How can I help my mum if she refuses to sign an enduring power of attorney?Q&A: Daughter suspects her mother has dementia but the mother insists she is fine and does not want to entertain the need for supportSun Mar 31 2024 - 11:00
What happens if the executor to a will can no longer carry out duties?The role of an executor in organising the affairs of a dead person and managing inheritance is onerous and not easily discardedTue Mar 26 2024 - 05:00
Single mum is locked out of the mortgage tax creditQ&A: Family suffering the same cost of living pressures as everyone else is told they do not qualify for relief from surging interest ratesSun Mar 24 2024 - 12:57
Kingspan faces potential fines while Revenue secures €750m in settlementsThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskWed Mar 20 2024 - 06:38
Widow’s pension means I’m stuck paying PRSI on my job. What should I do?Q&A: Gaps in a long working life mean that reader falls short of a full State pensionSun Mar 17 2024 - 10:00
What sort of income can you get from a pension annuity? Finding out is harder than it should beSome in the annuity sector seems to be anything other than focused on openness and transparency with customersFri Mar 15 2024 - 14:38
Ireland is one of slowest countries in Europe for medical reimbursment, it’s ‘a bit of a travesty for patients’AstraZeneca’s Alex Wilkes warns Ireland needs to speed up access to medicines and expand the breadth of its pharma sectorFri Mar 15 2024 - 05:00
Does it make sense to leave our Irish home to children living abroad?Q&A: Sorting out property from overseas can be complex, especially compared to the tax certainty and flexibility of selling the property yourselvesTue Mar 12 2024 - 05:00
Will funding my child’s college education limit what he can get tax-free later on?Q&A: Limits on financial support for adult children were tightened a decade ago because of perceived abuse by well-off familiesSun Mar 10 2024 - 12:16
Public cancer patients being offered treatment that is second best to one in private system, conference hears Minister for Health tells medicines industry conference he has sanctioned 34 new hires to speed up vetting process for new treatmentsThu Mar 07 2024 - 16:25
Patients waiting over two years for access to EU- approved medicinesIrish approvals process delays mean public patients forced to wait for new therapies already available to private patientsThu Mar 07 2024 - 10:04
CRH boss in €19m share sale and AIB’s record profitsThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskThu Mar 07 2024 - 06:39
Regulator proposes ‘beefed-up’ consumer protectionCentral Bank publishes consultation paper on reformed consumer protection code for the digital ageThu Mar 07 2024 - 05:00
Women more than twice as likely to rely on State pensionStudy shows women in retirement still fare poorly under Irish pensions systemWed Mar 06 2024 - 05:00
I’m confused over whether I have tax liability on free sharesQ&A: Tax position on your shares has changed down the years, as has the structure of your shareholdingTue Mar 05 2024 - 05:15
Tracking down a retired solicitor over query with a willQ&A: Probate Office query has arisen over validity of will simply because it was not initialled on every pageSun Mar 03 2024 - 11:14
Ireland the focus for UK-listed health centre groupPrimary Health Properties targets significant growth in Irish market where it already owns 21 health centresSat Mar 02 2024 - 06:00
Preparing for the worst: The importance of letting loved ones know your wishes while you canDrawing up an enduring power of attorney or an advance healthcare directive is not morbid; it’s common senseFri Mar 01 2024 - 12:15
Will Revenue tax me for moving back into the family home with my child?Rules limiting the tax-free benefit of the Bank of Mum and Dad are in place, but there are exceptions, including for those living with parents in the family homeTue Feb 27 2024 - 05:15
Irish back pain group Mainstay Medical raises €115m to fund expansionTwo new investors lead funding round as company looks to accelerate commercial rollout in key US market as well as Europe and AustraliaMon Feb 26 2024 - 21:30
Higher summer air fares, hotelier gloom and ‘rooftop revolution’The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskMon Feb 26 2024 - 06:31
Tracking down lost certificates for shares my dead father bought Q&A: A lot has happened to the bank in the 15 or so years since your father bought these shares but there is a process for finding themSun Feb 25 2024 - 13:26
Barretstown chief Dee Ahearn: ‘It needed to be run like a business and it wasn’t run like a business’From the outset, Dee Ahearn has focused on making the charity’s income sustainable and its governance irreproachable so that its campers can rely on itFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:00
KPMG calls for increase in tax-free pension ceiling and lump sumsStandard fund threshold set at €2m in 2014 needs to increase to account for inflation, life expectancy, annuity costs and demographics, Big Four firm saysTue Feb 20 2024 - 05:00
Summer jobs in childhood can come back to bite at pension timeQ&A: New way of assessing eligibility for State pension will remove some of the unfairness of the current systemTue Feb 20 2024 - 05:00
Can a widow benefit from pension she forgot to claim 25 years ago?Pension Q&A: People need to apply for the widow(er)’s pension as it is not paid automatically unless you are a dependent adult of a State pensionerSun Feb 18 2024 - 18:12
Workplace pensions: lessons from the UK could improve Irish auto-enrolment planReport on UK mandatory pensions shows they have transformed the pension savings landscape within 12 yearsFri Feb 16 2024 - 14:43
Explainer: Ireland’s biggest private landlord Ires Reit’s crunch EGM: what is going on?What is happening at Ireland’s biggest private sector landlord and why?Fri Feb 16 2024 - 11:10
From corsets to craft beer: CSO’s social history The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskThu Feb 15 2024 - 07:17
Call to pause planning clock, O’Brien sells Beacon, and FBD surprises again on the upsideThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:46
Couple approaching 80s looking to reduce Fair Deal exposure Q&A: Transferring properties to family members will lower what you pay for nursing home care but only if five years has passedTue Feb 13 2024 - 05:30
Ires voting glitch may have hit up to 90% of institutional EGM ballotsVision Capital, looking to unseat board and break up the business, wants answers on ‘unprecedented’ announcementMon Feb 12 2024 - 17:20
Stiffing students; private sector wage demands; and breaking capitalism’s rules and winningThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskMon Feb 12 2024 - 06:30
Construction sector increases hiring despite continuing slowdown Index shows seventh successive month of contraction in activity and 12th month in 13 dating back to October 2022Mon Feb 12 2024 - 05:00
Staying onside with Revenue while gifting a young child some moneyQ&A: Bank and An Post rules about accounts for very young children cause concernSun Feb 11 2024 - 15:16
One in 10 homeowners face mortgage payments past 70, survey findsPeople are buying homes at a later age, giving them less time in their working lives to repay the loansFri Feb 09 2024 - 05:00
Founder Michael Burke sells Chanelle Pharma to UK private equity groupStaff briefed that Exponent has acquired largest generic drug manufacturer in State in deal worth about €300mWed Feb 07 2024 - 10:45
Will banks entertain a mortgage to our son on top of a big family loan?Q&A: If priority is to facilitate son’s ability to buy a home, structure of family financing might need a second lookTue Feb 06 2024 - 06:00
The trouble with health insurance in Ireland, and what could be done about itAs the private health cover rises sharply, insurers need to be more proactive in telling customers when cover changes so they do not face surprise demand for payment upfrontFri Feb 02 2024 - 12:06
Landlord charging extra €4,000 to rebook student accommodation from August and we have to sign up for 51 weeks Q&A: Mother faced with 40% rise in cost for child’s student accommodationTue Jan 30 2024 - 05:15
PRSI loophole could see employers paying staff more to take State pensionIbec warns that legislation on equality and pay transparency may limit scope for employers, many of whom also have mandatory retirement agesTue Jan 30 2024 - 05:00
Can I get Help to Buy support if my partner is helping with home loan payments?Q&A: Rules around the support scheme are strict and failure to observe them risks a Revenue claw backSun Jan 28 2024 - 11:00
Housing targets cannot be met without international funding, construction cost experts sayMitchell McDermott believes short-term Government support for housebuilding is unsustainable and that innovative solutions to attract and accommodate construction workers are vitalSat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
Cost of living makes workers fear for retirement, survey findsMany workers are likely to fall short of income expectations when they stop work, research suggestsSat Jan 27 2024 - 05:05
We’re having trouble selling family home to meet Fair Deal debtQ&A: Failure to meet the timelines set down in the terms of the loan can see the sum owed risingTue Jan 23 2024 - 05:15
Irish company gets support from US regulator for breakthrough bone adhesiveShannon group Biomimetic Innovations has developed glue to accelerate healing for patients after fracturesMon Jan 22 2024 - 05:00
Returning emigrants worry about meeting cost of medical careEnsuring you have basic things, like GP care, can be very worrying for older people returning home after a working life abroadSun Jan 21 2024 - 14:52
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
