A Drogheda Borough Council Socialist Party councillor in Louth will resign his seat after an unknown member of the public paid the property tax on his behalf. It is understood that Frank Gallagher had refused to pay the tax in [...]
Read More ...MyHome the most popular site for civil servants
Mon - 17 Jun
June gardening tips
Mon - 17 Jun
Water charges expected in Q4 2014
Fri - 14 Jun
14th June 2013
O’Brien predicts “property prices have probably bottomed out”
Irish Times economics editor Dan O’Brien has suggested in his newspaper column today that “property prices have probably bottomed out.” Writing in the business section, the highly-respected O’Brien said that “an inflection point in property prices was reached early last year,” adding that, “after a half decade of uninterrupted collapse, prices nationally have been broadly [...]
Read More ...
13th June 2013
Drop in numbers under 50 saving
There has been a significant drop in the number of people under 50 saving regularly, according to a survey by Nationwide and the ESRI. The savings index fell two points in May with the proportion of people saving regularly falling from 31% to 28% the previous month. This decline is most apparent in those in [...]
Read More ...
13th June 2013
DNG Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard prepare for auction in Galway tomorrow
Tomorrow sees leading property expert DNG Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard launch the second of its summer series of auctions in its auction room at 3pm in the Imperial Hotel in Eyre Square. Following a successful May auction, the city-based agent is bringing six lots to the floor and, as usual, the company has an eclectic [...]
Read More ...
13th June 2013
Increased demand for KBC mortgages
KBC Bank Ireland has said that it is experiencing increased demand for its mortgage products. According to executive director and head of retail Dara Deering, with confidence returning to the market and increasing demand from first time buyers and trader-uppers, the time was right to strengthen its mortgage offering. “Confidence is returning to the economy [...]
Read More ...
13th June 2013
Hogan insists water charges will not cost over €1,000 a year
Environment Minister Phil Hogan has denied that water charges could eventually cost over €1,000 per household. He was replying to Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins, who accused the Government of being more interested in introducing another local tax rather than conserving water. “Along with property tax, water charges will increase to over €1,000 per household, [...]
Read More ...
13th June 2013
Central Bank to proceed with debt write offs
The Central Bank is to proceed with a controversial pilot scheme to write off unsecured debt of distressed borrowers, despite strong opposition from the Irish League of Credit Unions. The initiative has been agreed with banks and credit card providers. Speaking when the scheme was launched, the league’s chief executive Kieron Brennan said that it [...]
Read More ...
no way has it bottomed out as the next budget will crucify us even further. Overspending in heal...
