Irish businesses are feeling more exposed to the impact of Brexit than businesses in the rest of Europe, claimed Waterford...
Author: Jill Kerby
Renting versus home ownership
Renting versus home ownership
The last time I lived in rental accommodation was in 1986, just before my husband and I bought our first home in Dublin. The...
First Communion windfalls need careful harvesting
First Communion windfalls need careful harvesting
The next time you can’t afford to put petrol in the car or groceries on the table – and you happen to have an eight year old...
SAVE MONEY NOW WITH ANNUAL HEALTH INSURANCE REVIEWS
SAVE MONEY NOW WITH ANNUAL HEALTH INSURANCE REVIEWS
PART 2: It has taken a long time for the Central Bank to intervene in the mind-numbingly complicated way that private health...
PART 1: HEALTH INSURANCE A YEAR AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF LIFETIME COMMUNITY RATING
PART 1: HEALTH INSURANCE A YEAR AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF LIFETIME COMMUNITY RATING
This month last year an important personal finance decision had to be made by tens of thousands of adults over age 34 who were...
The state of your health & enhancing pension income
The state of your health & enhancing pension income
Enhancing a pension income is a tough task these days: banks offer middling to nil interest on savings. Investing requires time...
We need to count our industrial blessings
We need to count our industrial blessings
We know how important tourism is to the Irish economy. It employs hundreds of thousands of people. It is an all-Ireland...
More Questions from the Mailbag…
More Questions from the Mailbag…
BW writes: “My daughter, who has a long, chronic psychiatric illness has run up approximately €9,000 in credit card debt...
Questions from the Mailbag…
Questions from the Mailbag…
DM writes: “I am enquiring on behalf of my parents who are aged 79 and 77. They are looking to downsize their house, which...
More of the same during the 32nd Dail?
More of the same during the 32nd Dail?
As the election candidates and the parties come to terms with last Friday’s election poll results, whether by celebrating their...
Credit comes with a price…
Credit comes with a price…
Not everything is as it seems, especially when it comes to money and financial products. I was at a movie the other day and one...
PRSI contributions v private market insurance
PRSI contributions v private market insurance
You need to be either very determined or very desperate to become self-employed in Ireland today. A couple of weeks ago RTE’s...
