Budget 2012 Roundup

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our email newsletter or our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The budget is everywhere at the moment. Here are some links that will help make some sense of the whole thing… The main points of the budget from RTE News:  The impact on business from...

Consumer affairs and financial advice from Four Live

Four Live is an RTE TV show that is on every weekday at 4pm and introduced by Maura Deenane. They do great coverage of Irish consumer issues. Their consumer expert Tina Leonard takes on consumer issues,  including the Four Live phone campaign making sure consumer rights are protected when dealing with Irish...

Beware of online scams when shopping online

More and more people are shopping online now, so it makes sense to educate yourself to the online scams that a person can fall for online. The Irish Times ran an article recently on how Irish shoppers are now targets for scammers. The following links will help you avoid be scammed: Wikipedia have a full...

Bankruptcy Law in Ireland – a roundup

The Cabinet is to discuss proposals tomorrow to introduce a speedier bankruptcy regime, but the Free Legal Advice Centre has complained about the pace of finalising the proposals. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1107/debt.html The press page of New Beginnings, the group of business people, lawyers and...

Just in case you missed it – Occupy Dame Street is going strong

They have not been featured in the media that much, but they are still going strong – Occupy Dame Street. It does not matter if you agree with them or not – their voice is relevant and worth listening to. At least they have taken some action -  and they also have good music Link:...

What to do after the floods are gone

The weather has not been too dry recently and floods cause damage which leads to heartache, loss and debt. Take some time while it is dry to do some reading  about dealing with floods and flood damage. There are plenty of tips online on flood prevention and...