Search commences for €200,000-plus chief executive role in organisation overseeing scheme

Beyond five days’ of statutory sick pay a year, your employer is not obliged to keep paying you if you fall ill

Roscommon native to replace chief executive of 12 years, Paul Mahon

Dublin ranks 19th among top 50 marathons globally, with Chicago topping list in terms of economic contribution, according to new research

Scheme will capture up to 800,000 workers between ages of 23 and 60 and earning more than €20,000 who are not currently part of a pension plan

Primary focus in delayed request for tenders is on charge for managing funds that could grow to €21bn by 2035

‘My Future Fund’ scheme to apply to those between 23 and 60 who earn at least €20,000

Investors can find themselves locked in when market downturns put a squeeze on fund withdrawals

BCP appointed KPMG late last year to advise on strategic options

Irish people are great at saving but not always as shrewd at maximising returns. Here’s how to improve your financial outlook in the short, medium and long term

The new HQ will enable the Big Four firm to consolidate its operations in Dublin under one roof

Personal retirement bonds can allow you more control of pension assets when you leave an employer but they have their own rules

The increased cost of raising children is one of the main reasons why people are having fewer of them, says the World Economic Forum

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Payouts eclipse €1.3bn Canada’s Great West-Lifeco paid Government to buy Ireland’s largest life and pensions group in 2013

Auto-enrolment legislation is a missed opportunity as calls for measures to boost women’s pension funds were ignored

Irish Life refused small financial respite as child was 16 years old – and refused to pay towards accommodation unless it was for a B&B or a hotel, not an apartment

Lower salaries and time out of the workforce mean women’s pension pots are 36% smaller than those of male colleagues

Irish Life says savers do better under existing tax-relief regime and new approach will hit take home pay of lower earners the hardest

Funeral for legendary actors’ agent; CRH chief’s home renovations troubles; Phil Hogan joins Irish lobbying register; a financial blow for the IRFU, and a tough job at RTÉ