Geraldine Herbert
@gerherbert.bsky.social
Journalist and cat lover ...
Transport, Motoring and Consumer
Motoring Editor & Columnist at the Sunday Independent.
Contributor - Irish Independent, Euronews and Good Housekeeping
TV - RTE, Virgin Media,
Radio - Newstalk, TodayFM, RTE and BBC
Transport, Motoring and Consumer
Motoring Editor & Columnist at the Sunday Independent.
Contributor - Irish Independent, Euronews and Good Housekeeping
TV - RTE, Virgin Media,
Radio - Newstalk, TodayFM, RTE and BBC
I am writing a feature exploring the profiles and experiences of first-time buyers who secure mortgage exemptions above the standard salary limits. If you’d like to contribute, please DM or email geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
RT's appreciated #journorequests
RT's appreciated #journorequests
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I am writing a feature exploring the profiles and experiences of first-time buyers who secure mortgage exemptions above the standard salary limits. If you’d like to contribute, please DM or email geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
RT's appreciated #journorequests
RT's appreciated #journorequests
Are you 65 or older and still working?
I’m writing a feature on why more people are choosing (or needing) to work past the traditional retirement age, exploring both the challenges and the rewards. If you are interested in contributing 📩 please DM me here or email geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
I’m writing a feature on why more people are choosing (or needing) to work past the traditional retirement age, exploring both the challenges and the rewards. If you are interested in contributing 📩 please DM me here or email geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
October 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Are you 65 or older and still working?
I’m writing a feature on why more people are choosing (or needing) to work past the traditional retirement age, exploring both the challenges and the rewards. If you are interested in contributing 📩 please DM me here or email geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
I’m writing a feature on why more people are choosing (or needing) to work past the traditional retirement age, exploring both the challenges and the rewards. If you are interested in contributing 📩 please DM me here or email geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
Have you converted your attic in the last 5 years? 🏠
I’m writing a feature and want to hear your experiences, costs, compliance, wins & headaches.
Reply, DM, or email 📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
RTs welcome! 🙏
#irishproperty #atticconversion #housing #ruralireland #JournoRequest
I’m writing a feature and want to hear your experiences, costs, compliance, wins & headaches.
Reply, DM, or email 📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
RTs welcome! 🙏
#irishproperty #atticconversion #housing #ruralireland #JournoRequest
September 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Have you converted your attic in the last 5 years? 🏠
I’m writing a feature and want to hear your experiences, costs, compliance, wins & headaches.
Reply, DM, or email 📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
RTs welcome! 🙏
#irishproperty #atticconversion #housing #ruralireland #JournoRequest
I’m writing a feature and want to hear your experiences, costs, compliance, wins & headaches.
Reply, DM, or email 📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
RTs welcome! 🙏
#irishproperty #atticconversion #housing #ruralireland #JournoRequest
Looking forward to reading this @thinkorswim.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Looking forward to reading this @thinkorswim.bsky.social
Have you moved to a four-day week?
Looking to speak to people who’ve made the shift:
💬 How did you adjust your spending?
💬 Do you actually spend less?
💬 Was it worth it?
Email me: geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
#FourDayWeek #FlexibleWorking #CostOfLiving #FutureOfWork
Looking to speak to people who’ve made the shift:
💬 How did you adjust your spending?
💬 Do you actually spend less?
💬 Was it worth it?
Email me: geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
#FourDayWeek #FlexibleWorking #CostOfLiving #FutureOfWork
July 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Have you moved to a four-day week?
Looking to speak to people who’ve made the shift:
💬 How did you adjust your spending?
💬 Do you actually spend less?
💬 Was it worth it?
Email me: geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
#FourDayWeek #FlexibleWorking #CostOfLiving #FutureOfWork
Looking to speak to people who’ve made the shift:
💬 How did you adjust your spending?
💬 Do you actually spend less?
💬 Was it worth it?
Email me: geraldine.herbert@independent.ie
#FourDayWeek #FlexibleWorking #CostOfLiving #FutureOfWork
Looking to speak with parents about the real cost of sending someone to college in Ireland — rent, food, fees, and more.
If you're currently managing it or planning ahead please get in touch: gerherbert6@gmail.com
Reposts appreciated #JournoRequest
#CollegeCosts #AccommodationCrisis
If you're currently managing it or planning ahead please get in touch: gerherbert6@gmail.com
Reposts appreciated #JournoRequest
#CollegeCosts #AccommodationCrisis
July 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Looking to speak with parents about the real cost of sending someone to college in Ireland — rent, food, fees, and more.
If you're currently managing it or planning ahead please get in touch: gerherbert6@gmail.com
Reposts appreciated #JournoRequest
#CollegeCosts #AccommodationCrisis
If you're currently managing it or planning ahead please get in touch: gerherbert6@gmail.com
Reposts appreciated #JournoRequest
#CollegeCosts #AccommodationCrisis
DIY Legal
Have you ever taken a legal matter into your own hands, like writing your own will or managing a divorce?
I’m working on a feature about the growing trend of low-cost, DIY legal services in Ireland. If you’re open to sharing your experience, email me at gerherbert6@gmail.com
#DIYLegal
Have you ever taken a legal matter into your own hands, like writing your own will or managing a divorce?
I’m working on a feature about the growing trend of low-cost, DIY legal services in Ireland. If you’re open to sharing your experience, email me at gerherbert6@gmail.com
#DIYLegal
July 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
DIY Legal
Have you ever taken a legal matter into your own hands, like writing your own will or managing a divorce?
I’m working on a feature about the growing trend of low-cost, DIY legal services in Ireland. If you’re open to sharing your experience, email me at gerherbert6@gmail.com
#DIYLegal
Have you ever taken a legal matter into your own hands, like writing your own will or managing a divorce?
I’m working on a feature about the growing trend of low-cost, DIY legal services in Ireland. If you’re open to sharing your experience, email me at gerherbert6@gmail.com
#DIYLegal
🧸 Parents
Are childcare costs forcing career changes, reduced hours, or financial stress?
I’m writing a feature on the true cost of childcare & looking for Rural, urban, single-parent, dual-income etc
📩 gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#journorequest #childcarecrisis
Reposts please
Are childcare costs forcing career changes, reduced hours, or financial stress?
I’m writing a feature on the true cost of childcare & looking for Rural, urban, single-parent, dual-income etc
📩 gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#journorequest #childcarecrisis
Reposts please
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🧸 Parents
Are childcare costs forcing career changes, reduced hours, or financial stress?
I’m writing a feature on the true cost of childcare & looking for Rural, urban, single-parent, dual-income etc
📩 gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#journorequest #childcarecrisis
Reposts please
Are childcare costs forcing career changes, reduced hours, or financial stress?
I’m writing a feature on the true cost of childcare & looking for Rural, urban, single-parent, dual-income etc
📩 gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#journorequest #childcarecrisis
Reposts please
🩺 Call for Nurses
Working extra shifts, agency roles, or thinking of moving abroad for better pay?
I’m writing a feature on nursing salaries & want to hear from:
New nurses
Senior/clinical nurses
Nurses doing extra work
Irish nurses abroad
📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
#journalistrequest #JournoRequest
Working extra shifts, agency roles, or thinking of moving abroad for better pay?
I’m writing a feature on nursing salaries & want to hear from:
New nurses
Senior/clinical nurses
Nurses doing extra work
Irish nurses abroad
📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
#journalistrequest #JournoRequest
June 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🩺 Call for Nurses
Working extra shifts, agency roles, or thinking of moving abroad for better pay?
I’m writing a feature on nursing salaries & want to hear from:
New nurses
Senior/clinical nurses
Nurses doing extra work
Irish nurses abroad
📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
#journalistrequest #JournoRequest
Working extra shifts, agency roles, or thinking of moving abroad for better pay?
I’m writing a feature on nursing salaries & want to hear from:
New nurses
Senior/clinical nurses
Nurses doing extra work
Irish nurses abroad
📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
#journalistrequest #JournoRequest
Eldest is 17 today. Where does time go... #SeventeenToday #GrowingUpTooFast
June 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Eldest is 17 today. Where does time go... #SeventeenToday #GrowingUpTooFast
Loved this debut novel; it more than lives up to the hype. #FlorenceKnapp guides one family through three names and three possible fates, each narrative beautifully weaving loss, grief, joy and rebirth. It will stay with you long after the final page. Highly recommended.#TheNames
June 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Loved this debut novel; it more than lives up to the hype. #FlorenceKnapp guides one family through three names and three possible fates, each narrative beautifully weaving loss, grief, joy and rebirth. It will stay with you long after the final page. Highly recommended.#TheNames
Thinking of Buying a Used EV? I’ll be chatting with Dearbhail McDonald on The Brendan O Connor show on @rteradio1.bsky.social tomorrow at around 12:30, about the ins and outs of buying a used electric car
#evs #ElectricVehicles #electriccars
#evs #ElectricVehicles #electriccars
June 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thinking of Buying a Used EV? I’ll be chatting with Dearbhail McDonald on The Brendan O Connor show on @rteradio1.bsky.social tomorrow at around 12:30, about the ins and outs of buying a used electric car
#evs #ElectricVehicles #electriccars
#evs #ElectricVehicles #electriccars
Volvo Cars unveils the world’s first multi-adaptive safety belt, debuting in the fully electric #EX60 in 2026. Using real-time data from sensors, it customizes protection based on the situation & individual’s profiles, such as their height, weight, body shape and seating position #RoadSafety #Volvo
June 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Volvo Cars unveils the world’s first multi-adaptive safety belt, debuting in the fully electric #EX60 in 2026. Using real-time data from sensors, it customizes protection based on the situation & individual’s profiles, such as their height, weight, body shape and seating position #RoadSafety #Volvo
Gowan Auto is now the official importer for Leapmotor, one of China’s fastest-growing EV brands.
Launching this September with the T03 a compact hatchback and the C10 a premium electric SUV. Leapmotor will expand its Irish line-up by a further 6 models by 2028.
#Leapmotor #evs
Launching this September with the T03 a compact hatchback and the C10 a premium electric SUV. Leapmotor will expand its Irish line-up by a further 6 models by 2028.
#Leapmotor #evs
May 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Gowan Auto is now the official importer for Leapmotor, one of China’s fastest-growing EV brands.
Launching this September with the T03 a compact hatchback and the C10 a premium electric SUV. Leapmotor will expand its Irish line-up by a further 6 models by 2028.
#Leapmotor #evs
Launching this September with the T03 a compact hatchback and the C10 a premium electric SUV. Leapmotor will expand its Irish line-up by a further 6 models by 2028.
#Leapmotor #evs
This book raises so many questions— chief among them - where was the media? Beyond that, it's astonishing that anyone believed Biden could run for a second term at all. Even more baffling is how he could possibly endure the rigours of a presidential campaign #OriginalSin
May 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This book raises so many questions— chief among them - where was the media? Beyond that, it's astonishing that anyone believed Biden could run for a second term at all. Even more baffling is how he could possibly endure the rigours of a presidential campaign #OriginalSin
May 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚗 Are you spending hours commuting every week — not because you want to, but because housing costs have left you no choice?
I’m working on a story about Ireland’s commuting crisis and I’m looking to speak with those affected. Please repost
📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
#HousingCrisis #CommuterVoices
I’m working on a story about Ireland’s commuting crisis and I’m looking to speak with those affected. Please repost
📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
#HousingCrisis #CommuterVoices
May 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🚗 Are you spending hours commuting every week — not because you want to, but because housing costs have left you no choice?
I’m working on a story about Ireland’s commuting crisis and I’m looking to speak with those affected. Please repost
📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
#HousingCrisis #CommuterVoices
I’m working on a story about Ireland’s commuting crisis and I’m looking to speak with those affected. Please repost
📩 gerherbert6@gmail.com
#HousingCrisis #CommuterVoices
Battery-electric vehicles are gaining traction: BEV share climbed to 15.2 % (up from 12 % in Q1 2024), with sales jumping 23.9 % to 412,997 units. Germany (+38.9 %), Belgium (+29.9 %) and the Netherlands (+7.9 %) led the charge, while France dipped 6.6 %.
April 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Battery-electric vehicles are gaining traction: BEV share climbed to 15.2 % (up from 12 % in Q1 2024), with sales jumping 23.9 % to 412,997 units. Germany (+38.9 %), Belgium (+29.9 %) and the Netherlands (+7.9 %) led the charge, while France dipped 6.6 %.
Q1 2025 saw new car registrations in the EU drop by 1.9 % Year on year. March alone was nearly flat (–0.2 %), underlining the tough economic headwinds facing carmakers this spring.
#NewCarSales
#NewCarSales
April 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Q1 2025 saw new car registrations in the EU drop by 1.9 % Year on year. March alone was nearly flat (–0.2 %), underlining the tough economic headwinds facing carmakers this spring.
#NewCarSales
#NewCarSales
This week in the Sunday @independent.ie
I test drive the new BMW 1 Series — a small car with big ambitions plus how to stay safe from blinding sun glare while driving. #CarReview #DrivingTips #BMW
www.independent.ie/tag/geraldin...
I test drive the new BMW 1 Series — a small car with big ambitions plus how to stay safe from blinding sun glare while driving. #CarReview #DrivingTips #BMW
www.independent.ie/tag/geraldin...
April 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This week in the Sunday @independent.ie
I test drive the new BMW 1 Series — a small car with big ambitions plus how to stay safe from blinding sun glare while driving. #CarReview #DrivingTips #BMW
www.independent.ie/tag/geraldin...
I test drive the new BMW 1 Series — a small car with big ambitions plus how to stay safe from blinding sun glare while driving. #CarReview #DrivingTips #BMW
www.independent.ie/tag/geraldin...
April 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Motorists – ever been led astray by Google Maps?
Did it send you up a farm lane, into a bog, or straight into someone’s driveway? I’m writing a feature and would love to hear your story. DM or email gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#JournoRequest #JournalistRequest 🚗RTs very welcome
Did it send you up a farm lane, into a bog, or straight into someone’s driveway? I’m writing a feature and would love to hear your story. DM or email gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#JournoRequest #JournalistRequest 🚗RTs very welcome
April 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Motorists – ever been led astray by Google Maps?
Did it send you up a farm lane, into a bog, or straight into someone’s driveway? I’m writing a feature and would love to hear your story. DM or email gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#JournoRequest #JournalistRequest 🚗RTs very welcome
Did it send you up a farm lane, into a bog, or straight into someone’s driveway? I’m writing a feature and would love to hear your story. DM or email gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#JournoRequest #JournalistRequest 🚗RTs very welcome
I’m looking to speak with learner drivers (or recent learners) about the real cost of learning to drive — from EDT lessons to insurance, repeat tests & beyond.
Willing to share your story? Email me please: gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#JournoRequest #DrivingTest
Willing to share your story? Email me please: gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#JournoRequest #DrivingTest
April 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’m looking to speak with learner drivers (or recent learners) about the real cost of learning to drive — from EDT lessons to insurance, repeat tests & beyond.
Willing to share your story? Email me please: gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#JournoRequest #DrivingTest
Willing to share your story? Email me please: gerherbert6(at)gmail(dot)com
#JournoRequest #DrivingTest