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Charlie Weston

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
402 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

it's up 32%.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

It's up by a third in five years.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Again, it's too expensive for people to buy.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

So they're buying different stuff.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

And for many, they're having to substitute.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

They're buying cheaper stuff and stuff that might have been a regular purchase in the shopping trolley is not there anymore, Matt.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Yeah, Sky went into the High Court and got the details of who was paying what to a dodgy box supplier, if you like, operator, IPTV, Easy they're called.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

And it got a list of 200 names.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

And it's written to them now, threatening legal action.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

It's threatening big stuff here to seek damages off them, to injunct these people and to seek legal costs.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

And it's sent to my letter saying, look, if you cease and desist, if you sign this letter and return it to us and promise not to use your dodgy box again, we won't come after you.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Now, what's going to happen here?

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Well, very interesting follow up on this today.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

My colleague Sean Pollock has been writing about this.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

An associate professor in law at the UCD Sutherland School.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

He's also chairman of the Digital Rights Ireland, TJ McIntyre.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

He reckons this is a bit of a bluff that they won't go after individuals.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

It's probably too expensive.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

It's too messy.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

But he says, look, on the other hand, if you have been using a dodgy box and you want to kind of