Absolutely fantastic. He came by and had a tripping RCD fixed in 15 minutes and cleaned up some bad…read morewiring from a previous owner as well. javascript:;

I had BMF Chimney Sweeping & Oil Burner Service come out to clean my stove and service my boiler,…read moreand I couldn't be happier. They were professional, thorough, and offered great value for the work they did. Highly recommend them, and I will definitely be using them again.

Highly recommend BMF Chimney Sweep services, very clean, reliable and reasonably priced. He also…read moredoes Oil burner services and did that for me too, im all set for the Christmas

MGR Garden Maintenance constructed a dog fence for my garden. Everything was done in a…read moreprofessional and timely manner, starting with Mike at the main office. He was exceptional in his communications, providing an estimate and working with my schedule. The team that shat showed up was friendly and very hard working. I underestimated the complications of fencing on a hillside and had not mentioned the uphill nature of my property to Mike. The team had to "engineer" solutions on the go and it took an extra day to complete because of my error. Never did they make me feel stupid (which I was) nor show any irritation (much deserved). The company was fair in the extra charge for all the time required to solve my problem. The end result was a nice looking, durable metal fence, well cemented in and running smoothly up my hill, at a fair price. I highly recommend this company. Rick Hagerty, Ballyhaunis

Since I was let down by 2 other plumbers who kept me waiting for several days and yet made no show,…read moreI decided to look up over the internet for a plumber near me. I am happy that I found Shortall Martin in the downtown of Tullamore (Offaly) itself and phoned him on a weekend eve. Martin readily accepted to have a look at it on the very next Monday morning itself. He carried out the work skillfully what was needed with no stones unturned all within a short period of time and in a cost effective manner. I would highly recommend the services of Martin Shortall.

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This is a compact, in town, shopping centre built on a steep hill, so it is split level with a…read morefairly steep escalator running between floors and part of the centre is wedged into a Sheraton hotel with an adjoining walkway between the two. It has a Starbucks and an O' Brien's sandwich bar as well as a juice bar at ground floor along with a few independent food/coffee places, all on lower floor, and an independent cafe serving substantial meals on the upper level, more toward good cafe than bistro/fine dining but always far and away better than the fast food burger places and Subways sandwich stores of this world. Although I could walk through it end to end in a few minutes, it has an M&S including a food hall, several clothing and sports stores and a pound shop equivalent where most stuff, particularly made in China rubbish, is sold at €1.5 in short this place has something for everyone but fine diners. I hope the citizens of Athlone don't mind me saying that while their medieval town is really quaint, it's not built for cars and lorries. Pony and traps would be fine in the historic centre. For those who enjoy history it's well over a thousand years old with Athlone Castle offering stunning views from its battlements. South of town, along the River Shannon, is the early Christian ruins of Clonmacnoise include a cathedral and 7 churches. How did we end up here? Well we set off yesterday for a few days away at Ireland's Bloomfield House, Mullingar and diverted to Athlone for a quick visit. Like so much of Ireland it's truly beautiful. We had breakfast at Gather and Brew before we left and pointed our noses to Europe. We used to be on Europe but alas democracy removed us. As we travelled yesterday we had a few thunderstorms and powerful downpours as nature provided the backdrop to the news on the car radio about the real threat of global warming. As the radio host spoke of flash floods from intense rainfall, more frequent heatwaves and drought, increasingly severe storms and loss of coastal land to rising seas we could identify it all as happening here. And will all the doom and gloom we turned to a music station so we could delude ourselves that it was summer after all. 14c and thunder and lightning but still summer.