finances

Third of people putting off paying essential bills on time each month

A third of people are putting off paying essential bills on time each month, according to the latest What’s Left tracker by the Irish League of Credit Unions. The survey found that almost everyone has had to sacrifice spending in other areas such as on…

Noonan insists Budget will be fair

General, Home, Mortgages & Money

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said his priority for Budget 2014 is to make sure we get a ''modest primary surplus'' in the country's national finances. This is to ensure the country can exit the bailout programme, and get money at reasonable interest rates from…

Getting economy back on track and avoiding mass defaults is a difficult task to juggle

General, Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News

In last week’s Friday Feedback we discussed the possible impact of the property tax and Budget on people’s finances going into 2013. As part of that article we took a brief straw poll from people to get an idea of how they would be impacted…

€100 million set aside for 800 new social and voluntary housing units around the country

Building, Home, Property News

Over 800 new social and voluntary housing units are to be provided at a cost of €100m by local authorities around Ireland between now and 2014. Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O'Sullivan, yesterday gave the green light for proposals from local authorities for the…