A new card developed by FEXCO, a top finance company headquartered in Killorglin, Co. Kerry since 1981, aims to ease the burden placed on U.S. and Canadian tourists in Ireland when trying to reclaim the tax on purchases made while on vacation.
The so-called Horizon card in fact removes the need to reclaim taxes at all. Instead, customers register their card online, present it … [Read more...] about Easing Tax-Free Shopping for
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Donegal Island For Sale
For €175,000, a little over $225,000 at the current exchange rate, a 96-acre island in Donegal could be yours. To put that price in perspective, that’s $30 per square foot – 1,230 percent less than Dublin’s reasonably affordable $369 per square foot, and nearly 5,000 percent less than the median price for an apartment (apartment!) in Manhattan ($1,482 per square foot). That … [Read more...] about Donegal Island For Sale
Mayo Brothers Selling
Checkpoint Charlie Shares
Through a series of debt purchases and security offerings, it turns out that one of the most iconic sites in Cold War relations is actually controlled by County Mayo developers Michael and Cathal Cannon, though not for much longer.
Checkpoint Charlie, on Friedrichstrasse in Berlin’s city center, was once the gateway between the American and Soviet sectors in the walled city … [Read more...] about Mayo Brothers Selling
Checkpoint Charlie Shares
World War I Centenary
Commemoration in Belgium
July 28 marked the one hundred year anniversary of outbreak of the Great War, and commemorations echoed around the world. Representatives from 70 countries, including Ireland, flocked to Liege and Mons in Belgium to take part in a day of remembrance. Irish President Michael D. Higgins was on hand to attend the many ceremonies and offer a few words of remembrance.
Speaking to … [Read more...] about World War I Centenary
Commemoration in Belgium
Irish App Aims to Ease Travel
for People with Disabilities
Access Earth, a new app developed by a trio of computer science students and a biology student, all at NUI Maynooth, aims to make searching for and reviewing accessible hotels easier for people with disabilities.
“Back in 2012, myself and KC took a trip to London,” Matthew McCann, who has cerebral palsy and uses a rollator, told The Irish Times, speaking of co-founder KC … [Read more...] about Irish App Aims to Ease Travel
for People with Disabilities