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Have been managing to get the childrens allowance in error as I work for, and pay PRSI (NI) in the UK. Not knowing as I became the sole breadwinner in the house I should have switched to claiming UK child benefit due to the complex rules, I find myself in the position of this being now flagged...

About to do the very same myself. My Garden had an extensive vegetable patch and trees, all of which were dug out. However some of the plants have managed to grow up again over the last few weeks. How digging do I have to do to remove the worst of the roots? Will the rotovator manage the job or...

Hi all Supposed to exchange contracts on our house next week. I had assumed there would be no property tax introduced in this budget, however that looks wrong now! Assuming stamp duty is scrapped or reduced can anyone tell me if stamp duty is payable on signing contracts or exchange of...

Thanks all. I suppose the real question then is, in what fields can you go private in pediatric care. I know from my sons case it's impossible in nephrology (kidneys/urinary). I wonder is there a list of private consultants and their fields of practice anywhere to give me an idea..? Like...

Hi all Premium came in this week and I am thinking of taking my two kids off the plan as this will save about e440. They are 3 and 4 months. As usual in these cases people go on to say they are both healthy etc, however my eldest did have problems in the last couple of years which included...

How about one way with Aer Lingus, and home with Ryanair? Watch the baggage allowance though. Only 15kg IN TOTAL check in with Ryanair, which is not a lot...

Ah yes! using your child as a weapon. Never done that (ahem!) It's amazing how fully grown adults behave sometimes when it comes it kids. I'm teaching my young lad to ask "why are you doing that?" to pushy people. That said I have stood in a queue and popped my family in at the last moment with...

Thanks Sully, fantastic idea. See it costs about £30 so would pay for itself in one Ryanair trip! Too late this time mind. That said it specifically says on my booking reference "pushchairs will be carried free of charge" with no age stipulation. It will be an interesting argument!..

I have heard that as of a couple of weeks ago Ryanair have started to charge for pushchairs as baggage for those who have kids over the age of two (i.e not infants). We have travelled several times in the last year and the pushchair is accepted without charge. We are booked to travel on Monday...

For info BA still do codeshare with Aer Lingus on the LHR route, it's just EI won't put the bags through anymore in case they lose them and have to pay to return them to you! I don't think it's a huge problem myself, pick them up on the walk to the heathrow express, 5 minutes later you're in...

Interesting post on the Finland experience. Notice how in the UK and Ireland we have become like animals when flying on Ryanair, fine if you're a healthy, fit person, nightmare if you are not. My poor Grandmother gets an awful time on her flights and we always have stress with the kids. Before...

Milly is spot on! It is the only place in Stansted that can be termed "peaceful" in any way. Lunch/Dinner more expensive than the terminal but I pay it! Otherwise Cambridge is a good recomendation, trains are good and much cheaper than into London. Get a family railcard if you decide to go...

Just to give the opposite view... Have been with them for several years now with no problems. The main reason I went with them is the free unlimited calls to the UK and USA on that package. If you will use them it's a complete no brainer. We spend hours on the phone each month for free. Have...

Thanks for the reply. I am planning to switch my wife to O2 with an iphone but putting her new sim card back into her old phone (which i'll have to unlock). I'll put my o2 sim into the iphone...if the sims are locked only to the network (not the handset) this should work no?

Managed to lose my 3G iphone (argghhh!!!) and was trying to figure out the most cost effective replacement. I reckon if my wife signs up for a new one on O2 my replacement sim card will work on it as it is an O2 iphone sim card. Am I right in thinking the sim is locked to the network and not...

I have a 2.4 diesel (estate) for a year and a half. 5 cylinder turbocharged engine. Very, very happy with it. Had to go back for a tiny engine part a few months ago, apart from that it's been a dream. As it's a top of the range model it's loaded with so many electrics if something is going to go...

I have had some problems too. As far as I can tell the games think the laptop card is better than it is, similar to a laptop. As a result the "default settings for your machine" are way off. Try and manually turn down the graphics settings, switch off any power saving modes and don't use...

Sorry folks, while the cabin crew like it,the reason is for trim of the aircraft. Lots of the crew have no idea why they do it.Due to the free seating policy of Ryanair they have to do this up to a certain number of passengers. Thats why latecomers often get them, as they have found out how many...

It's a fantastic service, I use it regularly. Most importantantly it seems to be very reliable which is what you need at 5am trying to get to the airport. They even appear to have an emergency bus if the traffic gets bad. Anyone who has stood waiting for a booked taxi with "It'll be there in 5...

Nope, not rubbish. The 737 can be sensitive to trim if not particularly full. Ryanair take the lazy way out by not bothering to check how many passengers they have coming. By blocking off the seats they can get a "safe" if not particularly accurate condition for take off. You should be able...