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ANY DUBLIN TOURIST guidebook will steer you towards a visit to the Chester Beatty Library, tucked away at the south end of Dublin Castle.
It’s been 50 years since the American mining magnate gifted his collection of global cultural artefacts to the Irish State, after his death in 1968.
The library that bears his name is holding a year of events to mark that anniversary.
The American only moved to Ireland in 1950, after building up his collection throughout his career. You can find out more about him in the video.
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Those nails are ridiculous!
Great comment
The National Consumer Agency – another useless taxpayer funded quango. The last research they published two months ago had to be retracted when they admitted the figures they used were all wrong.
It has been leaked that the next breaking research they are working on is that you can a litre of milk cheaper if you check different shops.
If you’re male, adding your GF/wife to your policy can bring it down a good bit as well.
Probably the only time a woman will save you money!
Not anymore. Adding mine put it up by €300 once they brought in this equality bullcrap.
Meself snd the missus are only 345 on oirs.
Easy enough to find cheap insurance when you’re in your 40′s and driving a granny mobile. Especially with a name like Leslie.
If you add your parents it brings it down! About €100-200
@ John: which one saves you more?
Always shop around and end up staying with my current insurer. What really boils my blood is ringing them up and saying I’ve got a quote €60 cheaper then you. Every time they say we can match that. If they can match it why don’t they save me the time and bother ringing around getting quotes??
Because they want to get as much money out of you as they can!
The thing with car insurance is you shouldn’t just look at the price. Sometimes you get a lot more for paying a small bit more.
Got a couple of auto-mailed quotes for €460 this year. Two phonecalls brought me down to €298. Well worth taking the time to do so.
Nearly half of people dont seek cheaper quotes.
No wonder the nation is bust. Wasting money . Same people be moaning if government doesnt seek lower quotes.
I saved €800 with AA, auto renewal kicked in, cost had jumped over €400 I presumed with the risk equalisation for women drivers, called AA they got myself, wife and daughter for €460 with Aon fully comp, 12 month old car, I was very surprised
123 .ie 250 euro with windscreen cover ,roadside assist not bad just hope i dont ever have a bang.
We are with 123..ie also and we got a 10% discount when we phoned up for House Insurance a few months later after taking the car insurance policy with them.
That damn song came into my head when I read your comment. “1 2 3, dot ie, just log on and save mon-ey” ugh!
Haa… Haa…. It’s better than the tune 1890 ta – too – ta – too – ta – toooo, 1890…….
You will be in a bad way if the two tunes merge :)
I’m with 123.ie myself because they are the cheapest,which is great.Not so great if you have to make a claim,they tried everything not to pay out until I threatened them with legal action.
They’re all the same. Love to take your money. Then you come calling and they don’t want to hear from you.
Not any more for me at least, last year premium was €286, this years renewal quote was €433 non negotiable, that’s with another year of no claims, no penalty points, same car.
No nonsense the most competitive quote available.
Insurance in a nutshell. One room full of suits on commission drumming up sales, another full of suits paid to ensure payouts are kept to a minimum. By fair means or foul.
Aviva quoted me €800 I just laughed
Allianz €431
same here was quoted something similar by both went with tesco got it for 237 happy days
Chill Insurance claim they get quotes from 14 different insurers and from my experience,they still can’t get you the best quote,total BS…
If I had to pay €1,335 for my insurance let alone a saving of that, I’d sell my car! Shopping around does pay off though!
Every single year since i started driving and i always haggle, works every time, even if its only a saving of 50quid, it covers the cost of phone calls…
By the by, those nails are completely ridonculous!
What John Murphy said! I switched to axa from first ireland and got one hundred euro cheaper.
I found Tesco cheap, but really awkward to deal with. A simple thing like changing my direct debit date was an absolute no-no. I switched over to Allianz for €20 less a month and when I asked about my direct debit date they offered to change it for me if I needed. Helpful when you get paid monthly.
Why wouldn’t you shop around? I turned 25 this year and got my first decent car, first own name fully comp insurance, some places were looking for 900+ but literally 30 mins on the internet knocked it down to half that.
Another thing I discovered a few years ago is to get your car insured for its current value or you’ll pay higher insurance.
Check with a dealer how much your car is worth.
I saved over €400 on a fully comp premium.
Also is very good to bargain and haggle as they need the business. I’ve often went too and for on the phone with quotes. All affects the pocket
Zurich all the way especially if you have motor and home with them. I rate service.
I saved over 600 and got better cover by shopping round and changing from Quotedevil to a viva. 21 year old male, and gf named even though she has a provisional
Would you please publish a table with all the quotes, naming the insurers?
AA are the cheapest for me.
I am in the process of leaving Aviva.
I rang them recently and told them the latest value on my car. It was 25% less than before.
I then asked what the reduction/refund would be on my premium and they said …. NONE !
So I said, you can stick it up your jumper, I will go somewhere else.
Yeah i have been told the value doesn’t make a difference either. Hmmm
The value of my car went up and the cost of my insurance went down.
We use Tesco.
I can’t be bothered to shop around.
Tesco was one of the dearest when I was shopping around.
Good for you.
Every little helps!
Using the comments section as your own diary again I see.
Tesco insurance is fab
All Insurance is fab until you have a claim on your Comp. or third party then you join the Leper Colony for five years !
12 days to get my cheque from aviva last time
Insurance companies are criminals !!!
Young, male, u25 etc…. And the go to town on us. Had my insurance down to €787 in Sept 11. Had been with same company for 4 yrs, since i started driving. Had small accident, car skid on ice, insurance paid for repairs of €1800, the put the insurance up by €1700 to €2500approx following sept !!
Forced to shop around and managed to get insured for €1400 but this was still nearly double from previous yr !!!
Thanks Axa, screw u Munster Group !!!
You’d have been better off settling the damage bill yourself and not taking the hike.
I know, learned that the hard way !! Never again would I put claim through but hopefully I won’t have to.
I said NO cause my broker does it for me… Saved me €400 this year
Great broker, well worth the money
Aviva quoted me €800 , an absolute joke
whereas Allianz via broker €431
Saved a few hundred this year by getting a smaller car and shopping around. Also stopped getting fully comp cause at the end of the day I was paying hundreds year after year for a small piece if paper to put in my windshield.
John – this is just a silly statement.
Well, I’m fed up getting ripped off year after year for something I get no use out of and never plan to get use out of. Might seem silly but I weighed up the pro’s and cons and decided to keep as much money as possible. I also don’t drive too much it should be noted, usually just on weekends and can go some weekends without driving.
That’s the point! It covers what you don’t plan!!!!!
I find it necessary to look around for new Insurance every few years. It seem’s to me that your Policy can go up regardless of a claim or not, which leads me to believe that the various different Companies, vie for your custom – then chance their arm putting the premium up while they at the same time might off-load their liability!
I didn’t shop around last year and when I did this year I saved over €200. Based on the quotes from the main competitors, it’s definitely worth shopping around.
I went to Chill first to get a baseline then tried to shop around myself, didn’t get anywhere near what Chill got me. Closest was still €150 more and that was with a family member discount of 10% from a cousin working with the insurance company! Think I’ll do the same this year, Chill first then try the rest, half of them wouldn’t even give me a quote because I was on a provisional licence.
If you log on to your provider’s website after getting a renewal quote, change your name and address but leave all other details the same. Guaranteed it will come up cheaper. Then ring them up and nail them. Worked the last few years for me.
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