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Shopping in Dublin
Henry Street is located just off O’Connell Street (Dublin’s main thoroughfare) right in the heart of the city. If heading north on O’Connell Street, just take a left at ‘The Spire’ and you’re there!
Henry Street is definitely the place to go if you want to shop ’til you drop, as it’s literally overflowing with shops [...]
Posted: August 1st, 2008 under Shopping.
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O2 iPhone Rip-Off
My first data rooming bill will be coming to me shortly for my new iphone and it amounts to 201 Euro!
Resolved - see bottom
Bloody hell - before I went on holiday I checked with them that I could add a data pack - yes no problem I was told €10 for 10MB - and now [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2008 under Shopping.
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Niche On-line Shopping
Shopping online is starting to look more and more attractive to me as retail outlets cater more for the clothes I want and can send it on time.
I found this web site while browsing today that sells western wear. I think it is just great to see all the niches start to fill with [...]
Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under Shopping.
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Marks & Spencer Dublin
Marks & Spencer Dublin is not for me. It used to be, so what the hell has happened?
I wonder if it is me or the fault of Marks & Spencer. I buy some stuff from there - formal stuff really all their casual stuff now seems to be made for someone in their [...]
Posted: December 12th, 2007 under Dublin, Shopping.
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Ikea Dublin
Ikea Dublin – afraid not folks, for a change our friends north of that line called a boarder get the chance first for something new.
Don’t blame Ikea – blame the draconian protectionist laws here in the South of Ireland. Not being a native of these shores I quite happily point out its faults [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2007 under Dublin, Ireland, Just Life, Shopping.
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Coffee and Cigarettes
I really have no idea what was going through my head the last time I bought coffee in Tesco. I made the ultimate mistake of buying Tesco coffee - it is crap. Not very descriptive, it is bitter, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth - but it has one redeeming factor - I [...]
Posted: June 1st, 2007 under Just Life, Shopping, Smoking.
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Airlines - Liars or Just Good Business?
Are airlines telling us the whole truth - it does not seem so. A friend last night complained at the price of his ticket from Paris to Dublin. Aer Lingus advertise it at €10 each way - so one would assume €20. But no…
After taxes and charges the actual cost was €98 [...]
Posted: April 12th, 2007 under Just Life, Shopping, flying.
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