Smaller apartments will be allowed under new guidelines.

Smaller apartments will be allowed under new guidelines.

Smaller apartments are to be permitted under new planning guidelines published by the Department of the Environment. Minister Alan Kelly said that 8,000 residential units were needed to be built in Dublin this year, but fewer than 3,000 were delivered and the...
Gold gets a bum deal in Sri Lanka

Gold gets a bum deal in Sri Lanka

While prudence would dictate that 10% of a balanced investment portfolio should include a precious metal, there are ways and means of procuring it but this is certainly not one of them : a man has been arrested in Sri Lanka today for allegedly trying to smuggle gold...
State pension scheme is unsustainable in its present format

State pension scheme is unsustainable in its present format

A new report compiled by actuarial consultants Milliman for the Society of Actuaries in Ireland and PublicPolicy.ie indicates that the present State pension scheme is unsustainable and that, in order to avert a crisis, the Government must consider its options. Some of...
Free online financial teaching resource launched

Free online financial teaching resource launched

Primary school pupils in Ireland can now learn about the dangers of illegal money lenders thanks to the creation of new resources within Values, Money and Me, a free online teaching resource launched by Experian and designed to help primary school pupils explore both...

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