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Car hire share code
Hi, Went online to request a car hire share code for an upcoming rental and apparently as my driving license has one additional address line in it when compared to my ni direct account I can't. Had to go through the steps to manually add in the additional address line to my ni direct account but this will now need verified…
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Travel Insurance Has The Protocol Any Effect On EU Travel?
I thought this might be a better place to post this question Living in the north and travelling on an Irish Passport I'm spending a few days later this month in Portugal later this month and I'm wondering with the Protocol is there a best holiday insurance policy ?. I should add I'm in the 70 plus bracket.
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Anyone cutting back on the oil central heating usage?
Hi folks, Though oil is no where as high a price as it was currently £416 for 500 litres at highest it was £669 for same, I have cut back on using it, just have it on, until room or house heats up, then off for a while. I also use a 1500 watt oil filled rad a lot to save on oil, that will work out about 30p an hour if I…
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PCR testing
Any recommendations for a test 24 hours prior to going on a Med cruise? Is Randox at the City Airport as good as any?
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Parking for Dublin Airport
We are flying out from Dublin airport soon and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on where to park? On checking the DAA parking for the Green Car park for 10 days is over €150, which seems excessive, can anyone recommend somewhere cheaper. would be Grateful for any help. Thanks
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Online shopping return
Hi I bought two sofas online from a local retailer. They were in the sale, £1200 total. The delivery team had to unpackage them to put them together and screw the feet on, they took the packaging with them. The sofas turn out to very uncomfortable. I emailed the retailer the next day, and said I wanted to return under the…
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Belfast International - Easyjet bag drop
Flying out soon on holidays and expecting the worst in terms of airport queues. We're flying with Easyjet so although we'll be checked in we'll need to do a bag drop. Wondering has anyone been through Belfast International and used Easyjet with cabin bags recently. What way does that work there? Is it automated? Is there a…
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Power NI 27.5% rise
Just a heads up for Power NI customers if they havent seen it before,,, email from them today, Time to move!! "Updated rates What's happening? Regrettably due to rising costs in the wholesale electricity market we are having to increase prices from 1st July 2022, by 27.5%. For an average customer this is around 49 pence…
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Missed Events insurance
Has anyone else got caught out buying “missed events “ policy on Ticketmaster ie ? I nearly always buy insurance, for the first time I tried to claim on it , 1 out of 4 tickets wasn’t used due to ill health. I was told by allianz It doesn’t cover anyone living outside of Eire , the ticket I bought was for Ed Sheeran…
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NI water pay scales
Considering applying for a post with NI water at level 5 so pay scale is around £30-37k. I haven't been able to find public copies of the pay structure so don't know how many steps are in the scale and how you progress through the scale. Civil service has about 3 steps per scale but the difference in bottom to top is much…
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Cheap car hire?
My son will be coming home from Australia for 3 weeks and will need a hire car. Ideally we'd want to pick it up in Craigavon area, but we dont mind driving to pick up the right car at the right price. Pricing at moment is coming it at £500+ although i've quote requests in with a couple of local dealers (Shelbourne…
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Belfast passport office.
Has anyone got any contacts either managers or High level complaints regarding the passport office? Or any direct numbers to the Belfast offices?
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DragonPass
Hi Has anyone ever used Dragonpass to get entry into airport lounges? If you use the pass 8 times in a year it works out about £17 per visit compared to £27 if you pay for entry to Belfast International airport. Thanks
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Speech and language private therapy
Hi, just wondering if anyone could recommend a therapist for a child please? Preferably Belfast based and not too expensive.. Cheers
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Artificial grass
Hi, Looking at the possibility of replacing our (not massive) back lawn with some form of artificial grass. We have a dog so need to take that into consideration too. Has anyone had an experience of this- either doing it themselves or a company that will supply and fit a pet-safe product? Many thanks in advance!
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electricity change supplier
should you change your electric company every to get new customer discount
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Irish government cuts excise duty on petrol and diesel
Good news for anyone living or working in border areas of NI. I know quite a few people i work with in Newry will be availing of the opportunity. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p3jn90xp2o
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Energy performance certificate
I have been checking my EPC . It says Hot water from mains no cylinder thermostat . Recommend installing thermostat. I have an immersion heater and oil heating. What does this mean . I spoke to an electrician who said the immersion has a thermostat.
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Firmus & SSE gas increase NI
I'd been wondering if topping up in advance definitely means you save money by obtaining units at a lower rate. I was previously with firmus but switched to SSE in Feb 2021 and they produce a statement. I've had 1 so far in Nov 2021, and they split the usage across the 3 rates on my statement, even though I topped up in…
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Solar panels
Anyone any advice or tips around Solar panel installation?
