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Moved from this thread so as not to take it off topic you said in another post earlier this week We borrowed the money ourselves. The ordinary Irish punter borrowed money from the banks to buy their homes ( and investment properties and overseas investment properties). Let's not blame the...

I'm really not sure how to vote on the 2nd referendum this week and I'm disappointed at both the level of information being sent out on it and also at the lack of any real debate on it. There seems to be some discussion starting over the last few days but is it too late.? 2 things concern me...

I had UPC wireless broadband installed yesterday. I was able to log on and connect to it fine from my Dell laptop but on trying to access the Internet, it seemed to turn every page into a UPC landing page saying something like "safe sure". Every URL had this added to it and I could not get...

OH is currently on a career break, following paid and unpaid maternity leave, she has, in effect, been off work for 4 years. Career break is up in the new year and she wants to go back to work but only part time, this is for child minding and reasons of a very long commute (90 minutes each way...

Sitting at lunch today, talking about nothing as you sometimes do, the topic of those little questions that you've always wondered about but don't have the answer for came up. Questions like Why do E flow tags always fall off the windscreen? Why do driving test inspectors have to wear a luminous...

There I was driving home last night listening to the news when a reporter said that the tax take in Ireland was up and that the state had taken in €18bn in July. Actually it was €18bn for the first 7 months of the year but why worry about being accurate?. It reminded me of guy on RTE who spoke...

Thinking of taking the OH to a Christmas Market on the continent in December for her birthday. Has anyone been to one and are they worth going to (from a Christmassy "experience" as much as for actual shopping) and can anyone recomened one in particuler?

I'm not a Joe Duffy fan but in fairness, the show has a "Friday Fiver" scheme going for this Friday, July 1st. Everything from lunch, to beauty treatments to a will, all for a fiver [broken link removed]

Personally, I found this fascinating, Takes about 10 minutes to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

Hoping someone can give us an answer on this as my OH's employers don't seem to have a foggiest She's on 3 year career break, scheduled to finish in mid May. We had a baby in Jan and had she been at work, her maternity leave would have finished in late June. Therefore if she returns to work in...

Folks not involved in this (other then as a subscriber), but if anyone wants to financially support arts projects in Ireland or has a project that requires funding, try this website www.fundit.ie If some moderator wants to move this to another forum, please feel free

This is purely to take peoples minds off the state of the economy and politics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB5eu0EwK34

The Irish Corporate Tax rate has become a Holy Grail in Ireland, it can't be touched because if it were to be increased, we'd all be doomed (or so the media and politicians have us believe. Is this a correct view? Tax after all, is a cost to a business. As someone who works for a...

I have 2 smallies, one is 4 and the other is a few months old. At the minute we have a couple of savings accounts for them, into which money presents and half their childrens allowance go. However, thinking long term, we need to start saving for things such as 3rd level education down the line...

Hopefully someone with more knowledge on SW payments can assist me here. I have a family member who was 65 on Jan 1 She currently works 35 hrs a week for a charity at just above minimum wage. She is planning on retiring on Dec 31st. She has worked for the charity for approx 20 years. For...

Driving in on the M9 this morning, in the middle of a convoy of cars, I was astonished to be passed out by vans, cars and jeeps at various stages, given that the right hand lane had at least an inch of compacted snow and ice on it. I can kinda understand a 4 wheel drive trying it, but a Hyundai...

It's Thursday afternoon, there's been so much doom and gloom this week that I'm trying to be positive and looking forward to what I'll do for the weekend. At the minute, my plan is to go to our local butchers and market on Saturday, buy some really good quality food for the weekend and cook up a...

It looks like that at some stage over the next month or so, I'll be called as a witness in a personal injuries case in the High Court. I've no issue in standing up and stating the facts, but from a practical perspective, what can I expect on the day?. What time do cases start and what time do I...

Have to admit that this story made me chuckle [broken link removed] I'm just wondering what other people think of punishments like this as a form of "justice". Personally, on the basis that it will cost the state nothing and it likely to have a more benificial effect on the man's behaviour...

I see Chris Andrews is calling for an award for "outstanding Irish citizens" to be set up. http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/ff-td-calls-for-awards-for-outstanding-citizens-470600.html I'm sure people will have their own views as to the merits and otherwise of such a scheme, but if it did...