Organisation: Abbeybridge

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Household charge query

LEAVING the merits and demerits of the €100 house charge aside for a moment riddle me this: If I can pay road tax directly to the local authority in person or online why can I not do the same with the house charge?

Systematic abuse

Ordinary borrowers need better protection

Property price history offers no guarantees

NAMA should do a soccer-style deal

Party leaders are living in a parallel universe

City with theatrical heart is a hard act to follow

AS a blow-in — I’ve only been here for 38 years — I was taking an English friend on a walking tour round my adopted city of Cork when he pointed out something which we all take for granted.

Wed, 03 Oct, 2007

Down memory lane

I FIND it hard to believe that Bertie cannot recollect driving Celia Larkin to AIB in O’Connell Street, Dublin, and waiting for her outside.

Thu, 27 Sep, 2007

Let’s kick-start a new anti-inflation policy

ISN’T it time we stopped swallowing economic theory whole, especially the false notion that something as complex as inflation can be controlled by such a crude mechanism as progressive increases in interest rates?

Tue, 07 Aug, 2007

Shareholders kept at a safe distance

IF the turnout in the upcoming general election is a mere 25%, we will throw up our hands and question the mandate of whatever government is formed.

Fri, 27 Apr, 2007

Why Galway ‘gave it away’ to the Rebels

AS you know the centre of Cork has been renovated for the Capital of Culture 2005 and is now in magnificent condition.

Wed, 14 Sep, 2005

Same difference

I FIND the Irish Dental Association’s argument (Irish Examiner, July 21) that their members cannot display standard prices for procedures because no two mouths are the same to be very unconvincing.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2005

Same difference

I FIND the Irish Dental Association’s argument (Irish Examiner, July 21) that their members cannot display standard prices for procedures because no two mouths are the same unconvincing.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2005

An exercise in joined-up thinking

HERE are the facts.

Fri, 22 Oct, 2004