-price special offers at SuperValu, valid until Saturday October 3, include: Denny Deli Style Ham Traditional/ Crumbed (100g) – now €1.24 Lucozade Sport (4 pack x 500ml) – now €2.40 Pantene Shampoo (500ml)/ Pantene Conditioner (400ml) – now €2.62 Click here for more details.