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Financial Planning – Savings on Mortgage Protection

I was at a network meeting recently where a group of local businesses promote their own business and refer business to each other. At the meeting there is an opportunity to talk for 60 seconds about your business and outline … Continue reading

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Free Seminar on Business Start Up & Growth Stage

This is a free event happening on 9th May 2012 at 7 pm which would be of interest to anyone who within the last 5 years has set up in business or anyone thinking of setting up in business. Click … Continue reading

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Budget Calculators

Interested in seeing how your finances are looking on a weekly basis? Use the comprehensive budget planner on the NCA website. The site also has a Euro 2012 budget planner for all those lucky enough to be heading to Poland … Continue reading

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Irish Life to become 100% state owned

One of the largest Life Assurance companies in Ireland is set to become state owned in a reversal of the privatisation of the company in the 1990′s.  Although this is likely to be a short term solution with the government … Continue reading

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Financial Planning – Keep your tracker and move house.

Ulster Bank have become the first in the market to offer customers to trade up or down and keep your tracker rate. Good news for those sitting on the fence because of this issue. One wonders how many people are … Continue reading

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Financial Planning – Life Assurance Offers

Zurich Life has announced that their Price Buster Campaign has been extended to 5th April 2012! The offer is open to those who take out a mortgage protection / life assurance policy before this date. The offer is 5% discount … Continue reading

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Rent Tax Credit to be phased out by 2018

Below is an extract from the Revenue Commissioners budget summary. This outlines the phasing out of the tax relief for those renting private property as their residence. Those in tenancies prior to 7 December 2010 can continue to claim the … Continue reading

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Pension Planning for Women – Financial Planning

This is a repost of a blog from  Emer Kirk of Independent Trustee Company. Thursday 8th March marks International Women’s Day. This day has been observed since the early 1900s and since then we have witnessed a significant change and attitudinal … Continue reading

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No rate cut likely by ECB – Financial Planning- Mortgages

The European Central Bank is expected to keep interest rates on hold later today and signal that it has played its part in fighting the euro zone crisis after unleashing a dramatic sweep of measures that has unsettled some at … Continue reading

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Financial Planning – Cash-back Offer Closing Soon

The two remaining life assurance companies offering 2 months premiums cash-back for new life assurance and mortgage protection policies will be closing these offers soon. Zurich Life offers a 5% discount instead of the cash-back of two months premiums. This … Continue reading

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