On Your Behalf

On Your Behalf First Time Buyers Special, Presenter Anna Curran and a team of experts guide us through getting on the property ladder. From getting the mortgage approved to picking up the keys, Anna finds out all the tips and tricks to deal with deposits, mortgages and legalities of buying your first home. She hears from a first time buyer who swapped his rental accommodation for his perfect pad in his 50s.

Kelli O’Connor Wilson talks about the mortgage application and getting the right deal for you.

Motoring special – our expert panel will answer questions on everything from buying second hand to repair costs and selecting a garage.

Are your tyres costing you a fortune because they’re underinflated? Stuart Lovatt from TyreSafe and Sophie Lyden aka ‘Tyre lady’ get you road worthy.

We help a car owner who was being asked to pay a toll road charge for a trip he didn’t make.

Presenter Anna Curran swaps four wheels for two and hears from charity Life Cycles who are helping people get back on their bikes.

Electric scooters, Ebikes and off-road vehicles, Solicitor Cormac Keenan with advice on where you stand legally.

Holiday rights, flight changes and insurance - Travel experts Simon Calder and Angela Taylor share advice and answer questions.

Summer is a popular time for house moves. Whether you are a first time buyer or thinking of selling up – Solicitor Simon Murray is in studio with what you need to know on the legals and costs.

We help a listener with a refund after she was stuck due to a cancelled flight on her way back from a pilgrimage and we hear about how a cancelled flight has meant a family’s dream cruise is costing more than they bargained for.

Presenter Anna Curran chats to parents about the expense of childcare during school holidays and finds out what help is there, if any?

The latest on the Aer Lingus pilot strikes, how travellers will be impacted.

Preparing for the summer holidays, Michelle Kelly from the Consumer Council is in studio with tips.

Welfare and Benefits – Expert Rachael Jeffers is in studio to answer your questions.

The pitfalls of shopping online - we help a listener who struggles to get a refund from an online clothing shop.

Farewell from Linda after 29 years of championing consumers.

Catching up with old friends and long-time contributors.

In her final programme, consumer champion Linda McAuley catches up with some old friends and long-time contributors to find out what’s changed in the world of consumer affairs and what’s stayed the same. She celebrates the listeners who have been at the heart of the programme for nearly 29 years with input from A Perforated Ulster, and a fond farewell from On Your Behalf superfan Dan Gordon.

This week we look at Disability rights and wrongs because over the decades we’ve covered all sorts of issues from travel rights and responsibilities, to facilities and support for autistic children and how passengers and their guide dogs and people who use wheel chairs are treated. Agnes Lunny from Positive Futures and Nuala Tolman from Disability Action are in the studio.

Funerals – one listener alerted us to how heartless scamsters are using death notices to con people into making a donation – a donation that goes straight into the fraudsters' pockets

We're also talking about safe ways to pay – And asking why PayPal refused to refund a listener when the boots he'd ordered didn't arrive. Consumer Expert Martyn James helps us stay safe online.

And the student who’s been paying O2 for two phones - when she only has one!

Linda also travels to Magherafelt to meet the Mid Ulster volunteers who tell her why they do it and encourage her to join them!

Give a little back – Linda meets the volunteer drivers helping children in the care system.

Estate management, wills and power of attorney - Solicitor Tony Caher is in studio to answer your questions.

Housing Rights celebrates 60 years but what's changed and what's next?

We help one listener who was shocked by how Easyjet Holidays responded to a family tragedy and the cruise that ended up in hospital and delays with the travel insurance.

£25 Million for childcare but that's a fraction of the £400 million campaigners say is needed.

With school holidays approaching many parents may face childcare debt over the summer.

Sinead Campbell from Advice NI and Aoife Hamilton from Employers for Childcare are in the studio...

Preparing for retirement - part 2 of our series for the third age. Janine Maher and Nigel Kerns from Money and Pensions Service join Linda to answer questions.

We also help a listener who was told that his insurance only covered one ear and it wasn't the one with the lost hearing aid!

And its active travel month - time to get on your bike or at least a bus or train!

Electric Ireland pulls out of the domestic market in Northern Ireland - What does it mean for Consumers?

The march of AI continues - this time the bots are taking over the PR Industry!

The Competition and Markets authority tell us why filling up the tank on your car has been getting more expensive over the last few years, why Disability Benefits may be under threat from the government, the listener whose boots weren't made for walking - or anything else - because they never turned up and how safe is your pre-paid funeral plan?

Linda is joined by Independent Travel Editor Simon Calder and Michelle Kelly from the Consumer Council to discuss consumer rights and top tips for stress free travel.

What happens when you're blind and travelling with a guide dog. Andrew McConnell from CAA explains what the law says.

Hiring a car - how to avoid the pitfalls and not end up with unwelcome extras.

We hear from one young woman who told Disney her fiance had died early on the morning of their special trip and that's why she hadn't given them 72 hours cancellation notice. Disney refused to budge on a refund!

As Great Victoria Street railway station closes in just a matter of days what happens to schools and commuters? And the £340 million question - Is the new Grand Centra Station on track to open this autumn?