The Nula journal
12 August 2026
Solar panels fitted on an Irish home carry 0% VAT — but the rate has an end date, a catch about how the job is contracted, and doesn't cover every kind of building.
Read it →11 August 2026
Orientation, pitch, shading, and Ireland's planning-permission exemption for rooftop solar — what installers can honestly tell a caller before the free survey.
Read it →10 August 2026
SEAI's own figures, stage by stage: the grant offer, the ESB Networks connection, and the payment itself — and which one is really the bottleneck.
Read it →9 August 2026
SEAI confirms solar PV grant applications passed 10,000 in Q1 2026, up from about 6,100 a year earlier. More demand means a missed call costs more too.
Read it →8 August 2026
You've probably seen the '78% go with the first company to call back' stat. We went looking for the study behind it — and found something more useful instead.
Read it →8 August 2026
The grant was due to fall this year. It didn't — the Minister confirmed it's holding at €1,800 for the lifetime of this government.
Read it →6 August 2026
You're two storeys up, the phone rings out, and the homeowner rings the next installer on Google. The maths on that moment is brutal.
Read it →6 August 2026
Nearly every enquiry starts with the grant. Here are the questions Irish homeowners actually ask on the phone, and how to handle them honestly.
Read it →6 August 2026
What an AI receptionist actually does, what it can't do, what it costs relative to one lost job, and how to judge whether it's for you.
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