Determined to hate it, I set off last week on my first ever ski holiday. I packed my knee support, back support, voltarol gel, painkillers and about 15 layers of clothes (which gives you a good insight into my ‘confidence’ in my potential skiing ability). I also swiftly upgraded my travel insurance to include winter [...]
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First ever wooden supercar- VIDEO
Did you hear about the wooden car with the wooden wheels and the wooden engine? It wooden go!
Luckily, the newly unveiled ‘Splinter Car’ – the world’s first super car to be made out of wood – has no such problems. You’d think a car made using wood would be a bit on the slow side, [...]
Back to school- How to keep your kids safe in the car
Summer is officially over – not that it was much of a summer! And for many parents it’s time to start back out on the road as an unpaid chauffeur doing the school run.
Keeping your children safe in the car is a top priority for every parent. But even if you think you’re doing everything [...]
Now you’re sucking diesel!
Fuel prices have soared to an all time high over the last 10 years. The days of filling up a tank for 90 cent a litre are in the distant past. We all know too well now that any claims that house prices would keep on rising were pie in the sky. Petrol, on the other [...]
Summer Rain – a driver’s pain
It’s that time of the year we all love – summertime! But the Irish summer is a temperamental, unpredictable creature. We might get two, even three glorious weeks of hot, sunny weather, but then, just as we’re getting used to wandering around in shorts and t-shirts and starting to believe that it could actually last [...]
How much is that doggie in the window….distracting you!!
If you drive with ‘Rover’ in your Rover be aware of the potential risks that man’s best friend can pose to you. Whether he’s hanging his head out your car window, sitting attentively on your lap or resting his paws on your steering wheel, your loyal pal could inadvertently cause an accident.
Awareness has been spreading [...]
A big ‘Plus’ for AXA customers
Times are hard and every cent counts these days. In the wake of one of the harshest budgets Ireland has ever seen we’re all tightening our belts.
You can’t move for the amount of financial ‘experts’ offering their advice on the best ways to save money.
But here are some top secret money-saving tips that you may not [...]
AXA sponsors Parentline’s 6th Annual National Parents Week
AXA Insurance are delighted that we are sponsoring Parentline’s 6th Annual National Parents Week which runs from Monday 11th October until Sunday 17th of October.
We know that being a parent these days can be very challenging but help is at hand.
So what is Parentline?
Parentline is a charity that runs the national parent support helpline. Each year [...]
New car sales still trending upwards
New car sales have increased by 47 per cent between January and July this year compared to the same period last year. According to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) 74,111 new cars were sold in the first seven months of 2010, compared to just 57,000 from January to July in 2009.
The SIMI [...]
Don’t lose your bonus….protect it!!
You have spent a long time – maybe even years trying to earn up it up. It’s valuable to you and helps save you money. So you really don’t want to lose it.
Whether you know it as your No Claims Bonus (NCB) or No Claims Discount (NCD), the discount you get on your car insurance [...]