It’s 5am Monday. I can’t sleep. I’ve been thinking about my home insurance premium. House is a 200 year old, 4 bed, no issues. I have a few physical assets in my home. My premium is €800. what the rest have you got, as I feel I’m overpaying?

Got GoMo 500 meg broadband (€30 per month forever, using the Eir network) installed on Thursday. Everything went fine and there is 500 meg download in the room that contains the modem.

The problem is that the signal seems to be ridiculously weak. 50 meg download in the room beside the modem and virtually nothing upstairs or in any room further than the first two.

Very frustrating because my current broadband is 500 Meg but €70 per month. Never had any problem with signal strength around the house. Anyone experienced this situation and any good advice appreciated. ATM it seems that cancelling the contract is the only option.

I have been living in Ireland for a little over a month now (from the US) and I have been having trouble finding foods that were available in the states:

- asparagus (preferably frozen)
- canned pumpkin
- pumpkin tea
- really just anything pumpkin

Any insight would be appreciated.

To the guy who bought my water today
I was running on Poolbeg pier and tried to buy water from the red van. My Apple Pay wasn’t working and the guy who owns the van offered me a free water but I didn’t want to take advantage, then a customer in the queue offered to buy the water. I will try to return your generosity but in the meantime thank you very much, and congratulations on your Dingle half marathon!

Me and my sister are having a chat there about scooby snacks. Does anyone else remember them in the purple packaging like a dunkers? With crackers and cheese? No trace of them on the internet

Am I the only one who thinks Oasis have absolutely rinsed their fans with the Slane prices? Genuinely don’t understand how this isn’t getting more attention.

These are lads who have spent their entire careers banging on about being a working class band, coming from nothing, being the voice of ordinary people. Fair enough, that was always a massive part of what made Oasis what they are but now look at the price of going to see them.

So ofc I've been to Temple Bar and had a blast, the alcohol is good, the shows are amazing and of course the whole vibe is phenomenal, but I paid almost 10 euro for a glass of honey whiskey with ice, so I wanted to ask: is there any pub here in Dublin where alcohol has a reasonable price?

With the rise in smash burgers, what is the best/most popular burger across the island?
Is it truly a smash? Or a classic 8oz? Or I dare say Chicken buffalo with some hot honey thrown in for notions?

When we were younger we’d always have slides to change into firstly because boots are mad uncomfortable to stay in after a match and second because they’re very dirty we weren’t even allowed to wear them in the car let alone going around into shops. We either changed into slides or stayed in the car.

Sometimes i’ll be in work now and I’ll see you parents walking a group of 3+ kids around all still wearing their boots after clearly playing a match. Dropping grass and muck everywhere for us to clean. Worst part is I’ve never seen people do this on their own. Any time a younger group come in without parents they’re always wearing slides.

Hate to seem classist but slides are like 5 quid. Question to you parents letting your kids do this, you wouldn’t let your kids walk around your house with boots on or else you’d obviously have to clean up after them, so why do you think it’s acceptable to let them walk around shops and let everyone else clean up after them?

edit: slides are flip flops /slippers.
Slides like you just slide them on..

Hi everyone,

I’m pretty sure I know what I need to do here, but I need to hear it from others.

We have a cairn terrier who is around 11 years old. She was thrown out of a car in front of me as I live in a very rural area, I took her home, and she’s been mine since. She was very young when we got her- not even a year old. I had my own little shitzu about the same age at the time, and they are absolute best friends.

She really is the sweetest girl. She snuggles on the couch, never causes any harm and just loves being loved.

Things changed however when I had my first born. She was fine with him when he couldn’t move, she wouldn’t even bother with him when he cried or when I was feeding or anything- it was like nothing had changed. But then he started crawling and having his own voice. My shitzu stays out of his way, but also likes to give him snuggles on her terms, and which my little boy is absolutely fine with.

However, the terrier has become more agitated as time goes on. She growls at him constantly. I don’t give out to her for growling as I know she is letting him know that he’s too close- but a lot of the time he’s on the other side of the room completely to her. I give her the option to go into the hall where I’ve set up a little safe space for her, and she does choose it more often than not.

I am 28 weeks pregnant and my little boy is on the verge of walking. Today he was freaking after me and stopped to look at her and it’s the first time she snapped at him. It was a warning snap so no contact was made at all, but it scared the shit out of me and I just can’t see how I’ll be able to watch her with a toddler and a newborn.

I just need to know if there’s any hope at all for her or do I need to make other arrangements before the baby girl gets here? She means so much to me, and my little boy tries to give her her space but it doesn’t seem to be enough.

I feel awful with the situation as I feel she’s already had such a tough time. Any advice is welcome, but please be gentle as I’m hormonal and beside myself at the thought of rehoming her.