Moving to Ireland
State Pension: If you have come from a country with which Ireland has a Bilateral Social Security Agreement, your pension rights from the other country are protected when you move to Ireland. You may be able to combine your insurance records from Ireland and the appropriate country in order to qualify for a pension. It … Read more
Electricity. Here in Ireland up until 2009 there was only one supplier of domestic Electricity (ESB) . In 2009 both Bord Gais Energy and Airtricity entered the domestic Electricity market with lower prices. Electric Ireland (ESB) , Bord Gais Energy ,SSE Airtricity and Energia are the 4 main residential electricity suppliers in Ireland. The newer … Read more
The ECB rate is now just 0.05% – (January 2015) but you can still get interest rates around 2% on some deposit accounts in Ireland For longer term fixed rates the National Savings offer good rates and the fact they they have little or no tax on the interest helps too. The interest rates on … Read more
Credit Cards Ireland Credit cards with introductory offers of Interest free credit on balance transfers or zero interest rates on purchases are always on offer to entice new customers in Ireland. Tesco Ireland are offering 6 months interest free credit on balance transfers and 8 months at 0% on purchases. This is the best offer … Read more