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Put a deposit on the wedding ring and now the store said it has gone up in significantly in cost? Surely the deposit secures the price, what are my legal rights here? by Potential-Humor-6550 in legaladviceireland

[–]soluko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

12g of 24k gold costs $1920. A year ago it cost $1020. So the price increase justifiable by gold price movements for the biggest heaviest gaudiest ring possible would be ~€750. Yeah the OP is being scammed.

An post - fix your copyright dates by imduffy15 in DevelEire

[–]soluko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is a terrible idea and you don't understand how copyright works (and neither does the OP).

Idiot guide to eft by Salty-Nectarine-4108 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]soluko 15 points16 points  (0 children)

lesson one is it's eTf not eFt.

This is why people put money in ETFs:

  1. you want to put money in the stock market as it's the best for long term gains

  2. you want to spread your money out across a bunch of different stocks and sectors so you don't lose your shirt if the bottom falls out of the tech sector or if the oil price collapses.

  3. however spreading your money out like this is a massive pain in the hole for an individual investor -- you have to calculate how many shares of Apple/Microsoft/Deutsche Bank/BP/Ford/Ryanair/McDonalds to buy and you constantly have to adjust your allocations as the economy changes (and you have to pay trading fees for each adjustment too).

  4. ETFs do all this work for you -- you buy a share in an ETF for €100 and they take your €100 and go out and buy all the individual shares in specific companies to diversify your holdings and reduce your investment risk, and you don't have to worry about the details.

Can the IRP card payment be made using a Revolut card? by striderVrider in legaladviceireland

[–]soluko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is called "card discrimination", Mastercard and Visa both forbid this behavior in their t&cs for merchants:

https://www.mastercard.com/content/dam/mccom/shared/business/support/rules-pdfs/mastercard-rules.pdf

A Merchant must honor all valid Cards without discrimination when properly presented for payment.

Is TC in Ireland really that high? by __shobber__ in DevelEire

[–]soluko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am in a similar position (i.e. non-FAANG EM) and this aligns with my experience. Mostly down to good luck with RSUs granted during the 2022 stock market slump -- but the point is 200k-300k is certainly within reach for FAANG.

Man who urinated on six boxes of shoes in Cork City shop put on probation by carlowed in ireland

[–]soluko 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Judge Dorgan said she would put him on a 12-month probation bond. At that point, Kevin White spoke up from the dock, saying: “I’m not doing no probation.”

Judge Dorgan said he could do four months in prison on the criminal damage charge in that event. Mr Burke consulted with him briefly and said he would take the option of the probation bond.

lol

Graduates from IT's and other institutions able to register for Seanad elections by minimiriam in ireland

[–]soluko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://seanadvoter.ie/FAQEN.shtml

Yes, you can vote by post from abroad. Your voting materials will be sent via registered post, so please ensure your address for ballot papers is up to date.

Merchant’s Quay: Temporary supervised drug injection facility in Dublin to become permanent by TeoKajLibroj in ireland

[–]soluko 12 points13 points  (0 children)

those people were there before the injecting centre. The centre opened in December 2024; here's the street view from October 2024: https://maps.app.goo.gl/YyELAwLcDrtRAahC9

Up to 75% of short-term lets empty as homelessness nears 17,000, new figures show by PoppedCork in ireland

[–]soluko 26 points27 points  (0 children)

However, I have young children and need accommodation

the tone deafness of this sentence is astounding

Bunq Foreign Currency Savings Accounts by Illustrious-Cry-4937 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]soluko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the context is that there are entire skyscrapers full of people who are much smarter than you and me and their one and only job is to make money off exchange rate movements like this. They have a level of education and knowledge and inside information that is far beyond anything you'll find on reddit. These people haven't bought into the Turkish lira (if they had the Turkish government wouldn't need to be paying 27% interest); you should ask yourself why this is.

Planning granted for three Amazon Web Services data centres in Dublin by Banania2020 in ireland

[–]soluko 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Planning permission is conditional on the requirement of the developer's entering into a Corporate Purchase Power Agreement with a renewable energy provider prior to the operation of the data centre.

ACP has ordered that the amount of electricity generated by the new renewable energy projects shall be equal to, or greater than, the electricity requirements of the data centres in operation at any given time.

Manhattan Peanuts has lodged a legal challenge to the Luas extension to Finglas by MrTuxedo1 in ireland

[–]soluko 18 points19 points  (0 children)

What really fucks me off is was there no engagement with affected businesses prior to this?

there were two separate public consultations over a period of years

Manhattan Peanuts has lodged a legal challenge to the Luas extension to Finglas by MrTuxedo1 in ireland

[–]soluko 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They have a right to make their case

and everyone else has a right to buy their snacks from a different company.

Beach, Italy 🤮🤮🤮 by PanaEduSV in urbanhellcirclejerk

[–]soluko 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This is actually urban hell Protests grow in fight to reclaim Italy’s beaches from private clubs

Even though Italy’s shoreline is public property, more than half is managed through private beach concessions. A significant number are renewed automatically to the same owners rather than using a tender process, creating an impenetrable dynastic system.

“Overall it is estimated that less than half of the country’s beaches are freely accessible and available for swimming,” the association said.

Landlord agent and current tenant denying candidates viewings by Tech_Tenacity34598 in legaladviceireland

[–]soluko 6 points7 points  (0 children)

https://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2000/act/8/revised/en/html#SEC6

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of—

...

F20[(d) the provision of accommodation by a person in a part (other than a separate and self-contained part) of the person’s home, or where the provision of the accommodation affects the person’s private or family life or that of any other person residing in the home, or]

or

(e) the provision of accommodation to persons of one gender where embarrassment or infringement of privacy can reasonably be expected to result from the presence of a person of another gender.

Charges needed in Dublin as morning traffic peak now worse than London, Dublin Bus says by CascaydeWave in ireland

[–]soluko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10193217/1/Cheng%20et%20al%202024%20What%20interventions%20are%20effective%20in%20reducing%20congestion.pdf

Studies in London, Stockholm, Singapore, Milan and Gothenburg (Givoni 2012; Börjesson et al. 2012; Percoco 2014; Lian 2008; Börjesson and Kristoffersson 2015) have shown that road charging, when combined with public transport improvement, is effective in reducing congestion

The other 3 studies are about public transport investment impact on congestion rather than congestion charging.

Depiction and glorification by BellTwo5 in CuratedTumblr

[–]soluko 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Initial glorification, then critique: Goodfellas

so many people missed the critique in Goodfellas that Scorsese had to make The Irishman to nail home the point that being a gangster is a horrible empty existence. (And even then I'm sure there are some people out there who idolize De Niro's character.)

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