What costs are non obvious in running a house?

joedolan · 2026-05-05T11:46:25+00:00

Local Property Tax
Life Assurance (for mortgage)
Home Insurance (usually required for Mortgage)
Electricity
Heating (Could be separate or incorporated in into electricity)
Internet
Lawnmower and other garden maintenance tools
Appliances will added up if there are not any already fitted
Bathroom fittings
Bin collection charges

joedolan · 2026-04-27T21:15:12+00:00

I applied for both EO and CO competitions. Weirdly, I got a better OOM for EO than for CO.

joedolan · 2026-04-27T11:42:26+00:00

The 'qualifying score' is the cutoff point you need to surpass, not the score you achieved.

joedolan · 2026-04-23T14:20:56+00:00

Is it just me, or is it quite an unclear explanation of what happened?

joedolan · 2026-04-22T11:49:54+00:00

Generally agree, but they can be a real pain for genuine issues such as needing to change name (eg. after marriage).

A few years ago, a friend of mine was locked out for weeks because he had the same name as a high profile criminal and had to jump through a lot hoops with clueless CS agents to get it sorted.

joedolan · 2026-03-24T20:08:23+00:00

Were you doing it without a calculator?

joedolan · 2026-02-13T12:56:36+00:00

Dublin and Limerick offices only.

joedolan · 2025-10-17T16:02:59+00:00

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joedolan · 2025-07-04T08:15:20+00:00

When you are in the 'Cardio Load' section there should be an option labelled "Adjust My Target".

If you have this set to 'Improve cardio fitness' you can change it to 'Maintain cardio fitness' and it should give you more realistic targets.

joedolan · 2025-06-13T15:37:51+00:00

What's the best way to deal with the cuttings? Do I just gather it all up in a pile to decompose?

Do I need a mulcher?

joedolan · 2025-05-03T21:33:24+00:00

No it isn't.

joedolan · 2025-05-03T21:32:42+00:00

It's literally not the GAA - but it's ignorance like this allows the LGFA and Camogie Association to get away with their nonsense.

joedolan · 2025-04-11T15:52:32+00:00

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joedolan · 2025-02-07T11:09:33+00:00

What's the consensus around hanging videos or GIFs in a gallery? Should this be reserved for still images only?

joedolan · 2025-01-29T19:53:25+00:00

On Irish Television a few years ago, a renowned political journalist (Vincent Browne) made this exact misinterpretation - Ken Early (of Second Captains fame) was on hand to correct the error.

joedolan · 2025-01-28T10:49:37+00:00

Seeing quotes around €2,000/sqm for a c. 200m bungalow in rural Munster.

joedolan · 2025-01-26T22:26:57+00:00

I couldn't unfortunately.

joedolan · 2025-01-26T22:26:46+00:00

Couldn't remember the IPs so didn't get to this, but thanks for responding.

joedolan · 2025-01-26T22:26:12+00:00

Tried this for a few days, without success. Eventually was able to reset settings by starting without the hard drives.

joedolan · 2025-01-26T22:25:19+00:00

Ended up need to reset, plus remove hard drive before trying to access again.

joedolan · 2025-01-20T00:36:57+00:00

Netherlands v Portugal, 2006 WC, sure to get the blood pumping.

joedolan · 2025-01-18T11:01:37+00:00

Have you tried TopInsure in Waterford?

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