The recent heavy rainfall in many parts of Ireland has resulted in flooding in some areas with many homes affected. The cost of repairs and replacing damaged posessions will be a big burden on many households – especially if they were not insured. In areas prone to flooding – many insurers will not provide home […]
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Don’t Forget Budget 2015
With all the publicity about the Water Charges that kicked in this month – there seems to have been a lot less media coverage about the upcoming 2015 Budget. Will we see more cuts in the next Budget? Budget 2015 will be announced on Tuesday October 14th. This is the second year of an October […]
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Bank of Ireland now Making Profits Again
Bank of Ireland have reported a profit before tax of €327m in the first half of 2014 . The state own 14% of Bank of Ireland – which at today’s share value is worth €1.2 Billion . Finance Minister Michael Noonan commented – “The recovery in the Irish economy is taking hold and further proof […]
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Centrica now own Bord Gais Energy
We have known about the selling off by the state of Bord Gais Energy for a while now – but most people in Ireland are probably not aware that it has already happened. Most of the 650,000 Bord Gais Energy customers probably haven’t noticed the privatisation of their energy supplier that is is now owned […]
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Bord Gais Eireann now called Ervia – it’s Official.
As we wrote a few weeks ago – the sale of Bord Gais Energy to Centrica will result in a name change for Bord Gais Eireann. It is now official – and “Ervia” is legally the new name of the company that is responsible for Irish Water and Gas Networks Ireland . (Gas Networks Ireland […]
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