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 Shops charging 15c for paper bags it this fee fair?

Penneys is the latest retailer to introduce a charge for paper bags. From next Monday, customers ...

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06.50 7 May 2025


 Shops charging 15c for paper bags it this fee fair?


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06.50 7 May 2025


Penneys is the latest retailer to introduce a charge for paper bags. From next Monday, customers will pay 15 cent per bag but is the fee fair, or just another cost for consumers to shoulder?

To debate this on Newstalk Breakfast was Sinead Ryan, Presenter of The Home Show on Newstalk and consumer columnist with the Irish Independent and Oisin Coughlan, Public Policy Advisor. 


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