There was a time when the “Sales” in Ireland didn’t begin until the New Year , January 1st – but they have gradually been starting earlier and earlier as shopping habits in Ireland fall in line with the UK. With more people shopping online because of Covid-19 , early online Christmas shoppingis being encouraged to […]
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Budget 2022 Ireland – A Summary
Budget 2022 Details of Changes The 2022 Budget was announced on October 12th 2021. We will update this post with any news of Budget 2022 as we hear it and it will be updated on Budget day (Oct 12th) as changes are announced. Updated Oct 13th Income Tax It was promised in the Program for […]
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Rules on Gift Vouchers in Ireland
New laws came in to force in December 2019 that gave consumers more protection when buying or spending gift vouchers in Ireland. So hopefully consumers can feel a bit safer when buying gift vouchers for Christmas presents now. But – with the problems caused by Covid – there will be a bigger chance of some […]
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Social Welfare Christmas Payment Dates 2020
As usual, there will be some changes to Social Welfare Christmas payment dates in 2020/2021 as outlined below. Post Offices and Banks will close at lunchtime on Thursday 24th December and will not reopen until Wednesday 30th December 2020. Post Offices and Banks will also be closed on 1st January 2021. Post Offices will be […]
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Christmas Bonus 2020
This article is a year old – You will find the most recent information here about the Social Welfare 2021 Christmas Bonus When Will the Christmas Bonus 2020 be Paid ? The Christmas bonus for weekly pensions and welfare benefits will be paid out between December 7th and December 11th 2020. It will be paid […]
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