14 Oct Podcast: Who lends the most to those with the least? Barry Clarke discusses in episode 00002 A thing that people usually miss out on when they don't deal with a broker is the 'unwritten' criteria of banks or the market segmentat... Continue reading
04 Feb RTE Drivetime: Talking money on ‘Kidults’ with Karl Deeter & Jill Kerby This week on RTE Drivetime's 'Talking Money' segment we looked at the issue some parents have with 'Kidults' who are grown up children ... Continue reading
01 Apr What’s a mother worth? (financially) Irish Life did some interesting research (full infographic here) on 'what a mother is worth. It's fascinating to see the difference of ... Continue reading
17 Dec Some questions from Henry Henry Silke a PhD candidate in the DCU school of communications emailed me some questions which he wanted my opinion on. As we are alwa... Continue reading
Irish Property Owners Association – a ‘taxsault’ on property owners? This is a statement sent out from the IPOA, it makes a lot of very valid points and also raises the spectre of cost-push inflation in r... Continue reading
19 Aug Banking flim-flam, ‘We’ll huff and puff and may or may not blow your house down!’ The banks are constantly issuing threatening letters, we have posted many of them here. We have seen it all at this stage, couples in t... Continue reading
19 Aug What banking insiders think of what banks are going to do We got a comment on our site from an ex-banker who heard a radio segment where we were talking about banks and repossessions. We got in... Continue reading
19 Aug Spin me right round’ – some thoughts on IBF data In statistics there are two key components, the first is the actual 'data' the second is the 'inference' or what the data actually mean... Continue reading
ICS to be sold and currently ceasing mortgage offerings. We have just found out that the EC have approved Bank of Ireland in keeping New Ireland assurance but that ICS must be sold and they ar... Continue reading