Money Guide Ireland

Most Irish banks have special accounts for students - and some of them are offering money off vouchers and other gimmicks to entice new students to open an account. Banks are hoping that once they get a new student to sign up - that they will stay with them once they start earning money.
Ulster Bank’s […]

The good old Financial Regulator has done another comparison of home insurances premiums in Ireland for August 2008.
As usual - several types of properties and personal circumstances are used to obtain quotes from both brokers and insurance companies direct.
Quinn Direct does best overall in the survey this time - they have the cheapest quote […]

If you are flying from Dublin airport this summer - you may well have the added expense of parking fees. Car Park changes are pretty much unavoidable if you are driving to the airport.
A two week holiday could end up costing you an extra €133 euro in parking fees.
parking in the Long Stay car parks […]

Article updated with corrections to Figures Sept 3rd 2008
The new tolling system for the M50 is due to begin on August 30th 2008 (only 3 weeks away) .
Basically there are 3 different options for drivers using the M50:
Option 1. Do nothing : Your car registration number will be logged by cameras as you […]

(Updated Aug 28th )
The M50 barrier free tolling system is supposed to begin on August 30th. The system is being introduced to help increase traffic flow - the system will have cameras to record your registration numbers and readers to read toll tags.
For non regular M50 users (less than 5 trips a […]