Go the f*ck to sleep!
Click here to view the embedded video.This might just be my favourite thing. Ever. This, um children’s book, has reached number one on Amazon’s bestseller charts this week even though it won’t be...
View ArticleHow to get rid of an impossible mortgage
THE BANKS ARE coming down hard on people who do not repay their loans, but some experts say many of those loans should never have been given in the first place. This means that ultimately the banks...
View ArticleNews evokes sadness but not surprise
THE NEWS that the receivers have been called in to Superquinn will be greeted with shock and sadness by many Irish people who have held an affection for the retailer almost since the moment the...
View ArticleGovernments don’t rule the world. Goldman Sachs rules the world.
Click here to view the embedded video. This interview was carried on the BBC yesterday and in less than 24 hours has been watched by a quarter of a million people. It is jaw-dropping and terrifying and...
View ArticleThe best sites for clickmas
’TIS THE season to be clever and the cleverest people will be doing at least some, if not all, of their Christmas shopping online. But with hundreds of thousands of websites touting for business and...
View ArticleWhere has all the old money gone?
Irish consumers who are strapped for cash might want to look behind sofas and rifle through the pockets of little-worn suits in search of some of the €361m worth of punts that were never exchanged for...
View ArticleIs Greyhound the worst service provider in Ireland?
Several weeks ago Greyhound came uninvited into my life. The relationship, so far, has not been problem free. First they sent me a calendar of collection dates which saw my bin day move from Wednesday...
View ArticleSky high saving…
I was contacted a couple of hours ago by a SKY customer who wants to get rid of her eircom landline but is afraid that if she does she will lose her TV signal. I actually thought she might be right but...
View ArticleOur banks are broken on almost every level
I was contacted recently by a reader who had a story which, I think, reflects the rotten state of the Irish personal banking sector. She has been with National Irish Bank for 20 years, has never had an...
View ArticlePayment protection insurance. Can you get a refund?
There have been more than 340,000 payment protection insurance policies sold in Ireland over the last five years. Many of these policies will have been mis-sold to people. Common reasons why you may...
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