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57,898 new cars sold so far this year

Maybe it’s just me but who are these people buying new cars? I’d like to get a new car but I’m waiting for my one to explode before I can think about changing it. My car wouldn’t be in the best of shape. I drove into a scrap-yard there recently to get a part for [...]

Backlog of 62,000 passports – I’m an Irishman, Get me outta here!!

Heading off to distant lands in search of sun, sand and a tan has become a summer ritual for many Irish.
 
But although the allure of a trip abroad can’t be denied – after all, when else would Irish dads get the chance to inflict horrifying embarrassment on their children by decking themselves out in their [...]

Rents rise for first time in two years

Rents have risen for the first time in two years according to a recent survey by property website, Daft.ie. The national average rent now stands at €765, although this is still some 25% below peak levels seen in early 2008. Additionally, from August 2009 to February 2010, the number of properties available for rent has [...]

St. Patrick’s Day 2010 celebrations – keep it green

  
 
Grab your nearest shillelagh, shove some shamrock in your pockets and call on your nearest leprechaun (to be sure, to be sure!!)….St.Patrick’s Day is here.
If you are away from the emerald isle this Paddy’s day, don’t let your Irish eyes lament, lift up your tweed cap and revel in a sea of greenness. Why? [...]

Mother’s Day Specials

She fed you, clothed you, taught you how to speak, how to walk and pretty much sacrificed everything in her life to make yours better. And you still haven’t even thought of a present for Mammy’s Day? Shame on you…
So here are some Mother’s Day gift ideas that fit any recession busted pocket! Make her [...]

New car sales rev up in February

The latest Central Statistic Office figures released on Monday show that car sales in February up 33 per cent compared with the same period a year ago. Some 11,707 new cars were licensed in the month of February. The majority of which were diesel cars (58.1%; 6,804) and 4,317 (36.9%) were petrol.
In 1986 Peter Gabriel [...]

Bangers and Cash

You can’t move these days without seeing or hearing an ad about a car scrappage scheme. What I can tell you is that AXA is giving a €100 discount on car insurance to all existing and new customers, who avail of the government ‘Scrappage Scheme’. It really is ’money for old rope’.
Colm McGrattan, Director of Business Operation at AXA says “As a [...]

Squeeze Out A Few Extra Miles

With the average price of petrol now hovering around €1.20 liter, motorists might want to consider how they can reduce the costs of motoring by changing how they drive to use less fuel. “Hypermiler’s” claim to double the average mpg on that can be achieved against a manufacturers guidelines by driving differently to squeeze extra [...]