Sadly this my last post – boo! I have recently taken on a full-time job on top of my usual art conservation and freelance writing so my work load is full to capacity which means that I can no longer contribute to this awesome site – sniff sniff! It’s a sad ol’ affair because I [...]

The latest RTE Guide has a full page feature on the work we do here at CheapEats. You can check out myself and Jean’s ugly mugs on page 35. The article is part of an online shopping special; you’ll also find information on sites such as Babybay.ie and Cupcakeme.org, as well as the RTE Guide’s [...]

The website Irish Media Watch has named us as their blog of the week, and the write-up they’ve given us is so lovely that we’re still blushing.  Thanks, chaps!  Check it out here.

Attention iPhoneys, and users of other smart phones (which I hear exist)!   CheapEats now has a mobile site, which is optimised for viewing on mobile phone browsers.  Opening CheapEats on your phone will automatically direct you to the mobile version of the site, and you can still opt to switch back and view the [...]

You may have noticed a slightly quieter site lately. Jean is off gallivanting around Mexico with our friend J. Headen Esquire, while I’m preparing to pack up for my own overseas adventures. We’re leaving the site in Rercy’s very capable hands and scheduling a few of our own posts (ah, the magical wonder of WordPress). [...]

CheapEats has a very nice plug on the website of Prudence magazine today: The site is pretty ambitious and covers other things relating to food, including really useful supermarket finds, links to interesting articles, value lunches, cookery courses … Possibly the best thing about the site is the ‘have your say section’ which contains loads [...]

I was delighted to see over the weekend that CheapEats.ie is longlisted for best Irish Food and Drink Blog in the 2010 Irish Blog Awards.  The Food and Drink category is sponsored by Bord Bia and we’re in some very good company there: a number of my favourite blogs are nominated, and there’s some very [...]

Christmas dinner, tins of sweets, lots of cheese, Christmas TV, shiny wrapped presents, boxes of crisps and biscuits, the post-meal walk: it’s that time of year again. I’ll be going to my parents for Christmas dinner as usual, and as usual I’ll spend the day topping up the hot ports and arguing over TV by [...]

The Irish Independent has a piece today on saving money at Christmas, and CheapEats.ie is one of their recommended sites for money-saving tips.  There’s some other useful tips there too, and like us, they believe that shopping up North is a choice that you’re free to make and one that you shouldn’t have to feel [...]

Our own lovely genius Peter was on the Tubridy Show on RTE Radio 1 yesterday, talking about Cookery Clubs and how they are Great and bring people together and save money in these tough times.  You can listen on the RTE website for a limited time, the segment starts at 40:40.