The last vestiges of the UK’s Bristol & West building society – acquired in 1997 by Bank of Ireland – are to vanish.
Ireland is now the EU’s most expensive place to shop, overtaking Denmark, and Government policies are a key reason we pay more.
When mum went into a nursing home a couple of years ago I had no awareness of what she needed and I kept forgetting to bring in stuff. I was there 15 hours a week but still I would buy shower gel and end up leaving it at home.