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We're very excited to be unveiling a major new Irish Life retirement planning advertising campaign. 3 out of 5 people approaching retirement don't know that they have a decision to take when they draw down their pension. We aim to make people approaching retirement age aware of this important decision - how to draw down their pension and get it working best for the lifestyle they want.
Peter Hamilton takes us through some of the week’s business news including Ryanair’s scuppered pilot strike, Facebook’s new privacy tool and Hershey’s stake in Irish snack brand Fulfil. Earlier this week Irish Times columnist Chris Johns wrote about why a hard Brexit on October 31st will be the beginning, rather than the end, of a chaotic phase in Britain’s history and that the country is facing a future as a failed state.
Laura Slattery has a roundup of some of the business stories of the week including the departure of Norwegian Air from the Irish market, the purchase of Green Reit and a chill in property prices.
Laura Slattery has a roundup of the latest business news including a hefty fine for a large Irish firm, Boohoo buying Karen Millen and the disruptor snapping up a rare commodity: talented sports journalists.
Laura Slattery on some of the big stories this week, including steep Sterling loses and the continuing controversy surrounding Ireland's new Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf.
Peter Hamilton has all the latest business news including more pay disputes at Ryanair, how the markets are reaction to Boris Johnson's election as Tory party leader and struggling state agencies.
Peter Hamilton has all the latest business news, including the Irish firm turning plastic into wax and the sudden relevance of outgoing Bank of England governor Mark Carney's Irish citizenship.
Peter Hamilton has the latest business news, including a look back at the life of Penneys founder Arthur Ryan who died this week. Also Ciarán Hancock talks to David Hall, the mortgage debtor advocate, who expects 20,000 homes to be repossessed by banks or so-called vulture funds over the next six years.
Eoin Burke-Kennedy of The Irish Times and Conall Mac Coille, chief economist at Davy, talk to Ciarán about what's behind the housing market moves. They also discuss the latest exchequer return figures that indicate a continuation of twin trends: a tax revenue boom, and cost overruns at the Department of Health.
Now is the right time for Government to implement widescale and durable pension reform. Auto enrolment can be the catalyst for change which will benefit generations to come.
New research commissioned by Irish Life has indicated that support for the Government’s plan to make it automatic for everyone working to pay into a pension scheme is growing. Belief that auto enrolment would encourage more people to save for their retirement has grown from 84% in 2017 to 86% in May 2019.
