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Minecraft and Candy Crush among games targeted by consumer watchdog (opens the original)
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Irelandâs consumer watchdog has joined forces with its counterparts across Europe as part of a co-ordinated action against the companies behind games including Candy Crush, Minecraft and Clash of Clans over potential breaches of consumer protection law. All told, nine online gaming companies have been targeted in the investigation, which is focusing on in-game purchases, in-game virtual currencies, consumer rights when making purchases, transparency around costs, and the fairness of terms and
Online shoppers buying from outside EU face fresh charges from November (opens the original)
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Online shoppers who buy from outside the European Union will have to pay a fresh charge of â¬2 per item from November 1st, Revenue has confirmed. The new Union Handling Fee is on top of a â¬3 charge per item that was imposed this summer. The charges and fees are being imposed by the EU, but delivery companies will have a legal responsibility to collect them if the levies have not been paid during checkout on the online store. The charge is intended to cover the increased costs incurred by cust
Why petrol pump prices in Ireland could be â¬2.30 a litre by December (opens the original)
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Sorry, no. In fact, things are worse now than they were just a couple of weeks ago. Well, in August figures from the AA suggested that the average price of a litre of petrol was â¬1.84 and it put the average price of diesel at â¬1.92. Its most recent figures, from the middle of this month, priced petrol at â¬1.87 while diesel was â¬1.94. Things are worse today than these figures suggest. Many motorists who have been criss-crossing the country since the start of the week will have been alarme
Man paid about â¬400 on Booking.com for hotel that turned out to be closed (opens the original)
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We have another story about Booking.comâs phantom bookings and hotels that are listed on the platform despite no longer being available. A reader named Mark travelled to London recently and booked a hotel via Booking.com. Things did not go according to plan. On August 4th, Mark booked the Park Grand Paddington Hotel for three nights at a cost of just under â¬400. The money left his account and went in the direction of Booking.com a day later. âHowever, the evening before travel on Monday, A
Tourist tax could raise more than â¬200m for local authorities, research shows (opens the original)
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A nightly tourist tax of â¬5 per person could raise more than â¬200 million for local authorities, according to new research from the University of Galway. Such a levy would benefit the 31 local authorities to varying degrees, with Dublin City Council projected to be the largest beneficiary with a tax take of â¬46 million. A â¬5 nightly tax would translate into â¬5.7 million for Waterford City and County Council, and â¬8.2 million for Galway County Council, the policy document suggests. Vi
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