# brian-hayes - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Spend Spend Spend
# Spend Spend Spend
The daily spend of individual contactless payment users exceeded €16 for only the second time since 2016.
# brian-hayes - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Spend Spend Spend
# Spend Spend Spend
Around 2.1 million people used contactless payments each day last month.
# brian-hayes - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
October was the busiest month for mortgage approvals since BPFI began collecting this data in 2011.
# brian-hayes - Wednesday 26 August, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall says ‘it’s a bit rich’.
# brian-hayes - Thursday 30 July, 2020
# The Banks
# The Banks
But banks approved half the number of new mortgages last month than in June 2019.
# brian-hayes - Thursday 9 July, 2020
# The Banks
# The Banks
Developments in recent days have undermined the banks’ positions.
# brian-hayes - Saturday 9 May, 2020
# Domestic Rugby
From The42
# Domestic Rugby
Brian Hayes and Hannah O’Connor took the Player of the Year awards.
# brian-hayes - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# Lending
# Lending
The figures offer an early indication of the impact of Covid-19 on lending.
# brian-hayes - Monday 27 April, 2020
# Prolific
From The42
# Prolific
Clontarf’s Sean Kearns was top points scorer after his return from Australia.
# brian-hayes - Saturday 28 March, 2020
# Shopping
# Shopping
Banks have also warned the public not to be tricked into giving out their pin number online.
# brian-hayes - Thursday 2 May, 2019
# White Heat
From The42
# White Heat
Entering their fourth consecutive final, the Cork club look in rude attacking health.
# brian-hayes - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
# Quitting
# Quitting
The 49 year-old said he made the decision for family reasons.
# brian-hayes - Saturday 27 October, 2018
# Plastic
# Plastic
On average, every person in the EU consumes up to 106 litres of bottled water every year.
# brian-hayes - Sunday 10 June, 2018
# Irish Young People
# Irish Young People
The new scheme will provide 140 free InterRail tickets to 18 year olds that can cost up to €700
# brian-hayes - Saturday 31 March, 2018
# Driver Safety
# Driver Safety
eCall is a new life-saving technology which will be fitted to all new cars from today.
# brian-hayes - Sunday 14 January, 2018
# One 4 All
# One 4 All
MEP Brian Hayes has asked An Post how much is made by charging customers who don’t use their One4All gift cards within a year.
# brian-hayes - Monday 1 January, 2018
# Cash
# Cash
People are advised not to withdraw money in their own currency rate as it is more expensive.
# brian-hayes - Wednesday 13 September, 2017
# Security
# Security
Jean-Claude Juncker has called for the EU to implement plans for a common defence strategy
# brian-hayes - Sunday 12 February, 2017
# Netflix And Chill
# Netflix And Chill
The new measures will apply only to online fee-based services.
# brian-hayes - Saturday 29 October, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
One of our MEPs thinks we should.
# brian-hayes - Thursday 27 October, 2016
# Amen To That
# Amen To That
At present only three countries across Europe have fewer national holidays than the Republic.
# brian-hayes - Wednesday 14 September, 2016
# Bite Of The Apple
# Bite Of The Apple
Earlier, Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes said: “Changing the rules, however appalling [they are], is not smart.”
# brian-hayes - Friday 24 June, 2016
# Radicalisation
# Radicalisation
The Justice Department has said that it is aware of foreign fighters from Ireland who have died in the Middle East.
# brian-hayes - Tuesday 8 March, 2016
# Many Meetings
# Many Meetings
The dance of those who would be in government continued apace today.
# brian-hayes - Monday 22 February, 2016
# Jettisoned
# Jettisoned
Stephanie Regan believes she has been “jettisoned” by her own party in Dublin Bay North.
# brian-hayes - Sunday 7 February, 2016
# Out Of Order
# Out Of Order
She slammed the Fine Gael MEP’s questions as cheap and out of order in a row on Newstalk.
# brian-hayes - Monday 28 December, 2015
# First Contact
# First Contact
Contactless payments are now very much the norm in Ireland for most low-priced retail goods.
# brian-hayes - Sunday 16 August, 2015
# After Enda
# After Enda
Who succeeds Enda Kenny? We rank the contenders…
# brian-hayes - Monday 6 July, 2015
# Explainer
# Explainer
The next 48 hours will be crucial.
# brian-hayes - Thursday 11 June, 2015
# Just An Ordinary Guy
# Just An Ordinary Guy
Brian Hayes said he does not believe there was any wrongdoing in deals made between O’Brien and IBRC.
# brian-hayes - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
# Ttipping Point
# Ttipping Point
Flanagan didn’t hold back in his criticism.
# brian-hayes - Thursday 7 May, 2015
# Pack Of Bankers
# Pack Of Bankers
AIB aside, Ireland’s main banks have refused to drop their rates despite record numbers of mortgages being in trouble.
# brian-hayes - Wednesday 29 April, 2015
# European Parliament
# European Parliament
Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes on the ‘disgraceful’ moving of the European Parliament to Strasbourg once a month, every month.
# Cult Hero
From The42
# Cult Hero
Jeremy Davidson has been working wonders on a low budget at Aurillac in the Pro D2.
# brian-hayes - Friday 24 April, 2015
# Big Spenders
# Big Spenders
5% of the tax-paying population are on salaries of €100,000 or greater…
# brian-hayes - Tuesday 7 April, 2015
# We All Partied
# We All Partied
Some people still think we could have got a better deal, however.
# brian-hayes - Saturday 21 February, 2015
# Loose Lips Leo
# Loose Lips Leo
The Fine Gael national conference has been talking crime and the economic recovery this morning.
# brian-hayes - Saturday 31 January, 2015
# The High Table Interview
# The High Table Interview
The Fine Gael MEP talked banking inquiry, beer and European politics with TheJournal.ie this week.
# Danger Here
# Danger Here
Brian Hayes has been speaking to TheJournal.ie about his party’s election prospects.
# brian-hayes - Friday 30 January, 2015
# Someone Has To Pay
# Someone Has To Pay
“Writing off debt means someone else takes the hit, in this case we’re talking about taxpayers,” Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes says.
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