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We used to have gas and loved it. I was not so sure about induction when we moved across to it. However I would thoroughly recommend induction now. There are lots of reasons why: It is fast, it has clean lines, very efficient as others have said. The rings don't get hot so it is useful from...

I wonder if anyone could advise. Our British-based family has booked a house in Portugal for a week near the end of June and wants us to come too. Our Irish family is vaccinated and they in UK are all long vaccinated. For the life of me I can not figure out if people are allowed to fly from...

Dear all, I would be happy to receive your views. We have two cars and live in a medium sized town with good transport options. We hardly drive anywhere at present due to C19 lockdown etc. Our mileage at the best of times anyhow is very small. We don't really need two cars. We use one and...

Hi, thanks again to you all. Your advice is very good. Sometimes in the analysis of banks, rates etc you lose sigh of the wood for the trees. Of course most rates are better than what we have right now. It will be well worth the hassle changing. Who knows, we might get used to it and become...

Thank you all for your replies and enthusiastic debate of the best way forward. Maybe we should look at switching more than once now you've debated the pros and cons... The pain was in getting the paperwork organised. We will try and be more pro-active in future. So, not to prolong things but...

Thank you for your advice. So Ulster should not figure at all then?

Dear all, I hope you can advise us. We are a couple (married with kids) with a variable mortgage with PTSB, not delighted with the 3.6% rate and have wanted to move for a good while but never got the paperwork together (yes I know). Finally we have got organised. Our current mortgage is €170K...

Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help with advice. Our child considered a young adult in Irish healthare terms is considering studying at college in the UK and would get NHS cover. We currently have a Laya Simply Connect policy for the family. As he would not be here for much of the year it...

Dear All We are a family of 2 adults, 2 teenagers and one young adult aged 21 Our health insurance is due again in January We are with Laya on Simply Connect Plus for the past few years. This past year the young adult and one of us parents have had some hospital stays, it was a few y one...

Hi Dubdub, I would also suggest you look at the area around Whitehall and Beaumont in Dublin 9. Larkhill has some houses in your price bracket. Beaumont is fine, there are many similar houses in large estates but they are all fine and the area is quiet. Collins Park might be a bit more...

Dear Snowby, I forgot to come back and thank you for your advice. As ever you are a font of information. I dont know how you do it! or what we would do without you. Thank you again. It is much appreciated.

Dear Snowyb, You have been very informative in the past. We are two adults and 3 teenagers now aged, 20, 18 and 13 My family was on Laya Simply Connect Plus previously. On your advice last year I transferred my eldest child to VHI's plan PM1 07 10 because Laya's charge for a young...

Dear Snowyb , we are a family of 2 adults and 3 teenagers (the oldest now 18) who have been on Laya Health Care for the past two years. We have currently got Simply Connect Plus for the parents and Essential Connect Family for the teens. It is due for renewal on Jan 1st. Very thankfully...

Dear all I hope you can advise. My son is going to college in Dublin this autumn. What bank account should he look at? He will need a current account mostly and a debit card. He already has an account from AIB for about the last 8 months but he recently received a letter from them mentioning...

Hi Manuel another idea: Ryanair flies from Birmingham airport to Verona on a Friday. Eg mid July E99 pp. However they depart at 6:25 am. you could fly over to Birmingham the night before on a cheap flight, relax and and stay in an airport hotel. example approx E140-150 for 2 adults 3 kids. Be...

Hi Manuel, there are a number of Ryanair flights from Dublin to Milan Bergamo at various times from 6:15 to 18:00. Bergamo is only one hour up the motorway from Peschiera. You could rent a car, or rent a car one-way only. An early flight is a major pain but on the plus side it would get you...

Dear Snowyb, thank you again for your expert knowledge previously. I dont know where we would be without you. My spouse and I are over the next few days going for Laya Simply connect or Connect Plus again this year. However it has occurred to us that orthopaedic work might be in the offing...

Dear SnowyB, Thank you for your comprehensive reply. How do you know so much. You are completely amazing! Many thanks again

Dear SnowyB and others, I wonder if you could advise. I am trying to figure out a new lower cost health plan for my elderly widowed mother, in her 80s. She has been on the Teachers Plan I think for years. Every year the VHI keep sending in the plan and taking the premium without much ado...

Thank you very much Snowy B. Your knowledge is breathtaking and invaluable. It is most appreciated.