Over half of Irish people know someone affected by mental health problems, a survey carried out by Royal London has revealed. The survey found that 61% of 18 to 34 year-old’s in Ireland had come in contact with someone who had mental health problems.

Out of 1,000 respondents, 58% said they knew someone who has suffered with mental health issues.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/mental-health-issues-awareness-ireland-13883208

Q.  Should I have extra life cover even though I am not working?

Leading life insurers Royal London recently undertook a cost-analysis of 11 major roles that the typical stay-at-home parent would perform, for example, cooking, cleaning, driving etc. It found that it would cost in the region of €42,000 a year to pay someone to come in and do this work.

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/as-a-widower-is-there-any-way-i-can-pay-less-local-property-tax-37727151.html

According to Royal London, smokers can pay twice as much for life insurance than their non-smoking counterparts. For instance, a smoker turning 45 on their next birthday will pay over €16,600 more in premiums than their non-smoking counterpart for €300,000 worth of level term life cover over a 25 year term.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/switch-to-save-households-could-save-up-to-5-000-this-year-1.3752245

Recent research carried out by Royal London’s operation in Ireland indicates that the overall waiting time nationally from a person’s death to the distribution of their assets is 16 month, which Fianna Fail say, is contributing to the shortage of housing available nationwide.

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/delays-validating-wills-contributing-to-housing-shortage-td-claims-37678541.html

Among the new companies who have now moved to The Digital Hub during 2018 is Full Health Medical, a HealthTech company that was established in 2011. The company has developed a software platform for preventative healthcare, converting complex medical data into easy to understand reports with a personalised action plan for individuals to prevent and manage serious illness.

The Digital Hub progresses plans for digital technology quarter during 2019

Big Red Cloud CEO, Marc O’Dwyer

“What can you bring to this company, why and how will you put it into use here?”

Accounting software is not the most exciting thing in the world, but if people have some kind of quirk or angle that they have used in a different industry that might liven things up or help us engage more with our customers, it helps us as a customer-service business to give more back to our customers.

https://www.thejournal.ie/best-job-interview-questions-2-4399458-Jan2019/

Irish VR Team Receive Ed-Tech Awards Nominations

Eamon Hetherington, Director at Cork based property development company Glounthane Property Development, said the figures showed that the delivery of housing was not yet offsetting the increase in prices. “The price of land is still too expensive.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/growth-in-property-prices-slows-as-housebuilding-recovers-from-crash-r92q8bsht

Joe Charles of insurance company Royal London said Ireland could model a wills register on the UK system, which does not collect the specific details of a will, rather it simply registers its existence and tags its location.

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/charlie-weston-a-register-of-wills-would-be-good-start-in-modernising-our-outdated-probate-process–37585629.html

Joey Sheahan, Head of Credit at MyMortgages.ie said the case deposit required for a €300,000 property is “simply too high for city dwellers who are struggling with high rents”.

https://www.thejournal.ie/mortgage-measures-central-bank-4365161-Nov2018/