I hope you’re not meeting as many people as I am who are NOT looking forward to Christmas this year. Apart from those who always...
Property
Part Two: Living with debt is the new ‘lifestyle choice’
Part Two: Living with debt is the new ‘lifestyle choice’
Remember ‘lifestyle choices’? Shall it be a new kitchen or a new garden and deck this year? Shall we buy a new SUV or take that...
Part One: the nation starts to address the debt problem
Part One: the nation starts to address the debt problem
In recent weeks, I’ve been receiving quite a few e-mails, letter and telephone calls from readers who want to discuss their...
Saving continues to soar in these uncertain times
Saving continues to soar in these uncertain times
We’ve gone from being a nation of super-spenders, to being on of super-savers, and all in the course of a single year. The...
You should ‘Energise’ your money, Eddie Hobbs-style
You should ‘Energise’ your money, Eddie Hobbs-style
If you saw the final episode of economist David McWilliams’ most recent television series ‘Addicted to Money’ you know that...
Pay your tax by the deadline, but don’t miss out on tax reliefs
Pay your tax by the deadline, but don’t miss out on tax reliefs
This could be the last tax year that any of us will be able to claim as varied – and valuable – collection of tax reliefs and...
Should the State ‘Nama-ise’ Ireland’s toxic mortgage debt?
Should the State ‘Nama-ise’ Ireland’s toxic mortgage debt?
A week after the government finally, inexorably, committed us to the burden of NAMA, the National Asset Management Agency, it...
Your debt – and how you can really beat it
Your debt – and how you can really beat it
“If this past year has taught us anything, it’s that nothing can be taken for granted anymore.” – MoneyTimes, October 7th, 2009....
It’s anniversary time: a year after the crash
It’s anniversary time: a year after the crash
A year ago – give or take a month – the world’s financial system imploded with some of the biggest investment banks in the world...
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...
