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		<title>Synthetic Grass for your back garden?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you hear the words synthetic grass it wouldn’t be a surprise if astro turf and the game of soccer were the first things to spring to mind. While its common knowledge that astro turf is widely used in the commercial market it’s now starting to make headway into the residential market as an alternative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4943&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sale price database: Will it provide much needed transparency?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern announced earlier this week the long awaited initiation of a property sale price database that will be used to monitor market trends, house prices and ultimately create much-needed transparency in the property market. “I am very aware of the need for reliable and up-to-date data on house prices and other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4928&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Holiday Rentals: Best Counties + Value for Money!</title>
		<link>http://myhomeie.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/irish-holiday-rentals-best-counties-value-for-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The MyHome Newsdesk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dare we mention that the back to school madness is already nearly upon us once again! However the summer holidays are not over just yet and there is still plenty of time to head away for a few days before we all settle back into routines for another year. If you are thinking of holidaying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4918&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Property Market Clarity: Sale Price Database initiated</title>
		<link>http://myhomeie.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/property-market-clarity-sale-price-database-initiated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The MyHome Newsdesk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced yesterday that under new legislation a database of property sales prices for both residential and commercial property is to be set up and made available to the public in order to (finally) provide transparency about what is going on in the housing market. The news has been welcomed by many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4912&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Ideas for your garden: LED Lighting</title>
		<link>http://myhomeie.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/bright-ideas-for-your-garden-led-lighting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Chubb Garden Landscapes Limited</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Garden lighting is quite a handy way to ensure safety and add security around your house but garden lighting doesn’t have to just be there for “serious” reasons and there is definitely no need for it to be boring! Along with security and safety, garden lighting is a great way to highlight particular features of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4904&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PSO Levy is Back: Electricity Price Hike seems imminent</title>
		<link>http://myhomeie.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/pso-levy-is-back-electricity-price-hike-seems-imminent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The MyHome Newsdesk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan and The Commission for Energy Regulation have come under fire from many parties, punters and businesses with the announcement / realization that electricity bills are to rise come October. The electricity price hike is due to a Public Service Order (PSO) levy, a levy that was suspended in 2007. But, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4897&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Interest Rate Rises: Are they justified?</title>
		<link>http://myhomeie.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/mortgage-interest-rate-rises-are-they-justified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The MyHome Newsdesk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following Irish Life &#38; Permanent and EBS, Bank of Ireland are increasing their mortgage interest rates and AIB are not far behind with talks that their rates are likely to rise by half a percentage point in the next few weeks. Many have voiced their concerns that the latest round of mortgage rate increases is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4892&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Household Waste: What’s with illegal dumping?</title>
		<link>http://myhomeie.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/household-waste-what%e2%80%99s-with-illegal-dumping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a time when our economy is fairly broke and grasping at straws the last thing we need is a bill for illegal dumping totally €36 million – however it serves us right. Between 2002 and 2004 some 250,000 tonnes of Irish domestic and commercial waste is believed to have been illegally dumped at 20 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4886&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>300,000 homes are currently unoccupied: Why are we still building?</title>
		<link>http://myhomeie.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/more-than-300000-homes-are-currently-unoccupied-why-are-we-still-building/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Ireland is awash with buildings that few people either can afford or want to purchase,” states a new report published by The National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (Nirsa). Based at NUI Maynooth, Prof Rob Kitchin the Director of the State-funded academic institution said that a post-mortem is needed into the Government’s failure to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4878&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Arrears: Are we heading for repossession “disaster”?</title>
		<link>http://myhomeie.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/mortgage-arrears-are-we-heading-for-repossession-%e2%80%9cdisaster%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday a man in Arklow, Co. Wicklow barricaded himself and his sister into their family home using machinery from his plant-hire business in order to stop the house from being repossessed. The man said his actions were an attempt to reopen negotiations with an unspecified lender that had attempted to serve a repossession order. New [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myhomeie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11961382&amp;post=4872&amp;subd=myhomeie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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