Category Archives: Irish local community blog

Irish Life Mortgage’s Up-date

Posted on January 29, 2010 by

By Fergal O’Brien source  http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/irish-life-to-raise-mortgage-rate-2039905.html Friday January 29 2010 Irish Life & Permanent said it will raise the rate on its standard variable mortgage by 0.5pc from February 1, citing the “high cost” of funds required to finance its mortgage … Continue reading →

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Irish Life Mortgage’s

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

Opposition parties have sought an assurance from the Government that other banks will not follow the lead of Permanent TSB if it puts up its variable mortgage interest rates. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said that no Minister for Finance since … Continue reading →

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Forget the minimum wage and work for nothing!

Posted on January 27, 2010 by

Work Placement Program (WPP) Languishing on the Dole for the last 12 months and not in receipt of any payments (because I was self-employed) I heard about this program, and thought I would go down to the local FAS office … Continue reading →

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The Ireland of to-day!

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

  The Ireland of to-day! “Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information and institutionalized, evangelicals] religions destroy spirituality, etc.” … Continue reading →

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Irish Live Register

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

Irish Live Register: Rises 3,300 to 426,700 in December; 133,577 added in 2009; Unemployment rate still set to peak in summer 2010   Source: CSO Taken from Finfacts Team Jan 8, 2010 – 12:30:04 PM Irish Live Register: The seasonally … Continue reading →

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Bertie Ahern’s exemption from Tax

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

Extract taken from www.thestory.ie The 2006 capping of the exempt income has – as artists’ lobby group, Visual Artists warned – resulted in some high-earning individuals moving their tax residency abroad. The most infamous case, of course being U2, who … Continue reading →

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CAB Join up to-day !

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

Citizens Association of the Bewildered (CAB) As stated before I remain convinced that we must put pressure on the powers that be Again to-day Brian Cowen fob off the Idea of an investigation into the Banking meltdown that he and … Continue reading →

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No Comment!

Posted on November 7, 2009 by
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protests in Dublin streets (3)

Posted on November 7, 2009 by
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To All TD’s

Posted on November 5, 2009 by

Give us jobs, results, not SoundBits! The Government is busy telling us, they must fix the banking system first and then the finances of the country This is all well and dandy but what about the likes of the hundreds … Continue reading →

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