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Here are some tips on negotiating with an estate agent that might come in handy
https://www.askaboutmoney.com/threads/how-to-deal-with-an-estate-agent.123191/

Check out Transferwise app.

Any of our USA-based friends know about personal banking over there (if you don't all work on a cash in hand basis  )?
I'm trying to find out if, like here in the wee six, you can easily set up a standing order by instructing your bank to send the money somewhere on a regular basis on your behalf. 
Thanks

If you have a bank account over here you could use Transferwise, it's a great App and simple to use.

Quite an historic day in film history with the first Bond to pass away.
All the Bond girls are still alive.

Wasn't David Niven a Bond? He passed away years ago.

Loads of channels gone now. I'm going to go the IPTV route. I could live with what's went so far but was raging with sky sports box office going.

I was in the local corner store the other day and the Indian owner had his TV going with a rugby game on. He told me he uses  IPTV and watches sports/shows/news and movies from all over the world. His setup is a MAG254 with the provider charging less then $100 a year and the MAG254 box cost under $100. He went through a lot of channels showing me all the features which were pretty cool and cheap compared to cable/satellite TV.

My question is- anyone using this in the states and which IPTV provider are you using and any problems?

Thanks,
DH

I use Ultimate mania integrated with OnTapp. I get 100's of channels including most of the Irish,  English and U.S channels. You can use​ it through Kodi, so if you're familiar with that set up it is easy to install.It works well most of the time.

[As for as TV guide, the only one that works seems to be OnTapp but its a bit of a pain and I have never bothered to set it up.]

UltimateMania is run by the same crowd that does Sportsmania but does the rest of the channels as well plus the Sport. £75 for the year and the quality is great as long as you have good broadband.  The 1080p streams for the Sport are excellent at the moment. I run it through the Amazon FireTV and absolutely no bother.

As for as TV guide, the only one that works seems to be OnTapp but its a bit of a pain and I have never bothered to set it up.

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This is the set up I use. Ultimate mania integrated with OnTapp for a TV guide. It does the job.

Some changes in the works for Locals only planning rules.

http://selfbuild.ie/news/roi_locals_only_planning_rules/

Sligo's County Development Plan is being revised to remove 'locals only' planning rules, SelfBuild has learned, with counties Galway and Kerry considering similar moves.

According to current planning rules, restrictions to building a home in the countryside apply to green belt/sensitive areas and to rural areas under urban influence.

In both cases locals-only rules apply, but for rural areas under urban influence Sligo's draft County Development Plan (CDP) 2017-2023 included a particularly onerous requirement, stating applicants had to build on a site within a 5km radius of their original family home.

Sligo Councillor Michael Clarke told SelfBuild a second draft has been finalised and this clause has been removed, along with other locals-only rules for rural areas under urban influence.

According to Clarke an amended CDP with relaxed one-off housing provisions is expected to be published in 10 days for public consultation. He expects the final CDP in three months' time.

These policies, he says, are contrary to EU law in relation to restricting the movement of people and capital, an argument upheld by a 2013 European Court ruling.

For Sligo green belt areas and sensitive areas, restrictions will continue to apply, said Clarke, however it will now become possible for locals who own land that has been in the family for generations to build a house on these designated areas.

Under previous arrangements even if you were a local, Clarke said building on a green belt area was almost impossible.

National implications

Clarke told SelfBuild he has been liaising with Kerry and Galway councillors who are also looking to amend the one-off housing provisions of their development plans.

Galway Councillor Jim Cuddy confirmed to SelfBuild he would be tabling a motion at the next council meeting in April to remove planning restrictions on residents who wish to move outside of their town to build a home in a rural area under urban influence.

"This will have implications nationwide," Cuddy told SelfBuild. "This won't be particular to one county." Cuddy is lobbying his local TD to change Ministerial Guidelines in relation to housing policy and believes the European Court of Justice ruling will force the issue.

This is not the first time these rules have been challenged. Ten years ago the European Commission questioned their legality; the Irish state at the time replied the criteria were "well balanced and proportionate".

[If they are illegal they should be turfed out. No question.]

I don't know whether to put this in the What the f**k thread or here

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/my-new-friend-a-great-guy-president-trump-full-of-praise-for-taoiseach-as-he-confirms-he-will-visit-ireland-35537632.html

Enda certainly put him in his place. Just goes to show how foolish Fine Gael publicly backing the democrats was.

Kenny going in to bat for undocumented irish in the states is embarrassing. If they are illegal they should be turfed out. No question. The government wants them to stay in the US I bet as they can't afford people returning.

I have a few Irish friends that hold the same view, the irony is that they came over here legally on Donnelly or Morrison Visas that were won in lotteries back in the early 90's. These visas came about through the hard work of illegal Irish citizens living here in the 80's.

Your friends are morons then, no harm to them.

Something lacking alright

[If they are illegal they should be turfed out. No question.]

I don't know whether to put this in the What the f**k thread or here

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/my-new-friend-a-great-guy-president-trump-full-of-praise-for-taoiseach-as-he-confirms-he-will-visit-ireland-35537632.html

Enda certainly put him in his place. Just goes to show how foolish Fine Gael publicly backing the democrats was.

Kenny going in to bat for undocumented irish in the states is embarrassing. If they are illegal they should be turfed out. No question. The government wants them to stay in the US I bet as they can't afford people returning.

I have a few Irish friends that hold the same view, the irony is that they came over here legally on Donnelly or Morrison Visas that were won in lotteries back in the early 90's. These visas came about through the hard work of illegal Irish citizens living here in the 80's.

had lunch and a yarn with FL/Mayo today  -sound man! always good to meet an auld head from home when you're out here but even more so when it's an auld head who's haunted these boards for years!

We worked out that my husband knows him from playing football out in FL in his younger days...Ireland (however far we're spread) is a small place.

And a good man he is as well, I believe Iceman knows him.

had lunch and a yarn with FL/Mayo today  -sound man! always good to meet an auld head from home when you're out here but even more so when it's an auld head who's haunted these boards for years!

It was great meeting you Iceman and thanks for the tax advice. Always nice when an Armagh man buys lunch Hopefully we can meet up again soon.

Yes to that. It grates with me somewhat but it's simply a matter of the other half having the say. For me it's a game and I don't really care enough for it to be too divisive. They do nothing beyond what school asks of them.

Same here with us, my son is getting ready for his first communion at the moment. Last year at Easter they were talking about Jesus rising from the dead on Easter Sunday, on the way home he asked me was Jesus a zombie

He must be quite an intelligent child taking an abstract notion like the resurrection and relating it to his own life experience but I would have to ask why is he being allowed to watch the Walking Dead?

Lol, I have no idea where he got the idea from, but I was quite proud of his thinking. It made perfect sense to me.anyway

Yes to that. It grates with me somewhat but it's simply a matter of the other half having the say. For me it's a game and I don't really care enough for it to be too divisive. They do nothing beyond what school asks of them.

Same here with us, my son is getting ready for his first communion at the moment. Last year at Easter they were talking about Jesus rising from the dead on Easter Sunday, on the way home he asked me was Jesus a zombie

There was a home out in Clifden where the nuns would punish the kids by sticking needles into the children and injecting them with water. I am not surprised with what happened in Tuam.

Thanks, I'll see if my skills extend to getting this done.

You should do it every time you start Kodi....good luck!