Being in a relationship has many financial advantages, but only if a couple are on the same page. Some quietly build wealth together while others hide spending from one another. Leah McMahon, senior financial planner with Fairstone Limerick, joins Katie Byrne to explore the habits that set some couples apart while keeping them together. 

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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Leah McMahon (senior financial planner with Fairstone Limerick)

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Being in a relationship has many financial advantages, but only if a couple are on the same page. Some quietly build wealth together while others hide spending from one another. Leah McMahon, senior financial planner with Fairstone Limerick, joins Katie Byrne to explore the habits that set some couples apart while keeping them together.&nbsp;
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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Leah McMahon (senior financial planner with Fairstone Limerick)
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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

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Each week, you’ll hear anecdotes, advice, and eyebrow-raising admissions from Katie's guests as they delve into their finances and how it impacts their lives – the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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The secret habits of financially successful couples 

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 Irish Independent's business team to tot up the winners and losers of this year's major financial shake-up.

Money Talks is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism

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

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 Irish Independent's business team to tot up the winners and losers of this year's major financial shake-up.
Money Talks is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at <a href="https://independent.ie/ourjournalism" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://independent.ie/ourjournalism">independent.ie/ourjournalism</a>
The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute investment advice or recommendation of any investment product.

Budget 2027: Winners, losers and your bank balance

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 relationship with money, Tynan turned her attention to gender pay disparity, declaring that she doesn’t want to live in a world in which women find themselves on the wrong side of money statistics.

In conversation on the Money Talks podcast, she raises a pertinent question: why should it be considered crude for a woman to want to make a lot of money?

“My mom stayed at home, my dad went out to work, so growing up I saw that dynamic,” she notes. “Nothing wrong with it, but it was just very evident that dad manages the money and mom stays home and takes care of the kids.

“Now, I always knew that I wanted to be rich. And that even sounds vulgar to say, as a woman. But it’s not, right? You have every right to declare you want to be rich. There's nothing dirty about that word.

“I saw my mom not having access to her own funds. I saw her talking to my dad and having to negotiate to even just get money to go to the grocery store. And I thought, ‘I don’t want that for me. I want to have my money. I want to be able to make my own decisions.”

On this week’s episode of Money Talks, Tynan explains how she took up that journey, how she’s going about her goal to make her daughter a millionaire one day, why she dropped her Witch of Wall Street persona, and the inner work people can adopt to move towards a positive money mindset.

Host: Katie Byrne

Guest: Laura Tynan

Money Talks is part of the Trust Project. You can view our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism

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

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 relationship with money, Tynan turned her attention to gender pay disparity, declaring that she doesn’t want to live in a world in which women find themselves on the wrong side of money statistics.
In conversation on the&nbsp;Money Talks podcast, she raises a pertinent question: why should it be considered crude for a woman to want to make a lot of money?
“My mom stayed at home, my dad went out to work, so growing up I saw that dynamic,” she notes. “Nothing wrong with it, but it was just very evident that dad manages the money and mom stays home and takes care of the kids.
“Now, I always knew that I wanted to be rich. And that even sounds vulgar to say, as a woman. But it’s not, right? You have every right to declare you want to be rich. There's nothing dirty about that word.
“I saw my mom not having access to her own funds. I saw her talking to my dad and having to negotiate to even just get money to&nbsp;go to the grocery store. And I thought, ‘I don’t want that for me. I want to have my money. I want to be able to make my own decisions.”
On this week’s episode of Money Talks, Tynan explains how she&nbsp;took up&nbsp;that journey, how she’s going about her goal to make her daughter a millionaire one day, why she dropped her Witch of Wall Street persona,&nbsp;and the inner work people can adopt to move towards a positive money mindset.
Host: Katie Byrne
Guest: Laura Tynan
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The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute investment advice or recommendation of any investment product.

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

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 €80,000 and major worries about long-term earnings.

"Money doesn't have to be a point of anxiety for households," says financial expert Cian Carolan as he and host Katie Byrne run the rule over how to go about reducing stress and the steps that can take the fear out of managing a household budget.

"If they were to sit down and honestly drill into the granular details of where their money goes, it would surprise them – but it's all fixable."

Money Talks is part of the Trust Project. You can view our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism

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

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 €80,000 and major worries about long-term earnings.
"Money doesn't have to be a point of anxiety for households," says financial expert Cian Carolan as he and host Katie Byrne run the rule over how to go about reducing stress and the steps that can take the fear out of managing a household budget.
"If they were to sit down and honestly drill into the granular details of where their money goes, it would surprise them – but it's all fixable."
Money Talks is part of the Trust Project. You can view our ethics policies at <a href="https://independent.ie/ourjournalism" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="https://independent.ie/ourjournalism">independent.ie/ourjournalism</a>
The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute investment advice or recommendation of any investment product

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