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    temporary credit card

    I though that I read somewhere that you can get a temporary "credit card" I want to give my granddaughter a one for Christmas so she can shop online etc Any ideas???
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    stupid credit card question

    I know this is going to sound silly but when I look at my credit card statement there is one item "purchase *finance ch" What exactly is that it makes it very expensive I dont know what its about. Every other item I can account for. Can someone tell me what this is?
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    Starting mobile catering business

    I too am in same position as trucker john.. thinking of setting up in my own property and wonder how that would differ from say getting a license for a particular "spot"
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    self employed - redundancy

    emm that is what I though. however, it was mentioned to us recently that as this has been his sole income for the best part of 20yrs?? that he should be entitled to some payment from the company
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    self employed - redundancy

    anyone??? or does anyone know how I can find this information??
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    self employed - redundancy

    My husband has been self employed since 1990. He has been mostly on hire solely to the same company for at least the last 15 yrs. Its looking like he may be laid off in the near future. would he be entitled to any form of redundancy at all??
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    prize bonds

    I cant seem to find any post about prize bonds. They look like a good deal if you have a bit of money that you wont get any interest in the bank with anyway. any thoughts?
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    Ark Life Regular Premium Portfolio Statement

    same boat here.. just wondering if it would be a good idea to stop paying (for a while, till things improve) and put that money into something else?
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    should we have kept loan instead of paying it back

    We borrowed 10,000 for aib about 2 months ago to buy a car. we have been looking and even went over to england but failed to get the car we wanted. we then decided that, as the money was just sitting in our current account, that we should put it in some better account ie ebs. Anyway I went into...
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    did we make a mistake

    We borrowed 10,000 for aib about 2 months ago to buy a car. we have been looking and even went over to england but failed to get the car we wanted. we then decided that, as the money was just sitting in our current account, that we should put it in some better account ie ebs. Anyway I went into...
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    Ryanair baggage

    you can bring your razor.. shaving gel etc as long as it's no more than 100ml.. just have them in a clear bag
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    Luas Park and Ride

    I guess this is a stupid thing to say but can you not park where you are staying? ie b&b hotel, friends house whatever???
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    unemployed/ sign on

    My son is out of work for the last 6 weeks about. he doesnt want to sign on because he is too stubborn and doesnt want to on moral grounds. He gets by with odd jobs for the time being. I think he assumed that he would be back at work long before now. I have tried to tell him that he needs to...
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    change from f/t to p/t work

    I have been working for the last 2yrs for my son in law. work has been quiet of late so I am only working 3hrs a day. I was considering (he would be ok with this) working 2/3 full long days and want to know if I would be able to sign on for the other days. Does anyone know if this is possible?
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    money for children

    Hi my grandson will be 5 soon and he has every toy he needs and he doesnt need clothes. I would love to try to open some sort of account for him. ie stocks, bonds, shares.. etc. The first problem with opening any kind of bank account seems to be that it can only be opened by his parents. Does...
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    rabo credit account

    text deleted Please post in the correct forum Brendan
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    no insurance!

    I was driving my daughters car in early December because my car was in the garage being repaired. I hit another car with a couple in it and they called the Guards. I admitted being in the wrong (another motorist beckoned me on and I didn't see the other car). Now I was stopped in the middle...
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    rabo investments

    I am not too worried about risk.. after all this is money I didnt have before but at the same time I dont want to see it drip away either. because I dont know anythink about investing I just need to know if anyone knows anything about these funds.
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    rabo investments

    my ssia was just with the aib but that account closed when my ssia matured. so I opened a saving account with rabo and then decided to open an investment account. got a list of optons to buy so just picked those two for now real reason.
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    rabo investments

    I opened a rabo direct account with my ssia of only 2500 euro. anyway I decided to try some investing and baught into two such funds but they seem to me losing me money so far. should I hold on and hope it gets better or get out of it and cut my losses. I know nothing whatsoever about investing...
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