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A friend got married in the Alexander last year; it was a great city centre location, so handy for people to get to.

How about a Blue Book voucher? That can be used at various lovely hotels around the country, as well as in resaurants in some cities. There's a similar group called Manor House Hotels, which is a similar gift to the Blue Book, but for different (still nice, but slightly cheaper) hotels.

They don't like the erratic movements of the CDs hanging. Balloons have the same effect. Also, they don't like the smell of marigolds (flowers, not gloves), so planting them in the garden will deter them.

Dogs tend to sniff around before they relieve themselves. If you sprinkle some paprika or ground pepper in the area, it'll get up their nose, and will deter them. It washes away with rain, and the deterent might not be immediate, so you may have to reapply. (We bought a big container in the...

B&Q have a wood cutting service available in some of their stores. The first x number of cuts are free, and then it's about 10c or 20c per cut thereafter. Might be cheaper than going to a specialist.

There's a thread about this on boards.ie. There are two posts on the page I've linked to, which list various options. Bear in mind that some/most of them are take-aways, though, so not all will be suitable for 'a nice meal/evening out'. There are also two Moroccan restaurants in Dublin, Dada...

Some friends had their reception in the Odessa Club. I'm not sure if they'd have been able to have the ceremony there, but it was lovely. Food for 50, separate bar upstairs, with balcony area and scope for a DJ (though I've been at parties there where there wasn't one, and they let us put on...

The Sweet Emporium on Duke Street (just off Grafton St) does candy buffets, or you could just buy the sweets there. There is also a place in George's Street Arcade which sells retro sweets. This place has a branch in Cork and one in Greystones: Here are some pictures of old style sweet jars...

We have five hens living in our back garden, though none of our close neighbours have them. We've had them for about 2 and a half years. You are meant to register your flock, as fraggle mentioned, with the Dept of Agriculture. Apart from that, I don't think there is any legislation covering...

We're getting married soon too, and we got our wine from [broken link removed]. The owner was helpful in suggesting wines, and dropped over some bottles of each suggested bottle for us to sample. Worked out as a little under €650 for 72 bottles, and he delivered them for free as we weren't too...

We're using Sacred Sounds for our wedding. There are four of them, but you can just book one or two if you like, and a few of them sing and play instruments, so that helped us cut down on the number of people we had to book.

My family is quite traditional, but I don't think I'd have been over the moon if my OH asked for permission to propose. We're both adults, and my parents don't get a say in who I marry. I understand that not everyone would agree with me, though, and my brother-in-law asked my parents before...

I saw these on sale in one of the antiques shops in Powerscourt the other day. Not an online shop, I know, but might be useful.

Not sure of opening times, but their phone number is on [broken link removed], so you could try giving them a call.

How about the Bull and Castle at Christchurch? A little bit of a walk from the IFSC, but you could get the Luas to the Four Courts. They do platters of food, allow you to reserve a table, and they have daily drinks specials. They have an amazing range of Irish and international beers. Not...

Great price on food and wine, NikkiT. If you're only getting a reasonably small number, you could buy pre-made wedding invites from Easons or the likes. Alternatively, you could get packs of note cards, blank inside, and just write the invitations yourselves. I'm sure you could get cards with...

We have lots of foxes in our neighbourhood, who have recently taken to coming around and scaring our hens. They'd probably like to do far worse to the hens, but haven't yet managed (largely due to the big fence we put in, but there's always a chance they could dig underneath). Does anyone know...

Hi, My boyfriend happens to run a music school. It's Dublin School of Music. (I thought I should declare my association with it, rather than trying to pretend I'm unconnected.) I can never remember the details of price and all that important information, but they definitely do violin...

An alternative to eBay is www.netbride.com, which sells the legit dresses, but cheaper.

Depending on what type of thing you want, there are plenty of reasonable options, though I admit some of my info may be out of date (one of the problems with getting old!). The Russell Court used to hire out different rooms. A deposit was required, but this could be put towards food or money...