The Consumer Show returns for a brand new 10-part series on Wednesday, March 4th at 8.30pm on RTÉ One. Presented by Keelin Shanley, with reporters Tadhg Enright and Ella McSweeney, the team will fight for consumer rights, look at the issues that hit your pocket and investigate your complaints.
This season Tadhg Enright compares property rental rights in Ireland to those on the Continent, meets mobile phone users suffering from battery anxiety and finds out how Irish researchers are working on a remedy. Baffling charges for mysterious texts and the perils of buying a second hand car will also be investigated.
Joining the team this year, Ella McSweeney reveals the issue that’s costing our health service more than €20 million a year, and a lot of it is down to our love of chicken. It’s been called the poultry industry’s dirty secret, why the levels of bacteria are still so high on our supermarket shelves. Ella also shows you what to look out for when buying a puppy and investigates the rise of food intolerances, fact or fad?
Through-out the series the team will also give tips on how to save money and shop smart, explain the best time of year to buy certain products, show how to save money on your car and will help guide you through the complicated world of gifting cash to your children.
Episode eight of The Consumer Show continues on Wednesday, 22nd April, at 8.30pm on RTÉ One.
What’s the difference between Best Before and Use By? It seems like a simple question, but one that many of us cannot answer. The Consumer Show looks at the confusion around food date labels, sheds some light on the shelf life of our foods and educates consumers on what is a guide and what is a deadline.
The Consumer Show looks into the expensive world of children’s birthday parties and uncovers the simple tips and tricks you can do to help reduce the cost.
Tadhg Enright discovers what the average Irish birthday party looks like today. From modern activity centres to the traditional home birthday, he talks to parents to find out whether the cost of birthdays is something that has gotten out of control.