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Good point. Maybe it's fairer to say that current Irish tax policy discourages any form of personal responsibility or attempts to better one's position in life by discouraging saving, investing, self-employment/entrepreneurship and trying to increase one's income. Ironically we seem to be...

If anything there's probably an incentive for Vanguard, iShares etc. not to bother - the TERs for their UCITS ETFs are generally higher than equivalent US-domiciled ETFs they offer, so they make more although in fairness it's probably more expensive to comply with the UCITS regime. The EU ETF...

Vanguard have confirmed to me they will not be producing KIIDs for US-listed ETFs, which means that we will effectively be left with no option but to invest in UCITS ETFs, and suffer Revenue's lunatic rules on deemed disposal, if we want access to liquid, diversified international equities...

AFAIK the minimum initial investment is €100k - per fund - in order for retail investors in Ireland to invest directly in Vanguard mutual funds (despite their European HQ being in the IFSC).

This is exactly what concerns me about DeGiro in particular. While they are amazingly cheap, I just don't know whether I'm comfortable committing quite sizable amounts annually through them when purchasing ETFs. My investment horizon is likely a minimum of 15 years, and I guess the question I...

They confirmed to me today that my Easy account would become an account servicing account from 1 June and that this would have no fees. When asked for confirmation, they also confirmed that my LTV tracker mortgage would be unaffected by the change. Apparently I'll be getting a letter within the...

I had a call from them yesterday querying which package I would be taking. I said I didn't think they could unilaterally move me from a free account (Easy) to a fee paying one (24/7). Like many posters here I only use the account for servicing my LTV tracker mortgage - one standing order in p/m...

I've been recommended Pat Clifford Tyres in Clontarf (near the Yacht) before, but haven't used them yet.

Climb down off your horse there Purple - I made no reference to Indian attitudes to each other or to animals. I was merely pointing out that your fatuous statement that most vegetarians are middle class suburbanites is patently wrong. But you knew that already.

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You know you can still have pets AND be a responsible meat consumer, right? Nobody is forcing you to eat battery eggs or ill-kept cattle. You have the choice as to what meat to eat. Ethical meat-eating is perfectly compatible with compassion for ALL animals.

Well, them and about three quarters of a billion Indians...

That's probably what taxi drivers charge the HSE when the HSE is picking up the tab. Yet another reason why the HSE wastes so much money.

+1. I don't think I have ever agreed with anything michaelm has ever posted before now - first time for everything :D

The taste far, far exceeds anything you can buy, even the most expensive vine tomatoes. Also, you have no air miles if that kind of thing bothers you (even Irish grown commercial tomatoes will have some carbon footprint as they're grown in heated, irrigated greenhouses to get a headstart). In...

Good lord, do we have to eliminate every living thing within a 50 ft radius? What about all the bugs and germs you can't see? Do they attack you in the dark? Or steal your lighter :p. If they do, squish them. Otherwise, leave 'em alone. You'll never get them all and might just annoy them :eek:

I read somewhere that the CIA drills holes in all hard disks it disposes of as it is the only sure method of destroying the hard disk.

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I got this call the other day too. I told them I don't have a pc. Asked me did I have a laptop to which I said no. End of call.

You can get collars now that have a release mechanism so that if the cat gets stuck the collar automatically releases.