At just 23 years old, Lauren Whelan is one of the biggest Irish names on TikTok, boasting a following of almost two million. The social media influencing space is big business, and Whelan has the long term in mind, with a pension and a financial adviser as important to her portfolio as tapping into the latest online trends.   
Host: Katie Byrne Guest: Lauren Whelan  
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'I’ve got the best in the biz’: TikTok star Lauren Whelan on hiring a financial adviser and starting a pension at 23  

A lot of people dream of packing in their corporate job and starting an off-the-grid business adventure, but Rosanna Irwin actually did it, trading in an ultra-demanding tech gig for Samsú, a cabin-based digital detox space in the heart of Irish nature. On this episode of Money Talks, Ms Irwin explains how burnout led to her carving out her own path, how she managed to bootstrap the project, and what she misses from her previous day-to-day job.  
Host: Katie Byrne
Guest: Rosanna Irwin 
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Escaping burnout: ‘I threw up on my way to work out of sheer stress and panic’ 

When Andrew Lynch moved back to Ireland after a number of years living abroad, coming home and buying a home should have been relatively straightforward.

Instead, he found himself among those whose personal circumstances mean they have little hope of buying a home in Ireland today. So began Homely, a company geared towards people who find themselves locked out of buying.

Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Andrew Lynch

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The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation of any investment product

When Andrew Lynch moved back to Ireland after a number of years living abroad, coming home and buying a home should have been relatively straightforward.
Instead, he found himself among those whose personal circumstances mean they have little hope of buying a home in Ireland today. So began Homely, a company geared towards people who find themselves locked out of buying.
Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Andrew Lynch
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The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation of any investment product

Andrew Lynch on Homely, the rent-to-buy startup designed to help ‘quirky’ mortgage cases 

Have you ever needed to track down a long-lost relative for inheritance purposes? If you have, you’ll know that it’s not the easiest job in the world. Thankfully, for people like you, it’s one that Maeve Mullin, Director of Finders International Ireland, has mastered.

In this episode of Money Talks, Katie Byrne chats with Mullin about her unusual line of work and asks: how does one become an heir hunter, what does an average week look like and how do people react when they learn that they might be entitled to a surprise windfall?




Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Maeve Mullin, Director of Finders International Ireland




The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute

investment advice or a recommendation of any investment product

Have you ever needed to track down a long-lost relative for inheritance purposes? If you have, you’ll know that it’s not the easiest job in the world. Thankfully, for people like you, it’s one that Maeve Mullin, Director of Finders International Ireland, has mastered.
In this episode of Money Talks, Katie Byrne chats with Mullin about her unusual line of work and asks: how does one become an heir hunter, what does an average week look like and how do people react when they learn that they might be entitled to a surprise windfall?
 
Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Maeve Mullin, Director of Finders International Ireland
 
The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute
investment advice or a recommendation of any investment product

'I’ve got the best in the biz’: TikTok star Lauren Whelan on hiring a financial adviser and starting a pension at 23

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