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You say you want an area that is unspoilt and has a good sense of community yet you are looking to buy a holiday home. It is the part-time residents such as yourself that are helping to spoil rural Ireland and decimate local communities by pushing up property prices and thereby preventing young...

€11 for black diamond coal 40k and 3.50 for briquettes in Kilcock

I stayed on a boat on the Danube in Bratislava about 5 mins walk from the castle. The cabins were a bit small but beautifully decorated with original wood panelling etc. I'll try and dig out the name of the hotel, its restaurant was fabulous.

We had mice for 4 years in a row even with the sonic device. One year a nearby building was demolished and we were seriously infested. They got into my car under the bonnet - its a wonderous sight to behold when you stop at traffic lights and one of your resident mice emerge from under the...

Oh Billo I can unfortunately. I live beside a 500 space car park and even when its half empty people still block my drive and give me dogs abuse if I ask them to move. If the car is there longer than an hour I now call the Garda to give them a ticket if they're available. The fine is €60...

The practice of leaving 1 person with 15 babies makes this a bad creche- not necessarily "expelling" a biting child. The OP did not state that this was the first biting incident, can you let us know if they had discussed the situation with you before today? The reason I ask is a friend's...

Hi JPH, don't forget skyeurope.com fly from Bratislava to Budapest and Prague, check out their webiste if you'd prefer to fly rather than take the train. They may also be cheaper than Aer lingus for your flight home.

Be very careful at the train station in Naples- it is probably Italy's most disadvantaged city and crime is rife. Wait until the Aer lingus sales are on and as another poster said sign up for the newsletter and book early for a cheap flight. last year there was a great sale in early Feb so keep...

Fair play to your friend. Its very difficult to walk away from a house you've set your heart on so it must have been a bit of wrench even though your head might be telling you its not a good deal. I'm glad the market is changing and those bloodsucking types of EA are not getting away with those...

[broken link removed] I've no idea how much it costs but if all else fails......

Hi Matt, My brother moved from there about 6 years ago after he was knocked from his bike by local teenage scumbags who were giving him lip and he simply told to feck off and go away. He fell awkwardly and broke his ankle. Don't know what it's like now.

Hi Salem, Have pm'd you with details.

Cello point, in fairness, its not just the "free university education brigade" (by that I'm assuming you mean middle-class families who benefited the most from free fees) who were FTB's during the last 5-10 years nor are they the only people in debt up to their eyeballs. The consumer culture...

Hi Salem, My in laws got this done last year, they were given a list of approved contractors from Dublin city Council- they tried one of the contractors and didn't like their attitude, they were pressuring them to pay for unnecessary extras and were very aggressive in their demeanour. They went...

:D lol- sure, property only ever goes up in value. Mag2006 I wish your friend all the best in her new home but she really should have held out for a better deal and definitely not paid that 2500 cash imo.

What they are suggesting is illegal- avoiding stamp duty. In the present market which is strong for buyers I would run a mile before doing business with anybody suggesting a scam like this. Why should she risk prosecution for tax avoidance when in 6 -12 months time she will more than likely buy...

Kildare planning Dept have planning "clinics" every few months where you can discuss your plans informally with planners and they will give you feedback on the liklihood of permission being granted. I'm not sure when the next ones are scheduled but if you call the planning dept they will tell...

We looked at a property with a similar issue earlier this year. In our case the septic tank needed upgrading (it was pre-65 also). After lots of toing and froing to planning they told us that seeing as it was an upgrade of an existing (faltering) system they may look favourably on any...

:D :o Actually that was a very apt typo- the driver argued that he thought it was a briefcase! I argued back that even if it was he shouldn't be charging it as luggage.

I was almost charged for a handbank about 6 months ago. I complained and he removed the charge, but not without an argument.