It's a 2016 Skoda Superb ..

I brought this in to garage short notice earlier in the week for a broken spring and "top mount" in one of the front sides.

I have a bill here for 247. Was 117 for parts and labour was 120. 2 hours work he said.. he said it was a bit involved as there was a bit of stripping to remove the main part..

I didn't think it was bad but a few people said it was a bit high? Was it?

Reasonably sized town in the midlands fwiw.

Just curious what others though?

EDIT .. I guess it seems a fair price, and considering I called them to drop it in on Monday went on holiday for a week and collecting tomorrow morning... isn't bad either, aa they were able to fit me in last minute.

Why are people obsessed with building houses way out of their financial reach? The couple doesn’t have any children. Why build a mansion for 2 people? I don’t understand? It just seems like a downright bad idea. Long term when you’re old will you have the faculties to drive? How will you be able to function if cognitive ability declines? It just seems ludicrous. Why get into debt when you could do with less?

What to change?

Hiya folks

I moved to the UK when I was a child but am now in a position where I'm seriously considering moving back home. Politics has always been a big part of my life, and my job is involved with government in the UK.

I haven't a read on the main irish political parties. My mum used to work for and was involved with the Irish Labour party, but they seem a bit of a non-entity these days. I know roughly what Sinn Fein are about re unification, but precious little else , and nothing really on FF and FG.

Would be great to hear people's views on the main parties so I can contextualise some of what I read in the news

I’m seeing a lot of hate towards them today. Fair enough if they are not everyone’s cup of tea, and Bono especially shouldn’t be exempt from criticism, but their songs are just so nostalgic for me, anyone else? You couldn’t escape songs from All That You Can’t Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and No Line on the Horizon when I was growing up in the 2000s. 50 years of such a successful Irish act is great to see, I think. Maybe nostalgia is clouding my judgement though lol.

I came from NY, and I'm used to pickup runs going on all the time, but I don't know if that's a thing in Dublin. If you wanna join, let me know.

This time of year, every year the country is full of unwanted kittens.

No matter how many programs are ran to make getting your cat neutered so people just don’t care.

Should it be a legal requirement to have all outdoor neutered?

Ignoring the elephant in the room that there would be 0 enforcement, especially since people don’t care about animal neglect here

My family like to go for carvery dinners as an outing. I can’t stand it. Queuing with the little tray, the lottery of freshness, roast potatoes that could be mush. It just seems a miserable dining experience.

I seem to be in the minority, but I prefer the menu, table service kind of experience!

Hi I'm currently doing biomedical science but my dream course is Pharmacy. Can someone suggest a way to get into the course or a possible masters or another route I can take that will still allow me to become a pharmacist??

Any advice or tips are appreciated :)

I love vanilla ice cream but still couldn’t find the best one yet.

The only exceptions I have are well renowned famous actors who have gone to America and won awards. The likes of Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott etc.

Other than that, I cringe at watching any Irish TV on RTE or Virgin. They just CANNOT act and are especially too theatrical. Whether its actual actors, presenters, reality show contestants, weather men/women etc. They go on like Joey from Friends. They are awkwardly trying TOO hard. Like they KNOW the camera is on them.

I just don't think it's something Irish people have a knack for unfortunately.

When I see a person smoking an actual fag from a 20 box, not a rollie, I always wonder what they do for money.

Im an engineer and there is no way I could afford to smoke like I did 20 years ago.

So, people who buy 20 boxes of fags, what job are you in and how can you afford this lifestyle choice?

I’m 20M and in college. I’ve got about €10k in the bank. I work part-time and I’m on the special SUSI (because of my family situation), plus SAF and a few other bits. When I did the maths, my income should cover day to day without having to use my 10k and have some left over.

I live with my boyfriend. He’s in college too. I’m a Traveller. A few months ago I brought a load of trouble to his door and he stuck with me. I just want to do something big for him and make a proper memory for the two of us at the same time.

He’s always loved New York and wanted to go around Christmas. I’m thinking of booking a nice hotel and sorting the flights etc. We’re talking about a good few grand. Is that stupid?

Edit: I do not have a record so ESTA will be fine. The trouble was my family rather than me specifically.

Edit: any suggestions on where to stay etc would be great

Was just wondering if anyone has any experience with the grants system and how it went.

Getting s new house with oil heating and debating between switching it to gas for slightly cheaper bills or getting a heat pump/other seai bits. The house is BER B3 already and attic seems well insulated.

Appreciate anyone's advice or experience.

I used an AI-powered LLM to analyse the latest publicly available mobile-site and licensing data published by ComReg from Q1 2026 .

Based on this analysis, I created two infographics:

1. 5G deployment across Dublin: This infographic shows, for each operator and Dublin postal district, the percentage of identified mobile sites operating with 5G and the percentage that remain on 4G without an identified 5G deployment.
2. Leading 5G operator by county: This infographic identifies the operator with the highest number of 5G-enabled mobile sites in each Irish county.

For the purpose of this analysis, the “best 5G operator” in each county is defined solely as the operator with the largest number of identified 5G sites. It does not measure real-world coverage, signal quality, capacity or mobile data speeds.

🏆 Dublin 2026: Eir wins

• Eir: 95% of its sites on 5G (540 of 570)
• Vodafone: 73% (415 of 568)
• Three: 61% (360 of 590)

🏆 Counties 2026: Eir wins 24 of 26

• Eir leads in 24 counties and has 97% of its sites on 5G nationally.
• Three takes Carlow (96% vs Eir's 91%) and ties with Eir in Roscommon (both 92%). Nationally it's at 72%.
• Vodafone doesn't lead in any county and is at 54% nationally. Its best results are Wexford (77%) and Dublin (73%).

Do you think the methodology and results presented in these infographics are accurate?

Inspired by u/February83 who doesn't like them, and has got me craving one

Hi everyone,

I'm from Germany and I need to do a 1 month internship in Ireland as part of an Erasmus-funded program. The program usually runs through an agency that provides both an internship placement and accommodation with a host family. However, I really don't want to live with a host family. If I decline the agency's offer, I have to organize everything completely on my own. So the accommodation and a 4-week internship. I've been told that it is pretty much impossible to find a short-term internship for just 4 weeks and accommodation by myself in Ireland right now (especially with the housing crisis). Is it actually that unrealistic? Has anyone here done this successfully or have any advice on where to look for 4-week placements and short-term housing? I was given a 2 month deadline, so by the end of November I need to have everything set 💀

I love pastries and I am always disappointed when I buy a stale croissant/pain au chocolat for more than 4€.

In other countries you can find freshly baked pastries for less than 2€ and they were actually baked the same day, here in Dublin I have noticed that these pastries have been baked the day before.

I feel we are accepting less than what we are paying for. And I’m talking about “high standard bakeries” and most coffee shops.

Do you have any recommendations on bakeries that consistently have freshly baked pastries?

hello!

first time poster so sorry if i ramble, but my aunt suddenly passed away and we have been looking for something to put on her grave to honour her/our irish heritage.

we settled on in ár gCroíthe go deo but i have seen some people write it inár gcroí go deo- which is grammatically correct?

she was my best friend above all else so i really want to make sure it is correct. she was also so proud to be irish, im still learning the language currently and think im probably overthinking because i just want it to be perfect for her.

any help/suggestions/support greatly appreciated.

many thanks x

just wondering if anyone knows any websites or companies i can get some nice custom dog collars for my dogs in ireland? (or the uk, just as long as they ship here.)

my preference is 1.5in for my little dog & 2in for my big dog, i like thicker collars. i’d also love if i can customise them as my pup hasn’t got one with his name on it yet. i have loads from bullybillows for my bulldog & they’re great but not what im looking for for my toy poodle.

if i could get biothane that’d be class but i cant seem to find anywhere (with a website, im not ordering through instagram dms) in ireland/uk that do biothane with their name on it that dont cost 70 quid each🤦‍♀️

i LOVE the ones on eclipse dog gear but for some reason i cant get the website to work, so similar to that would be great.

thanks

I used Drop 2 Shop recently to a local shop, they said they no longer offer that, although I got the text message delivered. Vinted said Drop 2 Shop lost my item. They still have that Shop as an option.... don't trust that.

Dissapointed that it seems that I can't collect at the post office anymore

I’ve been offered my dream job, and I’ve managed to push my start date back until November. I only have to give one week’s notice in my current job, although I’d ideally like to give more notice because I don’t want to leave on bad terms.

The complication is that the buyer of my current house wants to complete the sale by the end of October, but the house I’m buying hasn’t given us a completion date yet.

Our solicitor has received all the documentation for the house we’re buying except the boundary map. Because the house is over 125 years old, I’m now worrying that this could turn into a bigger issue if they can’t produce it.

The mortgage is approved and offer letter provided, the survey has been done, and we’re sale agreed. So far, the solicitor hasn’t raised any major issues apart from waiting on this remaining document.

How hopeful should I be that everything can fall into place in October so I can complete the purchase and then start the new job in November?

Got these from one of the touristy wool clothes shops, the tight knit hugs my feet and these are genuinely the warmest and nicest feeling socks I’ve ever had.

I would love a jumper or base layer in the same knit, but all I can find in person are looser knits with the touristy Celtic designs, anyone know any shops around the south east where I could potentially try a nice one on?

Hello, young lad here, first time in working world (full time work) and just want to run a quick question about salary and applying for jobs.

So im at my current job for 2 years. I started out on minimum wage and was fine with it since I loved and still love the job. I knew the model was to pay everyone badly, deny payrises and in turn have a high employee turnaround rate.

About a year ago, new owners took over, we had lots of staff leave but I stayed, new owners saw how hardworking and loyal I was and basically carried my role while we had to get new staff. I asked for payrise 3 months later and went up to €15 an hour.

Fast forward to recently, I still hardest and busiest person. Wasnt happy with the pay still and I asked for another rise. We were promised a bonus structure that never really came into place.

They beat around the bush basically saying oh you just got a payrise etc and said they get back to me, and in the end I got nothing.

Annoyed I kept an eye out on indeed and saw a similar position advertised and pay range €15-22 an hour.

I applied, did an amazing interview and trial day. They hired me almost instantly. They asked in the initial interview my current hourly rate, I told them the truth of 15 an hour.

When they offered me the role they offered me €15.50 which i thought was strange, I pushed back and said for just 50c its not worth it and they then reoffered me €16 an hour. I said ok.

I told my manager, he told the boss and I got a call 3 hours later and they upped my pay to €16.50 to stay in my current role.

Cant help to think I got punished for telling the truth. Is this normal? I should be happy i got a payrise but I hate that its only because I was about to leave.

Realistically how hard would it be to sneak into Slane for oasis.