Get into the switching habit if you are serious about saving moneyLooking at your bank savings, energy bills and insurance cover are no brainers even if you’re reluctant to tinker with health insurance and your mortgageFri Jan 19 2024 - 12:07
Will giving our daughter a helping hand to get on the property ladder cause tax problems?Q&A: How you frame the money you are handing over to your child can lower their exposure to taxTue Jan 16 2024 - 05:15
‘Will Mum’s nursing home care leave my son and I homeless?’Q&A: Woman worries that cost of Fair Deal care if her mother needs long-term care could see her forced out of only home she has ever knownSun Jan 14 2024 - 11:51
Good year for Enterprise Ireland, first-time buyers and Sharon HorganThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskWed Jan 10 2024 - 06:53
Executors to my will are getting older but I don’t want to offend anyoneQ&A: Adding additional executors to act alongside, or as an alternative to, people who have been in place for a long time is sensible not insensitiveTue Jan 09 2024 - 05:15
Can my wife get a widow’s pension alongside the old age pension when I die?Q&A: couple who each qualify for State contributory pension worry about finances when one has goneSun Jan 07 2024 - 12:55
Tara Mine offers redundancy as part of rescue plan Management and group of unions will meet next week at Workplace Relations Commission in effort to restart operations by second quarter of the yearFri Jan 05 2024 - 19:21
Public sector pension bill surges 17% in three years to €175.7bnActuarial report notes bill will start to fall from 2040 as impact of newer recruits paying towards their pension takes holdWed Jan 03 2024 - 16:25
How to get your finances back on track in 2024Well done on what you got right in your personal finances this year; 2024 will offer opportunity to look againFri Dec 22 2023 - 11:51
Pension schemes face regulatory clampdown if failing to engage on new rulesFinal deadline for compliance with stricter and more costly rules on scheme governance and risk management comes at year-endWed Dec 20 2023 - 05:00
Will moving into grandparents’ home leave me with a tax bill?Q&A: Dwelling house relief does make provision for tax free inheritance of property but it very much depends on your circumstancesTue Dec 19 2023 - 05:15
Company helpline that’s been no help at all for confused consumersQ&A: Angry CRH shareholders say they have been misinformed by company as they struggle with US tax and dollar dividendsSun Dec 17 2023 - 14:41
What each GAA club will receive following JP McManus’s €32m donationDepending on the circumstances and the tax paid by JP McManus in both jurisdictions, his largesse could be even more valuable for clubsThu Dec 14 2023 - 19:48
Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk buys Irish drug manufacturing plant in €85m dealDanish weight loss and diabetes specialist is looking to develop a tablet form of its blockbuster obesity treatmentsThu Dec 14 2023 - 12:21
CRH gets wires crossed with dollar cheques to Irish shareholders Errors in payment of first dividend cheque under New York Stock Exhcange listing only adds to frustration felt by many small shareholdersTue Dec 12 2023 - 05:15
Verizon adds Irish jobs, breaches of tipping rules and construction sector slowdownThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskMon Dec 11 2023 - 06:14
Stay-at-home parents are providing services worth €54,590, says studyMore than nine in 10 people sharply undervalue what it would cost to care for home and family in absence of home-based parentMon Dec 11 2023 - 05:00
Mortgage customers left in dark on tax implications of goodwill paymentQ&A: Ulster Bank is paying 4,500 customers as it forces them off offset mortgage product in order to sell their loans as it shuts down Irish businessSun Dec 10 2023 - 16:24
Irish workers’ sketchy knowledge about pensions could cost them dearlyPensions in Ireland: Reluctance to accept risk and failure to realise how long your fund needs to last make planning for retirement unnecessarily difficultFri Dec 08 2023 - 11:33
New blood pressure therapy a major boost for Medtronic’s Galway plant Global supplies of catheters for new renal denervation device seen as a potential blockbuster will be manufactured at Irish factoryThu Dec 07 2023 - 06:00
Q&A: Is it possible second-hand properties will be included in the Help to Buy scheme?Help to Buy refunds buyers up to €30,000 of value of their home, but only if it is a new buildTue Dec 05 2023 - 05:15
Pfizer hails Ireland as ‘industrial powerhouse’ in life sciencesAlbert Bourla, chief executive of US pharma giant, accepts IDA Ireland’s Special Recognition Award on behalf of the companyMon Dec 04 2023 - 18:22
Call for action as list of medicines with supply issues jumps 87% Ireland should compile essential medicines list and use available pricing tools to make market more attractive, says generics specialist Azure PharmaMon Dec 04 2023 - 05:00
Fighting faceless bureaucracy at HSE over incorrect billQ&A: Front line staff were looking to charge you tens of thousands of euro more than they should over nursing home careSun Dec 03 2023 - 11:00
Workers averse to taking risk in growing pension funds - surveyOnly one in three Irish people are happy that their retirement income will prove sufficientTue Nov 28 2023 - 16:58
Irish drug developer secures orphan status for cancer therapyPriothera looking to improve survival rates of patients with acute myeloid leukaemiaTue Nov 28 2023 - 06:00
How much can I leave to my grandchildren whose father has died?Q&A: Grandparents in their late sixties are looking to leave their home to two grandchildrenTue Nov 28 2023 - 05:00
The property I was due to inherit was sold. Where does that leave me?Executor may find themselves with questions to answer on any tax debt and treatment of foreign propertySun Nov 26 2023 - 11:00
Redundancy: What payments and support are you entitled to when you lose your job?On The Money: Knowing how your payoff will be taxed and your rights to other support are important in a position few plan to find themselves inFri Nov 24 2023 - 13:13
Budget watchdog calls for more realistic health budgeting Irish Fiscal Advisory Council head says overruns in recent years could have been avoided with more accurate assessment of standstill costsWed Nov 22 2023 - 17:46
Inheriting a house with sitting tenants can complicate tax matters Q&A: Limited interest can complicate the position, but you may need a solicitor to unravel the implication of paying tenantsTue Nov 21 2023 - 05:15
Ben Dunne’s demise; ECB rate cuts; and 50 years in businessThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskMon Nov 20 2023 - 07:04
My daughter is sharing accommodation on university campus. Will she lose out on rent credit?Q&A: The situation in regard to rent tax credit for students has been messier than for other tenants as the rules have now changed twiceMon Nov 20 2023 - 05:15
Fanagans: Ireland's largest funeral firm on managing the business of deathIreland’s largest funeral directors has turned to an outsider to lead the sixth-generation family firmFri Nov 17 2023 - 06:00
Indexing pension cap would ease recruitment headache for top public postsBrokers Ireland and Isme join calls to increase size of standard fund threshold to ensure people are not hit with swingeing tax demands on retirementFri Nov 17 2023 - 05:00
Workers can claim five days of paid sick leave next year, Government confirmsMinister announces preplanned expansion of scheme that pays 70% of gross salary up to €110 a dayFri Nov 17 2023 - 05:00
Will selling off a piece of our garden land us with a tax bill?Q&A: Sale of your home is exempt from capital gains tax, but what about a site sold for development?Tue Nov 14 2023 - 06:00
Childhood gift of stamp and coin collection turns into a valuable financial windfall Q&A: Grandfather’s gift shortly before he died lay hidden away in an attic for decades but what are the tax implications of selling it?Sun Nov 12 2023 - 11:43
Can your pension be too big and how could this cost you dearly?Rules in place to limit the amount of tax relief can prove a rude surprise to those in high paying positionsFri Nov 10 2023 - 13:05
Pfizer cuts 100 Irish staff as sales of Covid medicine collapsePharma group cutting staff at Newbridge plant but also adding 230 staff to Grange Castle and Ringaskiddy sitesTue Nov 07 2023 - 16:52
Can I claim rent tax credit on house whose owner is under Fair Deal nursing home care?Q&A: Property is not currently registered with Residential Tenancies Board and there are questions over tax complianceTue Nov 07 2023 - 05:15
Pharma companies object to reduction in EU protection for researchEU says new legislation driven growing concerns over patient access to new medicines and security of supplyMon Nov 06 2023 - 05:00
Does fixing my mortgage for a long time make sense at this stage?Q&A: Monthly mortgage payments have jumped by close to 50% in past 18 months but what can we now expect from interest rates?Sun Nov 05 2023 - 11:00
Border power play; Shelbourne’s room rates; and advertising to modern Irish householdsThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskFri Nov 03 2023 - 07:21
Sherry Fitz doing business, falling energy bills, and being wary of online influencersThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskWed Nov 01 2023 - 06:53
Does the rent tax credit apply to student accommodation?Q&A: Data show that many eligible people are still not claiming the money to which they are dueTue Oct 31 2023 - 05:00
How do I reclaim the funeral expenses for my brother who was separated from his wife?Q&A: I borrowed to pay bills for funeral flowers, food and headstone. How do I get that money back?Sun Oct 29 2023 - 11:00
Motor levy reduction to save motorists on average less than €6 annuallyMinister for Finance signs order halving levy on all motor policies to 1% from January 1stSat Oct 28 2023 - 07:00
Schemes to help buy your own home are not just for those on low incomesOn The Money: A number of different schemes can provide State support, especially for first-time buyers or those making a fresh startFri Oct 27 2023 - 11:05
Medtronic to manufacture new blood pressure tools in IrelandMedical device giant waiting for hoped-for approval from FDA for new procedure that was partly developed in IrelandTue Oct 24 2023 - 05:00
