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E-cigarettes and life cover
When it comes to buying risk benefits, whether you smoke or not is a major factor in the price of your cover. For life cover and specified illness cover, you can expect for the cost to be double for a … Read More
Changes to PRSA’s and RAC’s for over 75 year olds
There wasn’t much in Budget 2017 and the Finance Bill regarding pensions. One thing that did was announced was the closing of an anomaly regarding PRSA’s and RAC’s that were not matured past age 75. If you are over age … Read More
10% deposit for First Time Buyers
The Central Bank published their Review of the residential mortgage lending requirements last Wednesday. This was a review of the mortgage lending restrictions that they introduced in January 2015. They were under a lot of pressure from all sides to … Read More
The cost of running a household
Last week I wrote about families earning a good salary but having no money. Well, this morning, The Irish Times published an article on how much it costs to run a household in Ireland. For a family of … Read More
Earning a good salary but have no money
I am talking to more and more couples who are coming to me about the same thing. They are earning a good salary but have no money. They are typically professionals in their late 30’s to early 40’s and are … Read More
The Pensions Authority pension reform
I have always thought that pensions are overly complicated in this country and need to be simplified. The Pensions Authority published their consultation paper during the summer on how they simplify pensions as well as plenty of plans for the … Read More