Bankruptcy Law in Ireland – a roundup

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our email newsletter or our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! 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...

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...

It’s the end of the world as we know it (but he feels fine)

I go to bed every night dreaming of another recession… A story that was making the rounds on the internet over the last few days… A financial trader (though seemingly without empathy) telling it like it is on the BBC: we are facing a huge financial collapse, the investment banks rule the world...

You could now be refused a Credit Union Loan

Thanks to new rules from the Central Bank regulators, many ordinary families are suffering as they are finding it difficult to access loans from their local Credit Union. Students are being forced to drop out of college because their parents are unable to get credit union loans, it has emerged. And other...

Measuring Ireland’s Progress – some highlights

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has just released a report called Measuring Ireland’s Progress 2010. The report contains some interesting findings… Consumer prices fell in Ireland in 2009 and 2010 but prices remain high by EU standards. Ireland was the fifth most expensive EU state in 2010,...