It may be the longest day of the year but having oil in the tank to heat your home during the inevitable shorter and colder days can’t be forgotten about. Since our last oil price check in April, the carbon tax for home heating kerosene kicked in at the start of May. This added an [...]
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Unfortunately, there appears to be a rise in the number of burglaries in the area as reported in the local papers recently. This rise is also apparent across the country. Easy opportunities e.g. a door left unlocked for a few minutes or a window left open, will be seized upon by the opportunist burglar. Extra [...] Need an electrician? Contact: Kestas Kestas can install sockets, lamps, distribution boxes, and carry out house re-wiring, fire detection systems, fuse board replacement, install security lighting, additional sockets and lights including downlighting. He can also take care of shower installations, boilers and immersions, garden lights, storage and convector heaters, connecting new appliances, and computer [...] In what is being described as ‘bin wars’, the confusion over who legally owns the refuse and recycling bins originally given to local residents was addressed by the council recently. In this week’s Westmeath Examiner, they report that: County Manager Danny McLoughlin said that 14,000 Blue Bins and 1,000 Brown Bins had been purchased by Westmeath [...] Here are the prices from 11 suppliers of home heating oil (kerosene) for April 1, 2010. There’s not a huge difference in prices for 1000 litres of oil for cash payments. The companies marked with an asterisk (*) are Hamills and Whelans. Hamills quoted €630 for credit card payments and €610 for cash. Whelans Oil [...] A number of houses in Ashefield are experiencing problems with frozen water pipes. If you are one of the unfortunate people, a standpipe has been made available outside house #35 – toward the Ashe road entrance to the estate (10am – 4pm). Update: this water should be available until 8pm. Here are some tips for dealing [...] It may be a good time to fill up your home heating oil tank before the possible introduction of carbon tax in the forthcoming budget. Here are some quotes from companies that will serve the Ashefield area. All quotes were requested on Saturday Dec. 05, 2009 and are for an order of 550 litres of [...] For the gardeners in Ashefield and those who just simply want to cut down on the amount of waste being left out for bin collection, not to mention the expense of bin tags, composting is a handy option. Westmeath Co. Co. is organising a free composting workshop on Thursday September 17 in the Arts Centre, [...] |
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