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Book value of cars in Ireland – some things to note

One of the more popular search terms that brings visitors to the ValueIreland.com website is “car book value ireland” or some combination [...]

Management Company Issues – ODCE might have to act for once

Lately, I received a few e-mails from a reader who was having problems with their management company. Have a read through:
I just [...]

O2 Grafton Street – 60 minutes for a 10 minute transaction

Recently, I spent nearly an hour in one of the infamous O2 stores on Grafton Street in Dublin. My Nokia E51 had [...]

Cutting costs and saving money – there is an important difference

There’s a huge amount of information out there (newspapers, blogs, magazines and on radio and tv) giving you advice on how to [...]

1890 / 1850 / 0818 Frequently Asked Questions

Based on some fairly regular search queries bringing people to ValueIreland.com, I thought I’d answer some of the questions that people are [...]

What garages are doing to get customers in the door

Talking to a colleague of mine during the week, he had a story that made him pretty angry the previous weekend.  He’s [...]

Ridiculous consumer views about Ryanair

This thread on Pricewatch recently, which I’ve referred to a few times already, is a gold mine of information and absolute stupidity. [...]

Flatpack Assembly Services – the growth Irish industry

With Ikea now open in Dublin (but even since it opened in Belfast in some cases), a rash of businesses have popped [...]

The “Shoparound Index”. Irish rate of deflation underestimated?

I recently had an interesting conversation with someone that’ll lead to a few posts here on ValueIreland.com in the coming weeks.  The [...]

Making money from “thin value” in the zombieconomy

I was reading an article from the Harvard Business Blog recently that made me think a bit about why some things are [...]