A year ago – give or take a month – the world’s financial system imploded with some of the biggest investment banks in the world...
Author: Jill Kerby
Will you be topping up your pension in 2009?
Will you be topping up your pension in 2009?
At this time of year, many work out how much they should spend on pensions in order to take advantage of the October 31st pay...
Turn the table on water and carbon charges
Turn the table on water and carbon charges
The introduction of a carbon tax and water charges have a more likely chance of being introduced in the next Budget than, say,...
Is time running out for tax relief?
Is time running out for tax relief?
No one yet knows – and that includes the Cabinet – which of the Commission on Taxation’s 200 plus recommended...
What NAMA really means
What NAMA really means
Good bank. Bad bank. Nationalised bank. NAMA-bank. Take your pick – it all ends up as a great big, monstrous pile of debt...
Not married or separated? How financially safe are you?
Not married or separated? How financially safe are you?
A friend of mine’s estranged husband died earlier this summer after a short illness. They never divorced and had two...
Step by step, we can eliminate our debts
Step by step, we can eliminate our debts
Since debt is the biggest obstacle to the recovery of our personal, national and global financial balance sheets, it really...
Can your family afford third level education?
Can your family afford third level education?
Irish parents put great stock in education, and so does the country. The consensus view for nearly 30 years is that the high...
Keep on saving – it’s good for everyone
Keep on saving – it’s good for everyone
The Government is steadily running out of money. Meanwhile, the pace of savings by those people who are still earning is going...
Property Tax valuations could prove troublesome
Property Tax valuations could prove troublesome
We won’t know for sure exactly what kind of property tax the Commission on Taxation has proposed until their report is...
Could you make a profit from swine flu?
Could you make a profit from swine flu?
However goulish it may sound, if you look hard enough, you’re likely to find a silver lining inside whatever cloud happens...
Bord Snip targets us all – are you ready?
Bord Snip targets us all – are you ready?
The nation was presented with a potential new haircut last week. It was one of those really close buzz cuts that young US...
