Research by Ireland’s competition regulator found that 8 per cent of consumers had tipped mistakenly on a tipping terminal.

The high cost of healthy foods and gym memberships are also creating barriers to living a healthy lifestyle, according to the research.

A new opinion poll has put support for Simon Harris’s party on 25 per cent, ahead of both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin on 19%.

The Government is being called on to improve the way in which it provides accommodation for immigrants