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So here's the update and the answers to my own questions! After the ABS and airbag warning lights came on while my Missus was coming home last evening, I called around a few mates to see if they could recommend anyone who could have a look. The recommended mechanic asked if I could bring it in...

Hi all, I've a '99 1.6 Octavia with 165K miles on the clock. It's a paragon of virtue until today when it gave me a fright with the charge light coming on while doing 120kmh down the motorway. I've checked the belt which seems in order and the car's starting and running ok, but the light's not...

I´ve been given some pieces of wooden furniture that I want to renovate - basically paint it all sheen-black to match an existing colour scheme. The stuff´s been in storage for some time and is in good condition apart from evidence of woodworm holes. Normally, I know this means burn it, but I...

I've a child approaching two years old who'll repeat any word said... I never thought of it this way before, but we as his parents are the ones who are launching him into language and we can choose the way we'd like to do that. We have had to modify our verbal behaviour - I don't think anyone...

Re: HSE spending on non health related issues eg Traveller conflict resolution So it is - it's also illegal - try it in your own garden and you might find the fire brigade breaking your side gate down to get round and extinguish it. Did you manage to speak to an Environmental health officer...

How can the OP go through his insurance when no insurance company details were exchanged. People whose cars have been damaged like this can often be viewed with suspicion because the antics of a few using it as a way to extort money tend to tar the rest with the same brush. I agree with...

Does anyone know what time they're closing the gates tonight at St. Stephen's Green in Dublin city centre? I know its regulated by the hours of daylight - which are cruelly slipping away on us rather earlier these days - and last Friday it was 7pm when they rang the bell. Does anyone know if...

Back to the point of the thread, I too was curious about the involvement of the HSE and looked into it. Particularly in light of that Eurostat report and some other comment recently, IMO I think a lot of things the HSE does end up being tarred with the same brush as A&E waits and hospital...

Could be a whole range of things and I don't think its an auto gearbox problem necessarily. It's normally some form of electrical or electronic fault when a car just cuts out like that - doesn't have to be a battery issue and wouldn't be if the car is turning over successfully (tho this will...

If you had met him on the way back, he may well have been further destablised by a couple of ill-packed shopping bags over the handlebars - did he have brakes on the bike? I went past a youngster furiously pedalling a small bmx style machine last week on which the brakes had no blocks at the...

Ah! The age old debate! Some good examples of the opinions on both sides here! I wouldn't say that drivers are the worst - they are 100% better today than they were 10 odd years ago. What I do think are the worst and even less predictable are the pedestrians - particularly the pedestrians...

Give yourself more time to traverse check-in & security. It's a lot harder and much more stressful to rush with all the baggage a child needs. When you get on the plane and see where you are seated, ask if it's possible to get the person sitting in your row of three to move (they usually don't...

+1 for Portugal - my parents went to Cascais and loved it - civilised, pretty, good selection of restaurants & bars etc., the beach and not that far from Lisbon by train either. Not all old folks either so it isn't geriatric. Atlantic ocean is not as warm or as calm as the med tho. Want to go...

Our boy will soon move from being classed as an 'infant' for the purposes of booking a flight to being classed as a 'child'. This means he'll get his own seat, but what does it mean if we want to bring his buggy? Do we need to book this in separately and pay for it as if it is a 'bag'? Only...

I have! There's a guy on my route who I see on one of those recliners. He has a flag that sticks up for the purposes of visibility - but I don't think its very visible. Going down an inside cycle lane adjacent to stationery traffic would be my biggest problem with a recliner - it would be hard...

An interesting debate. In other posts, I've said that in my experience, the quality of cycling and driving in and around the city is 100% better than it was 10 years ago. IMO, it is noticeably safer. Whether or not this extends to carrying a child on the back or a crossbar seat is very much...

Assuming you can get close enough - presumably by cornering it - and then risk getting a rake of claws up your arm as it runs up you and down your back to escape... Seriously, don't touch a tom cat you don't know in an aggressive way. +1 for the citrus - v.effective, cheap and humans like the...

Portmarnock - goes on forever... almost to Malahide! Athy... blink and you're still in it... in a traffic jam. Portlaoise is quite short, depending on the direction you're going in. Leixlip - on and on and on... Always thought Birr was short and to the point... as well as Portumna.

This is quite a dodgy position for you to be in and I think you had better be seen to be trying to get it sorted. I believe it's a standard clause in all mortgages that you absolutely must have insurance that covers the rebuild & refitting costs of the mortgaged property - the mortgage company...

Does anyone know if there have been any successful prosecutions for failure to pay a toll in the manner described by the OP? The outcomes of such cases and the way in which they were argued might help inform this? Regarding this particular case, it would appear that the OP did not challenge...