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Ask Miriam: ‘I feel like my friend’s charity case’
Ask Miriam
This week, Miriam hears from a reader who feels unable to repay her friend's generosity.
24 July 2024 Money Mentor
Money Mentor: navigating succession without agricultural relief
In this week's Money Mentor, Marty Murphy, head of tax in ifac, evaluates your options if faced with an unexpected inheritance.
24 July 2024 Health
Health: filing a complaint about a nursing home
Dealing with grievances related to nursing home care early on is better than letting complaints fester and escalate, writes Margaret Hawkins.
Reader queries on the Conservation Advice Scheme
The Conservation Advice Scheme, an off-shoot of the Vacant Property Refurbishment Scheme is live until the end of July. Tommy Moyles answers some of our readers' queries.
17 July 2024 Features
Ask Miriam: 'I have just turned 40, but feel a little lost'
This week, Miriam hears from a reader who longs for a partner and family of her own. But she fears she has left it too late.
10 July 2024 Ask Miriam
Katherine O'Leary: building relationships with the teenagers
The effort you put in now with the petulant teenager will come back to you in years to come through friendship, writes Katherine O’ Leary.
10 July 2024 Katherine O'Leary
Money Mentor: switching loans for better interest rates
In the first of our Money Mentor series, we look at how switching loans could save you €7,000 on interest rates, writes Noreen Lacey.
10 July 2024 Money Mentor
Ask Miriam: ‘my daughter says she won’t go to college’
A concerned mother questions her daughter's decision to pass up a potential university course in favour of training to become a hairdresser.
3 July 2024 Ask Miriam
Health: COVID-19 summer surge
COVID-19 cases are on the rise week-by-week. It’s important to safeguard ourselves as best we can during this wave, writes Margaret Hawkins.
3 July 2024 Health
Ask Miriam: 'how can we repair family fall-out?'
This week, Miriam hears from a reader seeking advice on how to overcome a fall-out in the family.
26 June 2024 Ask Miriam
Ask Miriam: 'I want to travel - but I have nobody to go with'
This week, Miriam hears from a reader looking for advice on how to start travelling solo.
19 June 2024 Ask Miriam
Ask Miriam: 'my husband wants our son to go to boarding school. I don’t agree'
This week, Miriam hears from a mother who does not want to send her son to boarding school, even though his father wants him to follow in his footsteps.
12 June 2024 Ask Miriam