POCKET MONEY FOR KIDS? Irish Daily Star – Money Doctor column Thursday 27th July 2023 Q. At what age should you start giving your child pocket money, if at all ? I am hearing different methods of dealing...
With 5 months to Christmas, now maybe is the best time to think about saving and budgeting for what is the most expensive time of the year… Ever heard the old adage, “Before Christmas has even said ‘hello’, it’s saying...
I NEED TO KEEP WORKING Q. Am worried that with the ever increasing pension age threshold – 68 eventually by the time I retire – that I will have a sizeable gap in employment therefore before I receive...
By far the biggest expense in raising children is 3rd level education. Recent research estimates that it costs about €42,000 to put a young person through college over 4 years, a figure that will rise...
SHOULD I SELL OR SHOULD I RENT ? Q – After buying my house 8 years ago in Cork, I am now moving to Dublin for work. The Cork property is worth c. € 320K against a € 280K mortgage with 24 years left. On the...
Every year there are many surveys including Barnardos’, enunciating the ever increasing back to school costs in both national and secondary school levels. This year with inflation, the...
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