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PEOPLE POWER CAMPAIGN SEEKS 20,000 PEOPLE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST IRISH COST OF LIVING CRISIS

PEOPLE POWER CAMPAIGN SEEKS 20,000 PEOPLE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST IRISH COST OF LIVING CRISIS

PRESS RELEASE MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2017 PEOPLE POWER CAMPAIGN SEEKS 20,000 PEOPLE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST IRISH COST OF LIVING CRISIS   One Big Switch is back, and is looking for 20,000 people to join their Big Cost of Living Switch campaign to fight back against the cost of living crisis currently gripping Ireland. The Big Cost of Living Switch aims to ease cost of living pressure by em... read more>
**MEDIA RELEASE*** OVER 3500 HOUSEHOLDS JOIN THE BIG ENERGY SWITCH IN FIRST WEEK OF CAMPAIGN

**MEDIA RELEASE*** OVER 3500 HOUSEHOLDS JOIN THE BIG ENERGY SWITCH IN FIRST WEEK OF CAMPAIGN

    3,500 consumers have joined the Big Energy Switch in the first week of the campaign, a huge show of community support for the nation-wide people power campaign. The Big Energy Switch is looking to recruit twenty thousand consumers to help unlock group discounted electrictiy ad gas in Ireland. The campaign will run for 3 more weeks, with the collective power of the One Big Switch... read more>
MEDIA RELEASE: PEOPLE POWER CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES TODAY – 20,000 IRISH CONSUMERS TO SWITCH ENERGY TOGETHER

MEDIA RELEASE: PEOPLE POWER CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES TODAY – 20,000 IRISH CONSUMERS TO SWITCH ENERGY TOGETHER

One Big Switch is today launching the Big Energy Switch, a campaign to cut the cost of electricity and gas in Ireland using people power. The campaign will use the power of group switching to help unlock discounted electricity and gas prices for tens of thousands of Irish consumers. The campaign is aiming to boost competition in the Irish energy market by: Signing up 20,000 consu... read more>
Survey Of 15,000 Finds 99% Of Health Insurance Policyholders Have Felt Negative Affects As A Result Of Market Exodus

Survey Of 15,000 Finds 99% Of Health Insurance Policyholders Have Felt Negative Affects As A Result Of Market Exodus

Consumer network One Big Switch has today released a report that finds Irish consumers have felt significant negative impacts as a consequence of the 300,000+ Private Health Insurance policyholders who have left the market since it’s peak in 2008. The report, based on feedback from more than 15,000 consumers, is one of the largest health insurance surveys ever carried out in Ireland. Acco... read more>
SURVEY OF 12,000+ CONSUMERS REJECT GOVERNMENT’S INTRODUCTION OF LIFETIME COMMUNITY RATING

SURVEY OF 12,000+ CONSUMERS REJECT GOVERNMENT’S INTRODUCTION OF LIFETIME COMMUNITY RATING

The introduction of Lifetime Community Rating could prove costly for the current government. A survey of 12,000+ consumers found that just 16% of those without Private Health insurance say the introduction of Lifetime Community Rating will make them take it up. Under the current proposal, from May 2015, anyone entering the Private Health Insurance market after the age of 34 will be penalized... read more>