Interest rates mortgages

Interest rates mortgages

Ulster Bank have just announced a new 3 year fixed rate at 3.2%… Lowest in the market BUT you have to – borrow more than €250,000 – borrow no greater than 80% of the value – open a current account with them.. Simple really! In fairness to them,...
Burton banks should help pay for PO accounts

Burton banks should help pay for PO accounts

Taniste Joan Burton is seeking to force bailed-out banks to contribute to a fund which would allow post offices develop new bank accounts for people on social welfare. The move would also have a huge impact on rural communities where banks have been forced to close...
Six months’ paid parental leave planned by Coalition

Six months’ paid parental leave planned by Coalition

Squeezed middle-income working families with young children are set to benefit from a range of measures being recommended in a Government report on childcare. The report also finds that just over one in four children under school-going age is in formal childcare and...
Cut the bankruptcy term to one year, says committee

Cut the bankruptcy term to one year, says committee

The bankruptcy term should be cut from three years to one year, the Oireachtas justice committee has recommended. The move increases pressure on the Coalition to act on the issue as its previous move to reduce it to three years from 12 years was widely criticised as...

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