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...
Leap of faith top ups

Leap of faith top ups

Commuters who use Leap Cards should be able to top-up by touching it against their smartphones in early 2016 if trials being carried out by The National Transport Authority (NTA) are successful. John Lowe, The Money Doctor welcomes this initiative as a further...
1916 Proclamation sold – a dream collectible

1916 Proclamation sold – a dream collectible

A rare original copy of the Easter 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic went up for sale in a Sotheby’s auction in London yesterday and was expected to sell for somewhere in the range of £120,000 (€ 162.8K). Instead it went for an incredible £300,000 (€ 407K) in a...
World’s most expensive home sold

World’s most expensive home sold

A world record price of more than €275 million has been paid for a property outside Paris. Chateau Louis XIV is a “villa” in a 56-acre park between Versailles and Marly-le-Roi and took three years to construct. The house includes an aquarium, cinema and a wine cellar,...

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