The recent developments regarding the future ownership of the VHI, the country’s largest health insurance company, have...
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VHI privatisation proposal adds further uncertainty
VHI privatisation proposal adds further uncertainty
Last Thursday the Minister for Health announced that the VHI will need at least €338 million to fill their solvency hole before...
Bank of Ireland wants your money: €1.09 billion of it
Bank of Ireland wants your money: €1.09 billion of it
If you are one of the 95,000 Bank of Ireland private shareholders, you should have received your share rights offer prospectus...
‘Be prepared’ as your Euro begins to devalue
‘Be prepared’ as your Euro begins to devalue
The boy scouts motto – Be Prepared – should be drilled into every man, woman and child in this country, for the very good reason...
Greece and the markets are causing much worry
Greece and the markets are causing much worry
Just as I started writing this column, the main US stockmarket, the Dow Jones, had fallen by 1000 points, only to recover about...
Mortgage problems? don’t delay – act now
Mortgage problems? don’t delay – act now
Redundancies at Quinn Insurance suggest that the headache of mortgage arrears and foreclosures could well escalate as 800...
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...
