A mortgage-to-rent pilot scheme is expected to get underway very shortly, but anyone thinking that this might be the solution to...
Author: Jill Kerby
Opportunities beckon in falling stock market?
Opportunities beckon in falling stock market?
Whenever I mention the expression ‘world dominator shares’ (WDS) in a column it generates some extra e-mails and letters from...
Prompt action required to protect your wealth
Prompt action required to protect your wealth
I recently received a long letter from a reader who had inherited a portfolio of shares from her husband who died a couple of...
Why to act promptly once redundancy shock passes
Why to act promptly once redundancy shock passes
Most of the 575 workers at the TalkTalk call centre in Waterford who were notified that their jobs will disappear in a brutally...
Mortgage debt forgiveness is unlikely, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t seek some relief
Mortgage debt forgiveness is unlikely, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t seek some relief
Two domestic stories dominated last week’s airwaves and headlines – the price of sending kids back to school and the plight of...
Funding for education needs an early start
Funding for education needs an early start
August provides the newspapers with photo opportunities of delighted Leaving Certificate students examining their satisfactory...
Stock market collapse is a warning to us all
Stock market collapse is a warning to us all
The dramatic stock market collapse of the past fortnight means that there are no easy ways to protect any wealth you might have,...
So what will you live on come retirement?
So what will you live on come retirement?
Recessions come with great – as in huge – consequences. Businesses go under; people lose their jobs while others are forced to...
Time to work on health care costs
Time to work on health care costs
With €700 million cuts on the cards for the health service in the coming year, it’s going to take some manoeuvring for the...
Euro and your savings reprieved, not saved
Euro and your savings reprieved, not saved
Last week in this column I suggested that there are three areas of your personal finances that you should be prioritising this...
Even Euromillions victors have their financial woes
Even Euromillions victors have their financial woes
The Scottish couple who won last week’s €185 million Euromillions draw now have an entirely new set of personal finance issues...
Unsecured creditors may get some relief
Unsecured creditors may get some relief
The Code of Conduct for mortgage arrears means that mortgage holders who have been unable to pay their loans in full have a...
