Stop Wasting Your Money!

As the economic climate takes a turn for the worse, we are all beginning to feel it where it hurts - in our pockets. Through his weekly 'PriceWatch' feature in the Irish Times, Conor Pope has examined and exposed both the worst and the best of what's on offer to Irish consumers.

On a month-by-month basis, Stop Wasting Your Money looks at each area of spending in our lives, including travel, food and drink, communications, financial services and entertainment, and offers advice on saving money in each area, leading to a handsome payoff at the end of each month. Spend a tenner on this easy-to-use guide, and ultimately save a thousand euro or more over the course of a year.

Best Money Saving tips

1. Don't buy a plasma TV. They use more electricity. Wait a couple of years and get an OLED based LCD, they use a fraction of the power
2. Unplug EVERYTHING before going to bed at night. The savings on electricity is good for your wallet, and for the planet.
3. Buy rechargeable batteries if you are a big user. They don't last as long, but it is cheaper to re charge batteries then buy new ones

Author and Columnist Conor Pope

Useful links

Conor Pope's online Pricewatch section of the Irish Times website.

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