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I have a four spot light overhead in my kitchen. One of the bulbs blew last week. I have congratulating myself and having some in stock. My friend went to replace it but on twisting it the bulb part came off leaving the ceramic part in the holder. He could feel it rotating in the holder but...

Fascinated by this If it was 1 April I would doubt it, but apparently in Dubai the fish are now being used as security. The tanks have been fitted with biometric software so when you look at them it automatically checks against your passport. Same software as the public services card here. My...

Hi any advice would be useful. My parents are both covered with Irish Life. I am not sure of the plan name but I know is semi private in hospitals plus includes hi tech hospitals. I think they are over insured. Both have medical cards. My dad has just turned 80. He is under the care of a...

I left work in early 2017 when I had an Irish Life cover...apologies I have no idea what type but was 76 euro a month. I received a letter to say it had lapsed, but I've just noticed that a dd was taken out of my account for april to june. I want something like the old vhi b plan as in private...

My parents have neighbours that have only just moved in so they don't really know them. What interaction they have had hasn't been great as they block my parents driveway. They have dug a huge hole say 10 x 10 feet and 6 feet down at the end of their garden. It's only a normal semi d garden...

Good times are back. I have an Avant Card. Totally clear. Unsolicited call today. Would I like cash in my account at 9.1% up to 29k today... Well I would! It was hard to say no! But I did.

We had a very elderly family friend who died over a year ago. Her husband died many years ago. They had no children. She always promised the house to my aunt who lives abroad. My mam and my uncle had keys but couldn't find a will. At the funeral her nephew appeared...we never met him before. My...

My dad is 78 and my mam 69. My mam has gone to Australia to be with her mother who is 90 and lives there. She is on a tourist visa so has to come out every 3 months to be able to renew. Last time she went in June, came back October and back out in December with return booked March. She may well...

My dad got a call this morning to say his atm card was cloned. he only ever uses it in the Ulster bank in blanchardstown. anyway he went to the branch at 11am and they told him he was the third one there today. his card was accessed from us, one more from Canada and one from India. Just a warning

Am up in middle of night waiting for washing machine to finish. put it on last night. about half full. worked fine Thursday. now the door won't open. I have put it on twice now with same results. is it worthwhile calling someone out or will I just get a new one. It's between 6 and 12 years old...

Trying to book two flights from Dublin for next April to London to see a show with my mam for my birthday as a pressie for her birthday next week. Seriously AL is convinced I can only go from Austin Texas. website is mad

My mam is 68, and my dad 78. They are insured through AVIVA which is now Irish Life. Renewal is due shortly. My dad is under ongoing treatment for a clot on his lung under the public health system. Both have medical cards but my mam is very insurance minded and wants the opportunity to go to a...

My grandmother gets her Irish widows pension paid overseas. When it goes up...my 5 euro...her Australian retirement pension goes down so she never gets an increase. Logically this doesn't seem right.

My mam was on the m50 today. It's a 2010 Hyundai. Nct passed last week. She had the clutch replaced in May at main dealer. Anyway we were going off the Liffey Valley slip road and it starts losing power. Then smoke starts billowing out of the left side of the bonnet and there was a horrible...

I work in The Park Carrickmines. I am well aware that as an employee I cannot park in the customer car park. I have a space in the staff car park. There is a 4 hour limit in the customer car park. Yesterday I actually had a day off work but had to return something to a shop there and I had left...

I have a mortgage on my primary residence, which is a couple of thousand in arrears. It's not much - I had lost my job in January and had a traffic accident which meant I couldn't work. I missed a few payments as I was in hospital (always paid i/o) which at July were around 10k on a 190k...

There was something to recently that said banks had to advise of cheaper rates. Anyone?

Before I start this I want to impress that neither of my parents are dying and neither would I want them to.. I was listening to a financial expert on tv3 and he was explaining about inheritance tax. Both my parents have willed all their assets to me as their only child. The house is solely...

I was feeling all warm and fuzzy towards Tesco having received more than usual Clubcard vouchers...BGE tie up from elec and gas. So off I happily tootle to Tesco last night. My mood began to go downhill when the woman in front of me returning a trolley as I was picking one up...couldn't get...

Sun always brings them out....a group of teenagers on m50 northbound between J9 and J7...walking along railing and jumping off into river. Idiots. Traffic was dire ... But the potential for loss of life... BTW why isn't there a J8?