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Publications

Blog Posts

Blog #19- What is Income Protection Insurance & Should I Bother?

Podcast #20 - What is Income Protection & Should I Bother??

Podcast #19- What is Specified Illness Cover, And Should I Bother?

Blog #18-What is Specified Illness Cover & Should I Bother With It?

Blog #17 - Clear My Mortgage or Invest For My Future

Podcast #18 - Clear My Mortgage Early or Invest For My Future

Blog #16: How Can I Take My Pension?.....Cakified, Part 2!

Podcast #17- How Can I Access My Pension Money, Part 2....Cakified!

Blog #15- How Can I Take My Pension?...........Cakified!

Blog #14- When Can I Retire.....?

Podcast #13: The 7 Powerful Tax Reliefs & Allowances You Should Be Claiming!

Podcast #12: What is The Best Life Insurance Cover For Me??..........Who Knows!

Podcast #11: Asset Class Basics & Diversifying Your Investments & Savings

Podcast #10: Cohabiting Couples in Ireland.......Avoid a Shocking Big Inheritance Tax Bill

Blog #14 - How to Avoid The #1 Investment Mistake We Make

Podcast #10: How to Invest Wisely & Successfully

Podcast #9: Our First Guest Episode! Physical Health Expert Andrew Hageman- Are Physical & Financial Health Linked?

Blog #13 - Don't invest your money in pensions, buy sheep instead!

Podcast #8: How to Pay Off Your Mortgage Debt Early

Podcast #7: How Much Life Cover is really Enough?

Podcast #6: Rent or Buy??

Podcast #5: An Easy & Pleasant Intro to Pensions!

Blog #12- Four Common Money Mistakes Which Make Us Poor (& how to avoid them!)

Podcast #4: Personal Finance Budgets.....the joys!

Podcast #3: Emergency Funding (with our Guest Co-Host!)- Live on iTunes!!!

Podcast #2: 6 Key Tips To Get You Started

Blog #11- Should I Overpay My Mortgage? Hell Yeah!

God Give Me Patience, But I Want It Right Feckin' Now!

Blog #8 - Magic Money Mushrooming....(in 3 minutes, I think!)

Blog #7: The Cold Hard Facts of Compound Interest (2 minutes, cold!)

Blog#6- This will change your life.....(in 2 minutes, only 2 minutes!)

Please UnSubscribe.........! (in 4 minutes)

Blog #4 - How to be a financially agile Squirrel! (..in 4.5 minutes)

Blog# 3- Basic Stepping-Stones to Managing Your Finances (3-Minutes to read)

Podcasts

Escaping Full-Time Employment William Lacey Part 3 #224

Steps To Take In The Years Before Retirement with Fritz Gilbert #223

Pension Changes Impacting High Net Worth Individuals #222

Win Without Pitching With Shannyn Lee #221

Finding the ideal home for retirement decades #220

Move Company Pension To PRSAs #219

Escaping Full-Time Employment William Lacey Part 2 #218

Cop Yourself On & Get Financially Prepared For A Seismic Event Of A Non-Topical Variety, with Nick McGowan! #217

Pension Planning For Late-Starters #216

A 30% Market Decline? Keeping Perspective. #215

Escaping Full-Time Employment - A Listener&rsquo;s Journey #214

When To Take My Pension? #213

Investing In Later Life -Podcast #212

Can You Trust Your Accountant? #211

Set Thy Purse To Fattening #210

2021 Investment Returns & Your Priorities for 2022 #209

The Justin King Interview - Transitioning To Retirement #208

The Will Rainey Interview - Kids, Their Money & Their Investing #207

Changes To Pensions & No Changes From Active Managers! #206

Platform Investing in Ireland with David Worrell #205

The Robin Powell Interview #204

ESG Investing in Ireland - Theory Vs Practice #203

The Biggest Surprises In Retirement - Podcast #202

Terrible Investment Funds in Ireland & What To Do About It - Podcast 201

Podcast 200 - with Pete Matthew (The PodFather!)

Tax on Investments in Ireland - Podcast 196

Your Financial Life Is One Week Long! Podcast 194

Opportunity Cost & a conversation with my wife - Podcast 193

Managed Funds don't beat Index Funds, most of the time! Podcast 191

Standard Fund Threshold in Ireland - Podcast 189

Will 2020 Be The Best Year Ever For Irish Investors?! Podcast 186

Retirement Remix with CEO & Author, Chip Munn - Podcast 185

Patricia Rickard Clarke - Safeguarding Ireland - Podcast 184

The Dr. Moira Somers Interview - Psychology & Money Podcast 179

The Best Investments of 2020 - The Lock-Down Edition! Podcast 178

Pension Property, with Tommy Nielsen - Podcast 177

Time For The Financial Advice Profession To Pull Up It's Socks? Podcast 176

The Paul Kenny Conversation - Podcast 175

Buy Property With A Pension - Podcast 174

The Dawn or Dusk of The Independent Financial Advisor in Ireland? Podcast 173

Are Equities For The Scrap Heap!? Podcast 172

What To Do With My Investments and Pensions In A Declining Market? Podcast 171

Escaping Full-Time Employment - A Listener’s Journey #214