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2,400 New Irish Citizens
The latest Naturalisation ceremony took place today in Killarney, Co Kerry, with around 2,400 people gaining their Irish citizenship. Included in that number are 309 UK citizens. Sadly I’m not…
Joint Credit Cards
At the moment, I have a personal credit card account. My wife has a second card on this account, and can spend using this card, but she has no access…
We have this plan to walk the Camino
Ever since I watched the Martin Sheen movie ‘The Way’, about a man who walks the Camino (or The Way of St James) to Santiago de Compostela, I’ve been intrigued…
Water features of Bushy Park Dublin
I’m very lucky to live near to Bushy Park in Terenure, Dublin. It’s a great park with loads of amenities, and is also a park full of interesting places to…
Waiting one year for my citizenship
It’s now exactly 12 months to the day since I applied for Irish citizenship through naturalisation. And I’m still waiting… The INIS website says that “it takes 6 months for…
Integrating shopping receipts with my bank statement
With most transaction now taking place by card, the days of the paper-based receipts in shops are surely numbered. Some shops now ask me whether or not I want a…
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British citizens in Ireland after Brexit
It looks increasingly likely that a no-deal Brexit will go ahead on 29th March 2019. So what does that mean for the 100,000 British citizens currently living in Ireland? In…
Changing mortgage at the end of a fixed rate
We took out a fixed-rate mortgage for our home around 3 years ago, and that fixed-rate period is about to come to an end. If we had done nothing and…
Fisherman’s Friend tin
I was delighted the other day to spot Fisherman’s Friend tins for sale in Berlin’s Tegel airport – so much so that I bought three of them! I’m a singer and a huge fan of these lozenges, and they’re…