In this piece we spoke with Alan and Aisling about insurance, the different types, what is appropriate and at what level. This is normally a dull topic, but it is hugely relevant to peoples personal finances and for that reason it was great to have a chance to put some popular myths to bed about different types of insurance and what is and isn’t useful or helpful.
We spoke to Martin King and Claire Brock (covering for Sybil) about property prices because Moody’s said prices would drop 20% while the ESRI said that prices would likely go up in cities.
We often hear that people in the public sector are overpaid. Typically the argument then turns towards the ‘fat cats’ and then quickly deteriorates into a ‘them’ vs ‘us’ debate, and depending on your employment type you take a certain side.
We were asked to comment on the property market in this piece by Martina Fitzgerald.
We were really pleased to be back in the studio with Sybil & Martin to talk about health and life insurance, in particular some of the peculiarities of both; for instance – did you know that men are covered for pregnancy in Irish health insurance contracts?
We are pleased to be writing for the Sun on Sunday, we think that taking high finance to people on the street in an easy to understand format in plain English is noble work, we hope you enjoy the column and are glad with the big number of questions we are now getting every week.
Also filed in Accountancy, Accountant, Banking, Bonds, Economics, Property, Sun on Sunday
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Tagged ela, emergency liquidity assistance, exceptional liquidity assistance, karl whelan, michael noonan, patrick honohan, promissory note, sun on sunday
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
We were quoted in three separate articles in the Sunday papers this week.
The Sunday Times mentioned the report we did with MyHome.ie on property prices for investors (here), the full report is available over on MortgageBrokers.ie on the blog (here). Our view is that for investors there is still not a highly compelling reason to get into property.
Also filed in Accountancy, Accountant, Banking, Debt, Financial Advice, Insurance, Mortgages, Property, Sun on Sunday
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Tagged bank, dublin accountants, financial planning, financial review, insurance, personal financial advice, sunday business story mortgage, tax advice
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
We are delighted at the announcement of the new Personal Insolvency Bill and while there are issues around it (as there would be with any new legislation); on the main we are satisfied that it is fit for purpose and is a big step in the right direction.
Also filed in ACCA, Accountancy, Accountant, Banking, Credit Cards, Debt, Financial Advice, Mortgages, Personal Insolvency
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Tagged dra, drc, fiduciary responsibility, personal insolvency practitioner, personal insolvency trustee, trustee training
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
As far as a ‘system of taxation’ goes, we think that less income tax is a great idea, that instead site valuations and local costs or spending should be borne by the locality and paid to the local authority. That means that the Household Charge – while regressive – is the right type of tax being levied in the wrong way.
Also filed in Accountancy, Income Tax, Property, property tax, Property tax, Taxation, Wealth
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Tagged . rte frontline, household charge, nppr, pat kenny, property tax, site value tax, water charges
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
We were pleased to appear on The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin to talk about health insurance, car insurance and credit unions
Also filed in Accountancy, Insurance
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Tagged cheap insurance, credit card advice, debt advice, financial advice, financial review, hospital saturday fund, insurance advice, martin king, personal finance, saving money, sybil mulcahy, tv3 ireland
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