Irish Sports Trader
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Oh FFS…
‘500Mbs’
But actually usually 275Mbs and maybe only 50Mbs.
The point of fibre broadband is supposed to be different from ‘up to’ phone line speed mullarkey.
GoMo buries this in the T&C small print.
Adrian Weckler@adrianweckler
Broadband market shake-up -- GoMo announces 30-day rolling contract fibre broadband. €30pm for first 10k customers. The catch is you have to be a GoMo customer. Even still, not requiring a 6, 12 or 24 month contract is new and interesting. independent.ie/business/techn…
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@CWeston_Indo Putting yourself into debt to "save" money - genius stuff
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Surge in ‘green’ loans as consumers rush to counter energy hikes independent.ie/irish-news/sur…
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@adrianweckler Would have liked to see a clearer break down on the pay back period including things like the standard charge, the annual maintenance costs of the panels, the impact of changing to a smart tariff on peaktime showers and dinners, opportunity investment cost etc.
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As home energy bills soar, a beginner’s guide to solar — cost, type, amount needed, payback, battery etc
m.independent.ie/business/techn…
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@SeanDubIreland @APCOAConnectIE EVs dont factor in opportunity cost of your time wasted.
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Life of an EV driver
Arrive in Sligo. Battery pretty much dead
Go to charger in Sligo Train station.
BOTH charging spots taken up by non-EVs not charging despite an abundance of empty car parking spots.
@APCOAConnectIE
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@DanielHussey2 Was thinking exactly the same!! Honest punditry, no PR nonsense!
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Premier Sports definitely going for the old RTÉ panel vibes and tbf they’re pulling it off.
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Use one word to sum up Florian Wirtz's Liverpool career thus far.
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@F1_driven I felt the commentary even felt so forced, crofty forcing excitement when it was dead.
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Weird, I didn't really miss F1, and now it's back I'm bored & I feel as if I don't really care like I used to
I feel like it's just so repetitive. Everything is the same, nothing surprising happens. The same rules can be exploited, the same commentators talking nonsense
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@mattamys Miami is the worst circuit, race sucked but it prob would have sucked either way.
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@gcooney93 Bad news, big loss of free to air. And Sky's coverage will be z-listers if they arent covering for the UK.
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For the Champions League from 2027 to 2031, Irish viewers will see the top-pick Tuesday night game on Premier Sports, and the top-pick Wednesday night game on RTE.
All other CL games, along with Europa and Conference League games, will be on Sky
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@adrianweckler ~€10k over 25 years for the basic membership assuming your compounding at 7%
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Spotify is raising the price of all subscriptions by between €1 and €3
Hike of 8% to 15%
Individual — €11.99 to €12.99
Duo — €16.99 to €18.99
Family — €19.99 to €22.99
m.independent.ie/business/techn…
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My yield from 8 solar panels yesterday.
We're still 2 months from the longest day of the year
gript@griptmedia
NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: The Irish Academy of Engineering said : "Only 8% of our energy comes from indigenous wind and solar", and added that the potential of renewables "has been consistently exaggerated and misrepresented". So why aren't our TDs listening? gript.ie/ui-bhriain-exp…
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@ciarannugent Visit any new housing estate and look around
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There is absolutely zero evidence about Indians 'hoovering up property' in any significant numbers
Thomas O'Reilly@TOR_EuroCon
Import of Indian tech workers by Ireland akin to Wallonian mines importing Moroccans in 70s. Moribund industrial models dictating migration policy that will have lasting social impact. Dublin new builds being hoovered up by Indians with outlandish 3 person mortgages etc
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@EO_Halloran That's good about the standing charge, however the payback period is likely significantly longer when you include the opportunity cost of the returns foregone.
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@BarryBetsby The export is so big that it covers the standing charge!
It's tax free energy that's free to use. Pays itself back in 5-8 years, depending on individual circumstances ofc. And then all that extra money saved each year can then be invested anywhere else
Its just a win-win-win
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The savings from running a Solar+Battery+EV system at home are insane
Last weekend our solar exported 70Kwh. That works out at getting paid ~€6 per day
Charging the EV costs ~€365 per year. So 2 months of sun harvesting effectively pays for the ENTIRE yearly car fuel bill
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@higginsdavidw Good luck with your cheap Chinese cars and batteries in a few years and the company you bought from doesnt exist anymore. Burning money.
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Reminder of my article from March 31st. Cheaper driving isn't through cents off diesel. It's getting the next generation of EVs in as cheap as possible.
I've made peace with Chinese tech having spent many years sceptical.
independent.ie/opinion/commen…
Gareth@GarethNotGarth
60k for a 2yo Peugeot SIXTY GRAND FOR A SECOND HAND PEUGEOT!!
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@ciarannugent Small operations been replaced by giant American fast food
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Monthly reminder
There's no crisis in Irish Hospitality
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@GerHerbert1 @kev_tbay @Sam24116 @jerryk82like @Filly_10 @adrianweckler Can heat my diesel no problem in cold weather and any issue i can pull in and fill the tank in 2 minutes. There must be a serious increase in poor road maintenance because ive never seen the roads in such a state, the correlation with ultra heavy EV batteries is notable.
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@BarryBetsby @kev_tbay @Sam24116 @jerryk82like @Filly_10 @adrianweckler You think ice cars are immune to cold weather and presume you know about heat pumps? As for slow charging, you should check out some of the speeds being achieved recently and honestly evs and potholes, think you will find poor road maintenance is the key issue there.
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EVs in Ireland and now as cheap to buy as their competitors, and are 7x times cheaper to run.
Based on top 10 sales in Q1 2026. The only way a ICE vehicle beats an EV is if you can’t charge at home.
@adrianweckler @GerHerbert1
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