Good news for homeowners in Dublin City – Dublin City Council has voted to apply a 15% discount on property tax rates. Labour councillors had proposed a more modest 7.5% discount, with the remaining funds used to go towards initiatives such as improvement schemes and providing shelter

In some disheartening news for VHI customers, the organisation has recently announced that it will increase its rates. According to the Irish Independent’s Charlie Weston, the increases of between 1 and 5% are said to be the result of improvements in medical technology, drugs an

We here at You & Your Money have spent countless hours glued to one version of FIFA or another, trying in vain to replicate that one glorious virtual match where Accrington Stanley triumphed over the mighty Barcelona. The latest edition of the popular series is FIFA 16, and we hav

If you’re heading to the cinema this Saturday night, make sure it’s in Swords – to celebrate their 10th birthday on October 3rd, Movies @ Swords is offering €1 tickets for one day only. Hurry up though, they’ve been on sale since September 28th and they won’t l

Attention homeowners – are you thinking about doing some renovations in the next year? Fancy a grant to make things a little easier? Then you’re in luck – Minister for Finance Michael Noonan recently announced an extension to the home renovation grant, which ranges from a minimu

Thursday at Aldi This week Aldi is going for the cyclists of Ireland with their Thursday Specialbuys – a group that seems to be growing increasingly larger, clogging up the back roads of the country as they whiz along six abreast in their Lycra outfits. Highlights include winter cycli

Most of us have been there at some point – the laptop is making funny noises, and you’d have walked from Dublin to Cork in the time it takes to boot. It’s time to trade in the old for the new. This week, Harvey Norman’s self-proclaimed biggest ever sale on computers

In news which has taken the worldwide motoring industry by storm, around 11 million Volkswagen Group cars around the globe are set to be recalled due to irregularities over software they installed in their cars which changed the results of US Government emissions tests. RTÉ reports un

Taking the train in the near future? Get discounted Irish Rail tickets online with their seat sale fares beginning from €14.99 for a range of destinations including Belfast, Cork, Galway, Rosslare and Waterford. You can also take advantage of €9.99 fares on the Cork to Galway and Cork