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People are being urged to shop around for prescription medicines in a bid to get the best deal on offer.

A new National Consumer Agency (NCA) money skills for life programme providing free independent personal finance education to employees in their workplace was launched this week by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton.

Xbox and Playstation must incorporate a maximum usage time cap within their consoles to prevent people from spending too much time gaming.

Galway city offers the best value in the country for teaching motorists to drive, according to the National Consumer Agency which has published the findings of its latest price survey.

Responding to the Government’s proposal to absorb the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) in a new Business Inspection and Licensing Authority (BILA), the National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) is instead proposing the establishment of a national safety authority covering occupational, road, rail, aviation, maritime, fire, farm and public safety to create efficiencies without negating the role of various health and safety agencies.

The National Consumer Agency (NCA) has launched a new guide, Baby Steps, to help expectant parents to prepare for the financial changes that having a baby brings. The guide is part of the NCA’s strategy to provide information to help educate specific groups of consumers at key life stages by tailoring personal finance education material to their needs.

“Charlie Malzard has been a stalwart of the federation both in Kilkenny and nationally for many years and the Vintners’ Federation is delighted to see his good name being vindicated and his reputation upheld.” — That is according to the CEO of the Vintners’ Federation Padraig Cribben, who was speaking after Mr Malzard was cleared of charges relating to allegations in 2007 of watered-down vodka at his pub in Stonyford, Co Kilkenny. It has since come to light that two of three samples taken from a bottle of vodka in his pub were perfectly legal following independent tests.

The National Consumer Agency (NCA) has just published its latest motor insurance cost comparison on www.nca.ie.

A meeting took place last night in Kilkenny for those affected by the sudden closure of Empower Training this month.

A new grocery survey by the National Consumer Agency shows the market is dominated by four big multiples in the supermarket sector which offer consumers only marginal price differences on branded goods.