The Banking and Payments Federation has joined with the Money Advice Budgeting Service to launch a dedicated website, DealingWithDebt.ie.

The director of consumer protection at the Central Bank Colm Kincaid has called on people not to avail of short term credit options if they are in financial difficulties

Preparation for a comfortable retirement should really begin once we START work after leaving school or college. That might sound like what we may call a tall order, but it is eminently sensible, so says Michael Pattwell in his weekly column