THE LIFE COVER MAZE Q. At 32 years old, married with one child, I’ve been advised that I should have life insurance but I’m confused by all the various types. We are renting at the moment so can you explain and do I really need it ? Gerard – Dundrum Dublin 14...
Michael Noonan, Minister for Finance delivered his sixth Budget speech on Tuesday 11th October 2016 while Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, Paschal Donoghoe later outlined the measures in public spending – between them a € 1.3billion package of tax cuts...
It is hard to believe that Albert Einstein is credited with saying income tax is the hardest thing in the world to understand ! Tuesday 11th October sees the government juggle the finances to both appease all the various camps around Ireland and balance the books for...
EARLY PENSION WITHDRAWAL REQUEST Q. I have been made redundant after only 12 years’ service ( now 36 ) but am going straight into similar employment. I leave a pension worth € 75,000. Can I release any of this money now, do I have to wait til age 65 to claim it and...
Comedian W C Fields (died 1946) was not thinking of child costs when asked how he liked children “preferably boiled” though he did raise two himself. It is estimated that the actual current cost of raising a child from birth until completion of their 3rd...
The Government has launched a scheme to give funding to people at risk of having their homes repossessed so that they can seek the services of personal insolvency experts. Around €15m is being spent on the service, to be known as Abhaile – the Irish for home. It...
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