Living in Ireland
If you live in Ireland and do not have a medical card or a GP Visit Card , you are considered a private patient if you visit your GP. This means that you must pay for the services provided. Under 6’s and over 65’s now get free GP services. (As long as the GP has … Read more
Ireland’s landline telephone service was dominated by Eircom for many years but the telephone service was deregulated several years ago – and the introduction of competition has helped to bring prices down. Eircom is now known as Eir. Vodafone Ireland is now one of the biggest landline competitors to Eir – they took over Perlico … Read more
Electricity. Here in Ireland up until 2009 there was only one supplier of domestic Electricity (ESB) . In 2009 both Bord Gais Energy and Airtricity entered the domestic Electricity market with lower prices. Electric Ireland (ESB) , Bord Gais Energy ,SSE Airtricity and Energia are the 4 main residential electricity suppliers in Ireland. The newer … Read more
The housing market in Ireland had been booming for several years prior to 2007 – but as with many countries in the world – the bubble burst and average house prices in Ireland dropped back to more realistic levels from 2008 onwards Ireland’s house price growth up to 2007 was one of the highest in … Read more
Electricity Prices Here in Ireland up until 2009 there was only one supplier of domestic Electricity (ESB) . In 2009 both Bord Gais and Airtricity entered the domestic Electricity market with lower prices. ESB (Electric Ireland ) , Bord Gais , SSE Airtricity and Energia are the 4 main residential electricity suppliers in Ireland. The … Read more