Money Talks

This is Money Talks - a podcast from the Irish Independent hosted by Katie Byrne, focused on our relationship with money - from the first time we discovered it right up to how we spend it today. …

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Money Makeover: ‘I make €82,000 a year. It’s not enough.’
Every month on Money Talks, we step away from in-depth how-tos and entrepreneurial journeys to delve into the personal side of finance with host Katie Byrne, financial expert Cian Carolan and you, the audience. Each person we speak to for the purposes of a case study is offered an unfiltered an…
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How much money can you legally make without paying income tax? – more than you might think
From next year, it will be possible for a couple to take home almost €80,000 a year without paying any income tax. Sounds great on paper, but what about in practice? There are lucrative tax incentives on the table – and not just for couples – but the varying methodologies are likely to a…
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Ireland’s new investment scheme: The positives and negatives
Simon Harris’s much-hyped investment scheme is official, though there’s still some way to go before you can avail of it. But we’re not going to wait until next summer to analyse and scrutinise it. Cian Carolan, managing director at DNG Financial Services, returns to the Money Talks studio to te…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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,…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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