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I have a teenager who has taken an interest in investing. I was thinking of assisting him to buy a few shares so he can learn about investing. Is there a way to do this in Ireland? Or do platforms only permit over 18s? If there are key posts on investing for children, can you point them out...

Avantcard have told me that we are charged 2.65% on any transaction outside the Eurozone e.g. £100 GBP Sterling will be charged as: £102.65 before converting to Euro. Is this normal? Do other credit cards do this? Is there a better card for people who want to buy stuff in GBP?

I am looking into setting up an account with a broker for the first time (most likely I will use DeGiro). I'll be investing i.e. long term buy & hold rather than short-term trading and the account will be joint with my wife. But I have to nominate a Bank Account as part of the set up process. I...

@landlord They have this page on their website about that topic: https://www.degiro.ie/about-degiro/safe-and-reliable.html But maybe its no harm to try and put a query in to the central bank about them to assure yourself if its a concern: http://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/Pages/home.aspx If...

Here is their fee comparisons with other platforms: [broken link removed] Looks very good. If only they also had a PRSA wrapper for trading like Davy does...

I am in UK quite a bit. Is there any mobile service provider that stands out for roaming charges? Or is there any way to compare them all easily?

2 adults 3 children holidaying for 10 days at a French campsite by seaside. Never been on holiday in France before. Can anyone suggest how much spending money we would need to take with us to cover the 10 days? Also, what format is it best we carry it in? Cash or something else? Or should...

Thanks. I'm querying on behalf of someone else who is a sole trader medical practitioner, they are VAT exempt because of their profession. Theres confusion about are they supposed to pay VAT if they import equipment from Sweden.

When buying/importing a piece of equipment from Sweden, should a vat exempt sole trader pay Swedish VAT ?

I am in my employers occupational pension scheme. Is there an AVC PRSA that I can use to invest in stocks & shares? If so, are the costs reasonable?

Anyone done this? Or must you be a resident of UK to use any of the UK trading services?

Asking for a friend. The Reason they are vat exempt is that they are a medical professional. I don't mean the mobile bill, I mean the device itself - is it an allowable business expense?

The revenue sent me a Tax Credit Certificate for 2014. I am PAYE. What is the purpose of sending it to me, is it just for me to check I agree with the stated credits? If so, where can I see a list of what I should have - is there some kind of general calculator somewhere that I can fill my...

Switching from Danske to PTSB and switching form has option of instructing that the old danske account be left Open or Closed. I don't know if there's any advantage or disadvantage instructing either way? Is there any reason to leave the old account open but empty? Don't know that there is...

Does any provider offer a stand-out deal or are they all the same?

Is there such a thing as ETF for Ireland focused stocks?

I contacted a UK bank who said they only allow UK citizens to do share trading. Is this normal? Do I have to go though Irish Brokers only?

Thanks! Have there been any "Best Buy" Brokers identified on these boards? I'm finding it difficult to find a post on that topic but I'm probably missing something basic...

Vanguard won't sell their ETFs directly. they say you have to go through a Financial Adviser or Broker https://www.vanguard.co.uk/uk/mvc/investments/etf#fundstab My Financial Adviser pointed me to another source of ETFs but it does not include the Vanguard ones... So, how do you buy them...

From where/whom can you currently get an execution only AVC PRSA? And if you know the allocation % / charges, please post those too.