This day only comes around every 4 years so maybe the novelty factor has me a bit giddy today, or perhaps it’s just an extra dose of that crunchie Friday feeling. The Luas smart card machines are feeling a bit peculiar too. It seems that they don’t know about leap years, so they overcharged some [...]

A little book caught my eye while paying in Dubray books: ‘The Essential Guide to Apartment Living in Ireland‘ by Robert Gogan. At 15 euro for under 200 A5 pages, I thought it was a bit steep. I had a quick flick through it and it looked well thought out. I was further encouraged when [...]

Keeping financial records is a vital part of running your own business, but with so many accounts software packages available at all sorts of prices, how do you know where to start? I have used 2 free programs to date: TurboCASH and QuickBooks Simple Start. For the benefit of anyone else who is currently looking [...]