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Any advice would be welcomed. Moved into an apartment, need Broadband and TV. A technician arrived from Virgin media to install. There are fiber optic connector cables above the (outside) door of the apartment in a box but the tech advised as there are other wires in there he couldn't proceed with drilling a concealed hole into the back of the box into my apartment to allow wire...

Looking for advice on setting up a pension at 47. I'm self-employed at the moment but plan to move back to a PAYE job in the near future. Average taxable income over the past few years has been around the 40k mark. I've paid the lower rate of tax in four out of the last six years. Difficult to say whether the PAYE job will pay enough to move me into the higher tax bracket. I'd a...

Personal details

Your age: 49
Your spouse's age: 47
Number and age of children: 2, age 12 and 13

Income and expenditure
Annual gross income from employment or profession: 75,690
Annual gross income of spouse/partner: 110,000

Monthly take-home pay: 7,968

Type of employment
Me: E...

I posted a moneymaker a few years ago with my situation.

I have a very manageable home mortgage I aim to clear in about 18 months and I have, recently, started to max out my AVCs which I intend to do ever...

Mortgage with AIB @ 2.1% green fixed rate; term ending in Nov this year. Balance of 230,000 for 18 years left. As most predictions point towards ECB rate increase, should I breakup current term and refix again ?