Dale Whelehan: If time is money, how do we make more of it?

The saying goes that time is money and money is time, but how does it all add up - and indeed, subtract - when we apply it to our own specific situation? This week on Money Talks, Katie Byrne is joined by Dale Whelehan, a behavioural scientist and assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin. Hi…

Budget 2027: Winners, losers and your bank balance

Budget 2027 is in the books, so it's time to do some calculations. How much better – or worse – off are we? Has the government done enough to ease Ireland's cost-of-living crisis? On this episode of Money Talks, host Katie Byrne is joined by Charlie Weston, Saoirse Hanley and Sinead Ryan of the …

Why is it ‘vulgar’ for a woman to want to be rich?  

Women’s wealth expert Laura Tynan is on a lifelong mission. Having studied finance at University College Cork, she became a chartered accountant and travelled the world, working in the higher end of the financial industry. But she wasn’t satisfied. Having developed a spiritual and strategic relat…

Money Makeover: 'We earn €80k combined and don’t know where the money goes’

Every month on Money Talks we step away from in-depth how-to guides and entrepreneurial journeys to delve into the personal side of personal finance by assessing a case study submitted by the audience. This time around, we're looking at a young couple with three children, a combined income of €80,…

Financial late bloomers: Getting started, emergency funds and the 'sleep-at-night' factor

Are you the type of person who breaks out into a cold sweat when the prospect of financial planning and management comes up in conversation? Is the phrase 'Ah, I'll do it later' more likely to come out of your mouth than 'five-year plan'? And have you indeed managed to go for years, perhaps even …

Kel Galavan on the common money mistakes people make in their 30s

For some people, their 30s are a financially formative decade. But it’s also a decade where a lot of people are still figuring it out, and where some of their hardest lessons are learnt. ­ Money Talks host Katie Byrne is joined by regular guest Kel Galavan (aka Mrs Smart Money) to discuss the mos…

Can you really build long-term wealth by investing €100 a month?

Budget 2027 is just around the corner. With that comes Simon Harris's long-awaited investment scheme. But what will it look like and who will it be aimed at? Dan Malone of Honest.ie joins Katies Byrne to unpack what the new scheme means for you and your budget, and to answer one pressing questi…

How to retire as a pension millionaire, with Nick Charalambous

There was a time that a one-million euro pension pot might have seemed like an awful lot of money to want to retire with. But with most of us living longer and healthier lives, plus the cost-of-living crisis, it's really not as ambitious as it once seemed. ­ Nick Charalambous joins Katie Byrne on…

Money Makeover: €160k income, six holidays... no pension?

Regular listeners to Money Talks will know that the show has always focused on the personal side of personal finance. Now we’re really putting our money where our mouth is with our new Money Makeover series. ­ Financial expert Cian Carolan joins Katie Byrne to apply the actionable advice from Mon…

‘We've one shot to get it right’ – Eoin McGee unpacks Simon Harris’s new investment scheme

In any given year, the prelude to the budget is dominated by familiar talking points: VAT rates, cigarettes and childcare. But conversations around Budget 2027 are bucking the trend, somewhat, as anticipation builds around a new scheme for Irish investors. So will it be the gamechanger that Simon…