From ValueIreland.com:
When is a 0.5% VAT increase the cause of a 4% price increase? Isn’t this the kind of problem we knew was going to happen? Greedy businesses will start using the new 0.5% VAT increase as a further excuse for screwing even more money out of the Irish consumer.
The company with the dubious honour […]

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About 2 years ago, I went to one of the big Irish banks to ask for a mortgage for a place in Dublin.  Now, there was a bit of equity around in the form of another property that was bought a decade ago that was now worth more than was paid for it.
However, imagine my […]

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The Anglican archbishop of Dublin, Dr. John Neill has come out today to say that Ireland is increasingly becoming a society where the value system is focussed on wealth. He is, of course, correct in this assertion and it is good that he is talking about this. The message will go unnoticed because […]

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