Redundancies at Quinn Insurance suggest that the headache of mortgage arrears and foreclosures could well escalate as 800...
Author: Jill Kerby
Sorting out the property mess and knowing your rights
Sorting out the property mess and knowing your rights
If you are an unfortunate homeowner living in one of the estimated 621 unfinished housing estates around the country, what can...
Addressing our property fiasco must start now
Addressing our property fiasco must start now
It is far too premature to be saying that just because we have proper regulators and central bank/Nama chiefs in place that we...
Why the Civil Partnership Bill needs careful handling
Why the Civil Partnership Bill needs careful handling
A young couple approached me at a recent seminar with a few questions about their mortgage and also about the new Civil...
Mullingar apartment sale could be a turning point
Mullingar apartment sale could be a turning point
Amidst all the doom and gloom of the past week or so – I am just about all NAMA’d out at this stage – there was a little glint...
A little money guidance can be a good thing
A little money guidance can be a good thing
At a confirmation party recently, two members of the same family – the sweet-faced young boy of 11 whose confirmation it was,...
Expect to work longer for the state pension
Expect to work longer for the state pension
If you are age 61 today, and were counting on collecting your state old age pension in 2014, think again. Only those people who...
Endow your child with a financial headstart
Endow your child with a financial headstart
My extended family is, well, extending. I am now of an age that my older brothers and sisters are becoming grandparents and a...
Why Halifax customers need to act on savings and loans
Why Halifax customers need to act on savings and loans
For the 50,000 or so Halifax customers and 750 workers are losing their bank and their jobs, last week’s announcement is going...
Latest savings index reveals some surprises
Latest savings index reveals some surprises
“There’s no way I can afford to save €283 a month,” a myriad of callers told Newstalk 106-108’s ‘Breakfast Show’ last Wednesday...
Is the stock market’s rally now at an end?
Is the stock market’s rally now at an end?
These are worrying times for investors, holders of pension funds, pensioners dependent on fixed incomes and for anyone else with...
Cutting out insurance in the downturn is a mistake
Cutting out insurance in the downturn is a mistake
A recent survey of 1,000 adults by the insurer Friends First produced some alarming results: • 70 per cent of respondents have...
