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I have banked exclusively with UB since 1976 and my parents since the early 1950's so their exit is proving to be particularly wrenching for us. Our experience with UB over the years as been overwhelmingly positive. UB have informed us that they they will be closing down our secondary credit...

Anyone find the new HIA.ie website / comparison tool a bit of a pig's ear? https://www.hia.ie/comparison-tool/#/ aj

A friend who has started new employment has been offered a 10% discount on all plans by Laya. She must use payroll deduction. She and her partner are already with Laya. Is this “group discount” genuine? Or are the quoted prices already discounted for any one who ticks the group scheme box? I...

School Activities cover: any activity usual to a School which is carried out with the full knowledge and authority of and under the control of the Board of Management / Governors of the School or of any other person specifically authorised by them including direct travel to and from such...

im on laya simplicity since October and took Brendan’s advice and checked cover. The HIA site is good as far as it goes but it does not hold old “retired” schemes or older revisions of current schemes. This makes it impossible to determine what cover if any has dropped following a revision. I...

From the journal.ie today. VHI is bringing its prices down by an average of 5.5% - where’s the catch?

Renewal 1st October. Currently on Flex125 explore. But 18yo gets charged as adult in this plan. no interest in day to day expenses. Do not like copayment sand shortfall payments. Will consider modest excesses circa €200. Want cover in smaller private hospitals out side Dublin. Not interested in...

I called into my local Ulster Bank yesterday morning. I was delighted at the prospect of no queue! I approached the counter manned by a rather bored looking young man and asked to lodge some cheques. He informed me that Saturday Morning the Bank was opened only as a cashless office and drew my...

In recent months Jacobs Cream crackers taste just horrible. They are softer than they used to be. They appear to be half baked. They feel softer in the mouth? Does anyone know what has changed? Has the formulation or the baking process changed? Are there any alternatives out there which taste...

So the new minister has scrapped the proposed minimum charge per kilo for dry recycle waste. Does anyone know whether companies can still charge for this or is there an effective 0c/kilo for dry recycleables? Does the Proposed minimum charge/kilo for compost still stand or does the min charge...

Is there an industry regulator for the waste & recycling industry? For instance Irish water is regulated by the energy regulator for pricing/charging and the EPA regulates water quality and environmental compliance. Can bin charges be arbitrarily increased year on year without any consumer...

I was taken aback somewhat to learn via a radio ad that use of a mobile phone while striving can lead to 3 penalty points. There goes my New Years resolution to get my run up to 5km in as many weeks!

When a well run CU is "merged" with a badly run CU do the members of the well run CU suffer?

Great to see the proposed TV tax being quietly dropped.

Kelkin have reduced their pack weight of their natural micro popcorn from 3x100g to 3x90g while the leaving the box size the same. Tescos and Dunnes are still (incorrectly) caluculating their unit price based on the old pack weights. [broken link removed]

Why is generic sugar precisely €1.19/kilo everywhere in Irleand? Dunnes, Tescos, Supervalue, Aldi and Lidl all have own band sugar at €1.19. This has been the case for over 2 years now. Prior to this generic sugar was 83c everywhere.

GSOC bugging, Cui bono? There is much speculation about AGS and GSOC but could there be other players who benefit from the GSOC affair? Foreign Intellegence Agencies? Global Media Concerns with a history of hacking/survelience in the UK? Home grown subversives? Irish Military Intellegence? aj

The maker of this fiendish app says he will take it down later today! Flappy Bird's wings clipped after 'ruining creator's life'

What does the abbreviation "PHI" mean? Is it "Permanent Health Insurance" much written about here in the early 2000's or is it "Private Health Insurance" or is it something else entirely like "Protected Health Information"? aj

I dumped my Vodafone / Verizon documention, can I give instruction online /phone/email? It got caught up in the after Christmas clean up! What are the deadline dates? I would take the Capital Gain option for Return of Value.