The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) produced a report recently stating among other things that people under the age of 35 are likely to pounce in the property market now that the confidence has returned, confidence that has driven up the market in some...
I NEED TO KEEP WORKING Q. Am worried that with the ever increasing pension age threshold, 68 from 2028 and by the time I retire in 2053, it may be even higher. I will have a sizeable gap in employment therefore before I receive that State Pension – assuming the...
Irish people are probably the most generous in the world. When it comes to decent causes, we have long pockets and equally generous hearts. Fortunately and despite the recession of 10 years ago, prosperity is back again…the Bull market ( a rising stock market )...
FUNDING MY HOLIDAY Q. With no savings and little monthly surplus from my income, I am going to have to borrow for the summer holiday. Where’s the best place to borrow and what are my likely repayments ? Gerry – Dundalk
MEDICAL CARD FEARS Q – I am now retired and living on an Old Age Pension of €238.30 a week. I recently got an inheritance of €78,000 and I would like to invest €50,000 in the Post Office and €10,000 in Prize Bonds. Is it true that I will lose my medical card because...
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that it is his intention to merge the universal social charge and PRSI into a single social insurance payment stating that “my long-term view of the USC is to see its integration into the existing PRSI code”. This was the...
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