Loving thy neighbour! Neighbours.ie feels the warmth during the cold snap.

The recent cold spell resulted in a new community spirit as traffic on the online social networking site Neighbours.ie doubled with people offering to help those affected by the icy conditions.

Neighbours.ie has over 20,000 registered neighbours around the country sharing local information and helping each other out. Its a simple idea that has grown in popularity as neighbours post messages, discuss, praise, ask, solve, fix, find out, share ideas, network, complain, vote, help and sometimes even meet up.

During the recent cold weather, neighbours got together clearing and gritting their driveways. They alerted each about water shortages on streets and apartment blocks, and helped each other out fixing leaks and getting heating systems up and running again.

Next weekend on Saturday the 6th of February the Dublin section of the site ( http://www.neighbours.ie/dublin
) is being re-launched after a major overhaul which will make it easier for more communities to connect and stay in touch. The aim of the site is to give power to the people because information is powerful when it’s shared with everyone.
Neighbours.ie has been helping to improve the localities of its members and develop a strong sense of community.

With people economizing more and more, we see people connecting locally for car sharing, recycling furniture instead of dumping it. The site has been responsible for forming firm friendships between neighbours and has even seen some romances bloom!
If you want to see whats happening on your street or link up with the residents in your apartment block, log on to Neighbours.ie.
Neighbours.ie is run by Gary McGinty and Ciaran Killalea.