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If you have enough stamps for the contrib. state pension, and you have stopped working and are not seeking employment - do you have to keep signing on right up to pension age?

The post office saving plans have attractive interest rates compared to other deposits which are subject to DIRT. But (and it's a big "but"), the reward depends on leaving the deposit untouched for the entire period. You can get at your money earlier - but there's a penalty. And what if...

In what way did the owner above you prevent you from renting out your apartment? What was the court case about?

Any got any advice about getting involved in Global Index Linked investments?

Opening a foreign currency account is relatively simple. If the bank know you, they will take your Euro, convert it to let's say USD and that's it. If they don't know you, you will have to jump through the usual identity hoops first. (Utility bills etc). But what about the pitfalls? The USD is...

Okay, so we've had the budget and we know that if you buy a property and keep it for 5 years, you don't have to pay the savage 30% capital on what you get for it. So why buy German Bonds? Why not buy a rentable apartment in a good Dublin area?

But if the ECB stop funding us, what could happen to deposits? We've heard that the government could freeze accounts - but for how long?

What about Danish Kroner as an investment?

What about security? Is money safe with Keytrade? Is it guaranteed? And if so, by whom?

Apparently, if you open a foreign account, you are liable for tax. Does this mean tax on the interest (like DIRT) or does it mean that the lump sum that you lodge is taxed as if it were income? If so, maybe you could end up paying 20% tax?

I notice that the online application form for Keytrade does not show the padlock secure site symbol. Anyone else notice this?

To open a non-resident account with Deutsche Bank, you need to lodge a minimum of 100k. Up front - and agree not to touch it for some time.

So what would happen? Would a house currently selling for Euro 300k become PN 300k? - and so it would make no difference to the potential buyer - just a different name for the currency? Would it be that the only sufferer would be the person travelling abroad?

The thing is, if (for whatever reason) Ireland were to find itself reverting to the Punt Nua, as far as I am aware, an acccount with RD or NR would be regarded as an Irish account and would be converted out of Euro - like it or not. This is because although the mother bank is Dutch and British...

I was thinking of moving some cash abroad - my fear would be that if the Euro breaks up, we in Ireland will be shafted. If I had an account in Keytrade (Brussels), would the contents of the account be repatriated if the Euro split and we reverted to the Punt (or to an inferior version of the...

Of course people in negative equity are entitled to Neg. Eq. loans if they can afford it. But that is a big if! And the real danger is that many people will be given these loans who can't afford them. The result? These people will be in even worse debt and the money floating around will push up...

There's a golden rule! When banks make funds available to buyers, the people who actually profit, are the developers. The banks are about to issue "negative equity loans" so even people in negative equity can get their hands on money. Once this happens, the developers will up the price of...

Is 4 weeks interval between Sale Agreed and signed contracts regarded as being as quick as it gets?

If Ireland goes bust and can't pay depositors (yeah I know, highly unlikely and all that) but if it does go bust - and/or leaves the Euro (yeah, right, also unlikely), but if something like that happens, and you have a deposit account with a foreign bank like Rabo or NIB. Will your deposit be safe?

Does anyone know how to open a deposit account in Germany without actually having an address there?