This is the start of the busiest time for private health insurance renewals, for companies renewing their corporate schemes and...
Property
Budget Windfall could prove insurance lifesaver
Budget Windfall could prove insurance lifesaver
What should you do with the tax refund or savings that you will be getting back in your pocket as a result of Budget 2016? If...
Pre-Empting The Budget
Pre-Empting The Budget
Budget Day falls on this newspaper’s publication day so I can only speculate as to whether Minister Noonan has delivered on any...
When ‘Phishing’ for Money Turns into Vishing
When ‘Phishing’ for Money Turns into Vishing
You might be amazed to hear that the clever little ‘vishing’ fraud revealed recently by the Gardaí actually succeeded in...
File & Pay deadline day on the way
File & Pay deadline day on the way
You have one month or, one month and 13 days if you have a computer, access to the internet and can follow some pretty simple...
Helping the vulnerable
Helping the vulnerable
Our past record in protecting the vulnerable in this country has been pretty abysmal at times, and that goes for vulnerable...
We’re saving more and spending more
We’re saving more and spending more
Europe is full of savers. So is Ireland. According to Eurostat the gross household savings rate in the 19 state eurozone to the...
A gift tax exemption of little worth
A gift tax exemption of little worth
Inheritance and gift tax is an issue that can generates a certain amount of heated debate. One side – a minority, I would...
Are you counting on your home to be your pension?
Are you counting on your home to be your pension?
Alarm bells always go off in my head when I hear from readers who suggest that their family home, ‘is going to be my pension’...
Parents and the wrong priorities
Parents and the wrong priorities
A headline that caught my attention a few weeks back was a press release from Laya Life (this is the life assurance arm of Laya...
The Lost Tracker Mortgages; Is yours still one of them?
The Lost Tracker Mortgages; Is yours still one of them?
Did you buy a mortgage in the last decade? Was it a cheap tracker loan? Did you at any time switch to a fixed rate, and when it...
Greek tragedy is a lesson for us all
Greek tragedy is a lesson for us all
The Greek debt drama is a salutary lesson for us all: that if you’re not a member of a social, corporate or sovereign elite...
