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    setting up a Private Members club

    The objective is to hold evening music related events with booze is consumed. 10 or 12 a year in a cafe that is does not have a wine and booze licence - yet. I only mentioned the food bit to indicate that the place already complies with certain health and safety standards. The club bit will...
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    setting up a Private Members club

    Hi Folks, Does anyone know how to go about setting up a Private Members club for, say, a dozen night time events a year on a premises that already has a day time licence for the sale of food. Any special rules/considerations/costs/obstacles, etc. Any solicitors who deal with this kind of...
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    switching broadband from eircom to sky - refund from eircom of advance line rental

    Oh Dear. I fired off my application on line after writing my original post so its its too late for me to heed your warning, but thanks anyway. Ah well, theres always the cooling off period.
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    switching broadband from eircom to sky - refund from eircom of advance line rental

    Hi, #1. I was wondering if I switch from eircom to sky will eircom refund me the line rental charge (which is most of my tarrif). This rental is paid 2 months in advance. The calls are in arrears. #2. Also do I need to give Eircom adance notice of cancellation?. I tried ringing eircom but...
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    Archer Recruitment - good or bad?

    bout to start a contract with them. Got a look at it - phew it was a hard read. All kinds of stuff in there. Anybody got experience with them?.
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    Bank Of America/MBNA Leaving Ireland & UK

    I've good experience with MBNA - my sisters experience is not do good. Their interest free offers are second to none - though I got caught out with their 'pay off the lowest interest first' principle first time I made avail of it. Used it happilly since. My sister however fell foul of MBNA...
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    Wifi internet radio

    all wifi radios are pretty much knocked into 2nd place by the wifi radio facilities on the iphone 4 and ipod touch 4th gen. All on demand podcasts can be downloaded and taken with you in you in your pocket. All stations available. Very easy to use.
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    Can anyone recommend any iphone Apps.

    more votes for XE currency, skype. also tune in radio, spotify (need a uk account to get at it and pay a subscription but it is brilliant, and last.fm also need a uk account). irish weather. fat booth and VLC - which solves all the video compatibility issues that exist with the apple devices...
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    Any way of easily spoofing my computer IP address to make it look like its in the UK?

    I use it. It works. It is technically a download accelerator - except it browses your net traffic thru its UK server - if you download the uk server .exe that they provide. Simply as that. fyi - its not a vpn. All other methods cost more - in my experience. Renewals are usually around €17...
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    Any way of easily spoofing my computer IP address to make it look like its in the UK?

    - cheapest there is and works fine - £25 for the first year - £17 after that.
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    Cost of architect to sign off house for mortgage

    An enginner can sign it off for less. From my one experience it was a fairly casual visual inspection - 6 visits. Didn't know they could be liable. Am suprised at that since they are only doing the job that building control should really be doing. Would have thought the architect who did the...
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    Why is Architect reluctant to give me CAD drawings? and architects' qualifications?

    Hi Brigit Getting back to your original question(s) - if you want to go with someone else simply get them to do the cad drawings afresh from your outline drawings. It wont take long. I self built in 2005. All the architects were quoting 10% of the estimated build price in those days. I...
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    Engineers Fees

    My engineer cost €5,000 about 5 yrs back - all planning issues, outline and detailed drawings, alterations. House size 4000 sq ft. The structural engineer cost €750. A separate engineer cost €1,000 for the 6 site visits and certificate of compliance. This compares with architect quotes which...
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    Recommend me a 40" LCD

    How you getting on with that TV and the divx playing. Is it effective. Will it play files off a usb hard disk? And how is the picture quality. I bought a samsung mpeg-4 tv from currys for €599 before christmas and found that whilst the SD tv singnal is obviously not as good as my old 28" crt...
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    Leak on flat roof

    If the felt is anyway old get your whole roof done by a good tradesman. Its not that dear to do. From experience of patching it never works. Getting the right man in, however, will be difficult as many claim to be roofers but few are good at it.
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    quotes for a fitted kitchen in a new build: varying 20-28k, does this sound right?

    Re: quotes for a fitted kitchen in a new build: varying 20-28k, does this sound right You cant ask what is a typically price for a fitted kitchen. Its like asking is 10 grand a good price for a new car. You choose on style and space to fill in so the price will vary. Kitchens are the new...
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    one and half storey roof insulation

    Unless technology has imprved in recent time you should be aware that there is no benefit to double insulation. Insulation must be in one piece for true effectiveness. Most builders dont realise this. eg 150 + 50 = 150 and not 200. I'm not sure what you trying for but avoid two layers of...
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    best options for cavity wall insulation?

    "plasterboard with insulation up on the inside to help increase the u-value" Double insulation generaly offers no increase in the insulating benefits. 60mm in the cavity and 25mm on the internal wall equates to 60mm worth of heat retention and not 85. Counter intuitive I know. The heat...
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    Buying site: Tree in boundary ditch

    From personal experience a tree or hedge on a boundry belongs to both. You can trim it but not remove it without the neighbours permisison.
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    Government planning PAYE crackdown on contract workers

    The legistlation in the UK was brought in to close two significant loop holes: 1. Paying all your wages in one month therefore hitting a national insurance limit for that month limiting the amount you pay. 2. Taking a tiny wage and the rest in in dividends was another way of avoiding national...
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