About Cara
Cara helps people in Ireland get things done: the quotes, the better price, the letter, the chase. These pages explain what changed and what to do about it; Cara will do it for you if you’d rather.
Who makes it
Cara is built in Dublin by John McEnroe, who also makes EasyOffer (easyoffer.ie), a property valuation site, and planningregister.ie. John checks every guide on this site and his name and the date are on each one. Write to admin@usecara.ie with anything that’s wrong or out of date.
Where the numbers come from
Official and primary sources, linked on every page: the ECB, the CSO, the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, Revenue, the CRU, and suppliers’ own announcements. Trackers update themselves from those sources and show the date of the figure. Tax and welfare rules are checked by hand against Revenue and Citizens Information. Where a figure is reported rather than confirmed (Budget leaks, say), the page says so.
How Cara works
When you ask Cara to do a job, it works by email: it asks the supplier, distributor or lender on your behalf and brings back what they say. Cara uses AI to read bills and emails and to draft messages; a person reviews the work while the service is new. Nothing is switched, ordered or paid for without your YES, and Cara never asks for passwords or card details.
What Cara isn’t
Cara isn’t a bank, broker, insurer or financial adviser, and doesn’t give financial advice. Where a job needs an authorised firm (a mortgage switch, an insurance quote), Cara passes you to one, says so, and takes no fee for mortgage introductions. Figures on these pages are estimates from the sources shown.
How Cara makes money
Cara is free to use. In time it may be paid by suppliers when someone switches through it, the way comparison sites are; if so, every page where that applies will say who pays, and the cheapest option will still come first.