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Top tips for adding more colour to your garden

Our bees are in serious threat of significant decline. Recent reports point to as much as 75% of the bee population may have disappeared. The reasons are varied and many but most commentators agree that the loss of habitat, simply not enough flowers to nourish…

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August gardening tips

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Already this summer, the garden has endured weather of extremes, very hot periods leading to prolonged dry spells and more recently very heavy rainfall which unfortunately has produced major flooding in some areas. Usually by the time we reach August, the garden has hopefully come…

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LED there be light

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Light up your garden with LED Garden Lighting. Around now the fiery glows of autumn are slowly slipping away to be replaced by the dreary and cold darkness of winter. The long nights of darkness impose a more housebound lifestyle, whilst the dwindling hours of…

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November gardening tips

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By November, the clocks have been re-set for winter time, expect days to be much shorter, wetter and much windier. Any mild spells will be rare now and yet any are valuable opportunities to complete any outstanding gardening tasks. November is traditionally a very busy…

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Trees on fire

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For many of us, autumn is loved and closely associated with three distinct images: cooling temperatures, bright crispy days when almost everything appears sharper and of course wonderful colourful tree displays. It’s a great time to take walks in the woods or countryside and admire…

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September gardening tips

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Rudbeckia is a stunning and very worthy contender for the flower of the month. Although September usually marks the end of summer, hopefully this year, we might just be lucky and be able to enjoy an Indian summer. Ahead of autumn we could certainly do…

Further cut in interest rates expected next month

Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News

The summer may be over but autumn might just be about to bring some good news for tracker mortgage holders with another cut in interest rates predicted. It is anticipated that next month the European Central Bank will drop their interest rates by a further…

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The sweet success of knowing your onions

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Around the end of May and early June a very distinctive and wonderfully attractive flower group appears. Closely related to the onion family, Alliums are available in a wide range of heights and colours. The popular and the perfectly rounded purple and white Alliums make…

Property crash "needed to happen", says RTÉ presenter

Property News

RTÉ architect Dermot Bannon has said that the property price crash “needed to happen.” The Room To Improve presenter, currently working on the show’s sixth series, which airs this autumn, described price increases during the boom as “crazy”. He told the Evening Herald: “It was…

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Gardening tips for November

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By November, our clocks have been re-set for Winter time, expect days to be short, wet and windy. Any mild spells are all very welcome and a great opportunity to complete outstanding gardening tasks. November is traditionally a very busy period for planting (bare-rooted and/or…