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How ‘Goldilocks’ and ‘Buckets’ have a big say on whether you achieve your financial goals or not

Longford Making Cents column: What's the cost of achieving your financial goals?
How ‘Goldilocks’ and ‘Buckets’ have a big say on whether you achieve your financial goals or not
Liam Croke

Home safety in Longford: Eight ways you can protect your home this Christmas

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'I have no money left at the end of the month' - Expert spots major flaw in spen...

'You can knock three years off your mortgage by changing one daily habit' - Liam Croke

'You can knock three years off your mortgage by changing one daily habit' - Liam...

From January 2023, the State pension in Ireland for a person aged 66 or over is €265.30 per week

Making Cents: How much do I need to save to retire?

People over the age of 65 can get the interest they earn on savings, paid without the deduction of DIRT | Picture: Pexelss

Making Cents: Apply the 'trivial rule' to pensions

People over the age of 65 can get the interest they earn on savings, paid without the deduction of DIRT | Picture: Pexelss

Making Cents: Apply the 'trivial rule' to pensions

Total new car registrations for 2022, finished at 105,253, which was an increase of 0.3% on the previous year

Making Cents: Buying a car using the 20-4-10 rule

Paying yourself first advice and doing it at the beginning of the month rather than in the middle or at the end, will help because you will get used to managing your income minus your savings

Making Cents: Taking the 52-week money saving challenge

Whilst engaging with your employer, I would also ask them if any existing benefits will be paid after you leave and for how long, e.g. health insurance | Picture: Pexels

Making Cents | The Redundancy Checklist: Six things you must do if you’ve lost y...

How prepared are you for redundancy?

Making Cents: How prepared are you for redundancy?

We can remember our Eircode numbers easily, we can also remember our mobile phone and our online bank pin numbers as well, and maybe putting our most important financial numbers in a similar way might

Making Cents: What’s your financial combination code? Liam Croke

Mortgage to Rent

EXPLAINER: What are the changes to mortgage lending rules in Ireland

The annual inflation rate in Ireland remained at 9.1 percent in July of 2022, the highest level in 38 years

Making Cents: Should I stop my pension payments to pay for the rising cost of li...

The annual inflation rate in Ireland remained at 9.1 percent in July of 2022, the highest level in 38 years

Making Cents: Should I stop my pension payments to pay for the rising cost of li...

What is a defined benefit pension?

Liam has done the numbers, and yes that electric car can be cheaper to run than a petrol or diesel Picture: Pixabay

Making Cents: Can an electric car be cheaper to run than a petrol or diesel?

Liam has done the numbers, and yes that electric car can be cheaper to run than a petrol or diesel Picture: Pixabay

Making Cents: Can an electric car be cheaper to run than a petrol or diesel?

Prices on average, as measured by the CPI, were 5.0% higher in January compared with January 2021

Making Cents: Ideas to beat the cost-of-living crisis

People who have successfully achieved their Coast FIRE still need to work, but they only work to cover current living expenses

Making Cents: How to coast through to retirement

People who have successfully achieved their Coast FIRE still need to work, but they only work to cover current living expenses

Making Cents: How to coast through to retirement

Are you working harder without living better?

Making Cents: 'We’re earning more money but feeling worse off...'

You can't do more with less: Creating a budget and sticking to it is the hardest part of downsizing Picture: Pexels

Making Cents: Is it financially feasible to transition from two incomes to one? ... Liam Croke

Sometimes in life it doesn't matter how much they pay - you just would rather do something else Picture: Pexels

Making Cents: ‘I was a VP but now I drive a bus’

Have a quick question for Liam? Email him at liam@harmonics.ie

Making Cents: More of your questions answered

Have a quick question for Liam? Email him at liam@harmonics.ie

Making Cents: More of your questions answered

The numbers don't lie: The annual average rate of inflation in 2021 was +2.4%. This compares to a fall of 0.3% for 2020 and an increase of 0.9% for 2019

Making Cents: The ‘Fisher Effect’ and inflation

Rising property prices have seen a number of small landlords selling up and getting out of the rental market

Making Cents: Accidental landlord - is this a blessing or a curse?

Rising property prices have seen a number of small landlords selling up and getting out of the rental market

Making Cents: Accidental landlord - is this a blessing or a curse?

Whatever our goal is, our commitment and follow through will vary depending on how important it is to us

Making Cents: Financial goals – What’s the cost?

Whatever our goal is, our commitment and follow through will vary depending on how important it is to us

Making Cents: Financial goals – What’s the cost?

Making Cents: Getting to grips with mortgage rates

Making Cents: Getting to grips with mortgage rates

Where is the safest place for your money? Each bank has its own perks and drawbacks Picture: Pixabay

Making Cents: Is it time to move your current account?

Where is the safest place for your money? Each bank has its own perks and drawbacks Picture: Pixabay

Making Cents: Is it time to move your current account?

Making Cents: Personal finance rules of thumb - Liam Croke

A little goes a long way: If you are lucky enough to get a end of year bonus there are a number of different options for yourself

Making Cents: How to spend your year end bonus

A little goes a long way: If you are lucky enough to get a end of year bonus there are a number of different options for yourself

Making Cents: How to spend your year end bonus

There is always something! Setting aside some money for unforeseen circumstances is just smart planning

Making Cents: Watch out - iceberg costs ahead!

The pandemic has not just worn everyone out, but it looks like from a financial perspective, it has changed some people’s minds about what age they’d like to retire at

Making Cents: Bridging the income gap for early retirees

So, it’s important to find out how much and what you’re spending your money on and once you realise, you’re spending €70 on coffee or whatever it is each week, you can determine if that sounds reason

Making Cents: Hidden horrors of personal finance

Under the new regime, about 53% of properties will see no change to their annual cost, about 33% or 640,000 homeowners will see an extra €90 per year and 3% will see a higher change

Making Cents: Everything you need to know about Local Property Tax for 2021

Next week, Liam will look at people who are carrying high debt and/or low savings and what they should do with a pay rise

Making Cents: What to do with a pay raise?

Making Cents: Do you have too much cash?

If your employer doesn’t pay maternity leave, then you’ve obviously got to be prepared for a big income drop

Making Cents: Family planning = financial planning

Before making a big jump - crunch the numbers

Making Cents: Are you ready to take a leap of faith?

Got a question email Liam at liam@harmonics.ie

Making Cents: Your financial questions answered

The death or incapacity of a loved one is hard enough to deal with, and you don’t want to unnecessarily add financial complications to the mix

Making Cents: Keeping records for loved ones

The best financial rule you could follow is to spend less than you earn and save the difference

Making Cents: How to best manage your finances post Covid-19 (Part 2)

The pandemic has been a terrible wakeup call about how our lives can be turned upside down with little or no warning.

Making Cents: How to best manage our finances post Covid-19 (Part 1)

A penny saved is a penny earned

Making Cents: The amount you should save each month is….

Shop around: Like other insurances the best deal may be just a call away

Making Cents: The best life assurance premiums are with…

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