Money Talks

Every month on Money Talks we step away from in-depth how-to guides and entrepreneurial journeys to delve into the personal side of personal finance by assessing a case study submitted by the audience.
This time around, we're looking at a young couple with three children, a combined income of €80,000 and major worries about long-term earnings.
"Money doesn't have to be a point of anxiety for households," says financial expert Cian Carolan as he and host Katie Byrne run the rule over how to go about reducing stress and the steps that can take the fear out of managing a household budget.
"If they were to sit down and honestly drill into the granular details of where their money goes, it would surprise them – but it's all fixable."
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Are you the type of person who breaks out into a cold sweat when the prospect of financial planning and management comes up in conversation?
Is the phrase 'Ah, I'll do it later' more likely to come out of your mouth than 'five-year plan'?
And have you indeed managed to go for years, perhaps even decades, without ever so much as glancing at your annual bank statement?
Well, this is the episode for you. This week on Money Talks, host Katie Byrne is joined by Karena Duane, founder of Money, Just For Her, to look at the extremely common and hopefully quite improvable world of the financial late bloomer.
"It is never too late," notes Duane as she sets about breaking down the barriers of coming late to managing your money, whether you're on a personal or a professional journey.
"I think everybody gets there in the end – it's just about what your priorities have been up until now, and now what your priorities are going forward."
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For some people, their 30s are a financially formative decade. But it’s also a decade where a lot of people are still figuring it out, and where some of their hardest lessons are learnt.
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Money Talks host Katie Byrne is joined by regular guest Kel Galavan (aka Mrs Smart Money) to discuss the most common money mistakes people make in their 30s and how to solve them – or even avoid them altogether.
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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Kel Galavan
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Budget 2027 is just around the corner. With that comes Simon Harris's long-awaited investment scheme. But what will it look like and who will it be aimed at?


Dan Malone of Honest.ie joins Katies Byrne to unpack what the new scheme means for you and your budget, and to answer one pressing question: can you really build long-term wealth by investing just €100 a month?


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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Dan Malone (Honest.ie)
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There was a time that a one-million euro pension pot might have seemed like an awful lot of money to want to retire with. But with most of us living longer and healthier lives, plus the cost-of-living crisis, it's really not as ambitious as it once seemed.
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Nick Charalambous joins Katie Byrne on Money Talks to break down what you can do now to hit that goal - regardless of your starting age.
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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Nick Charalambous
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