Jerry Moriarty
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Can the State afford to roll back on the ‘pensions time bomb’?
- Politics
- January 25, 2020
It started with Martin Walsh’s Wednesday lunchtime call last week to RTÉ’s Liveline – a day after Leo Varadkar called the election on January 14th – t(...)

Employers becoming ‘more generous’ with pension schemes, survey finds
- Financial Services
- December 28, 2018, 16:41
Irish employers are becoming more generous when it comes to contributing to employee pensions schemes, a new survey has found. According to the Irish(...)

Will living abroad for half the year affect my pension?
- Abroad
- August 10, 2018, 10:00
Question: I worked in one of the Irish banks from 1980 until 2002 and was part of the defined benefit pension scheme. I then moved abroad for the la(...)

Firms committed to final salary pension plans, survey shows
- Work
- May 25, 2018, 05:20
Employers are committed to retaining defined benefit (DB), or final salary, pension schemes, according to a new survey from the Irish Association of P(...)

Pension reform plan wins broad backing from business community
- Personal Finance
- March 1, 2018, 16:52
Proposals to reform Ireland’s pensions system have been broadly welcomed, especially a plan to ensure all private sector workers are members of a priv(...)

Can I transfer my UK pension to an Irish one?
- Abroad
- August 6, 2017, 08:00
Question: I have been living and working in London for the past 11 years and for nine of those years I have been part of my employer’s pension scheme(...)

Pan-European pension scheme to have ‘limited impact in Ireland’
- Financial Services
- June 29, 2017, 14:35
New proposals to establish a pan-European pension product to help people save for retirement will likely have a limited impact in Ireland due to the h(...)

Universal pensions concept ‘parked for too long’, says IAPF
- Personal Finance
- October 6, 2016, 05:35
The idea of universal pensions has been “parked for too long”, while solvency measures for defined benefit schemes should be reconsidered, the Irish A(...)

Leo Varadkar says State pension scheme is ‘unsustainable’
- Work
- July 18, 2016, 13:47
Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar has said the current State pension scheme is “unsustainable” . He has said that the State pension will st(...)

Pension holders face perfect storm after Brexit vote
- Financial Services
- June 28, 2016, 01:06
The economic fallout from Brexit has left many pension funds in tatters. The Financial Times reported that the UK’s pension funding hole hit a record (...)