You & Your Money is Ireland's first consumer magazine about money & living which will empower the consumer in making choices about money - whether they want to save it, make it or spend it.

If more than three out of five people don't feel they can find balanced financial advice, and more than half feel they can't track down the best deals in financial products - Irish people with some spare cash evidently need help! The idea for You & Your Money was to give simple, no-nonsense advice people can understand and trust.

For What Its Worth: December 11

You might think that financial markets don’t matter but they do, they matter a great deal. Ireland is an open economy shorn of an economic stimulus to lessen the effect of our twin housing bust and the credit crunch, so the sooner economic upturn arises in the US, the sooner we’ll begin to see some light at the end of our own dark tunnel.Continue Reading

For What Its Worth: December 08

Ireland is up the creek. But as an open economy, our ability to come out of recession after taking all the pain from a housing bubble burst largely depends on what’s happening outside. So if you’re ready to look beyond all the doom and gloom, there are reasons to be optimistic.Continue Reading

Get Financially Fit

January's edition of You and Your Money provides you with a fresh start to 2008 and shows you how to get financially fit, find a new career and live debt free.Continue Reading

Revenge against rip-off republic

Although there are many good companies that offer great deals and still turn a profit, Irish people are still being outrageously overcharged in countless ways. Eddie Hobbs and Claire Byrne show you how to unleash the power of the consumer and turn the tables on the rip-off merchants.Continue Reading

Eco-nomically Friendly

Not long ago, mentioning the environment would conjure up images of bearded, sandal-wearing tree-huggers. Not any more. Nothing reflects reality more than money. And these days the smart money is going into energy-efficient stocks in anticipation of a world oil crisis that could see prices hitting $200 a barrel. I am  the latest in a long line of hard-nosed financial experts to 'go green.' Continue Reading

Please Release Me

Equity release schemes promise to make the financial problems of elderly homeowners magically disappear, but Eddie Hobbs is not convinced. In this exclusive article, he argues that such schemes have serious drawbacks, and that other options must be considered first. Continue Reading

For What it's Worth

Parts of the media have been oxygenating the glums in recent weeks. Ah you know the type. They look at a dark cloud and see a hurricane when all it is, is a bit of light drizzle. Continue Reading

Smart Ways with SSIAs

Over one million SSIAs will have matured by the end of next month. Eddie Hobbs advises on how we can make the most of this potentially life-changing windfall. Continue Reading