{"id":8878,"date":"2025-08-19T07:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/8878\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T07:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:51:07","slug":"the-most-complained-about-companies-in-ireland-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/8878\/","title":{"rendered":"The most complained about companies in Ireland \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ryanair, Eir and Sky were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/ryanair-most-complained-about-company-to-consumer-watchdog-in-first-half-of-2025\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/ryanair-most-complained-about-company-to-consumer-watchdog-in-first-half-of-2025\/\"><b>companies<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>most complained about in the first half of 2025 while Ticketmaster saw its ranking with Ireland\u2019s consumer watchdog improve as concerns over high-priced Oasis tickets last September faded away. Conor Pope reports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Glenveagh Homes is weighing big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/glenveagh-homes-to-seek-big-changes-to-650-home-dublin-development\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/glenveagh-homes-to-seek-big-changes-to-650-home-dublin-development\/\"><b>changes<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>to a 650-home housing development including omitting a number of housing units from the site, and a plan for a 379-unit, mixed-use development in Swords, Co Dublin. Hugh Dooley has the details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la (ACP) has reopened an appeal over a 106 home <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/an-coimisiun-pleanala-reopens-appeal-over-phoenix-park-apartments-plan\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/an-coimisiun-pleanala-reopens-appeal-over-phoenix-park-apartments-plan\/\"><b>development<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>next to the Phoenix Park after the High Court quashed its decision to grant planning permission for the complex. Hugh has the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">How <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/forget-the-futuristic-dystopias-ai-is-changing-the-world-right-now\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/forget-the-futuristic-dystopias-ai-is-changing-the-world-right-now\/\"><b>transformative<\/b><\/a> is AI really going to be? At this stage it\u2019s an open question, but in his column Hugh Linehan shows how it is already having a huge impact on the media world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Cantillon looks at an own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/aib-gives-doherty-an-open-goal-for-criticism\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/aib-gives-doherty-an-open-goal-for-criticism\/\"><b>goal<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>by AIB, and why the Republic may not be a true \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/ireland-not-a-truly-rich-country-according-to-the-economist\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/ireland-not-a-truly-rich-country-according-to-the-economist\/\"><b>rich<\/b><\/a>\u201d country despite our GDP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In Your Money, Siobhan Maguire shows how it can be possible to make money out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/08\/19\/money-to-be-made-from-investing-in-watches-but-only-if-you-know-what-youre-doing\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/08\/19\/money-to-be-made-from-investing-in-watches-but-only-if-you-know-what-youre-doing\/\"><b>watches<\/b><\/a>, while Dominic Coyle answers questions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/08\/17\/should-i-be-paying-tax-in-uk-on-a-pension-if-i-live-in-ireland\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/08\/17\/should-i-be-paying-tax-in-uk-on-a-pension-if-i-live-in-ireland\/\"><b>pensions<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>and UK tax law, as well as whether borrowing from your children will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/08\/19\/will-borrowing-from-our-children-unravel-the-benefits-of-the-small-gift-exemption\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/08\/19\/will-borrowing-from-our-children-unravel-the-benefits-of-the-small-gift-exemption\/\"><b>impact<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>the small gift tax exemption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Belfast-based neurotechnology company Neurovalens has closed a \u00a36 million (\u20ac6.95 million) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/belfast-based-neurovalens-closes-6m-funding-round\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/belfast-based-neurovalens-closes-6m-funding-round\/\"><b>investment<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>round to help fund its commercial expansion in the US and global markets. Ciara O\u2019Brien reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Dundrum Town Centre\u2019s owners have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/18\/dundrum-town-centre-owners-appeal-council-refusal-for-outdoor-food-concessions\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/18\/dundrum-town-centre-owners-appeal-council-refusal-for-outdoor-food-concessions\/\"><b>appealed <\/b><\/a>a decision by D\u00fan Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to refuse retention permission for long-standing food truck concessions at the front entrance to the retail complex. Hugh has the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A row over demands by contractors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/18\/row-threatens-cityjet-rescue-court-told\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/18\/row-threatens-cityjet-rescue-court-told\/\"><b>involving <\/b><\/a>a potential investor in the refinancing of debt-ridden airline CityJet, over proposed upfront payment terms for future maintenance work, could collapse rescue plans for the company which is currently in examinership, the High Court was told on Monday. Ray Managh was in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ticketing software specialist Future Ticketing has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/future-ticketing-renews-shamrock-rovers-deal\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/19\/future-ticketing-renews-shamrock-rovers-deal\/\"><b>renewed<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>its deal with top League of Ireland Football club, Shamrock Rovers until 2030. 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