pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" clean out - force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers" furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of...
Can market forces alleviate Irish private sector pension deficits? Could rising long-term German bond yields, which directly translate into cheaper annuity prices in Ireland, help alleviate pension scheme deficits? Perhaps, says Joanne Roche, but probably not enough.(PENSIONS)...
I am fair skinned and blonde, like my Irish biological father. Ireland was a place I owed half my heritage and clearly a lot of my genetics to, but had no link. This missing piece of my history laid the foundations for my interest in genealogy. At eleven years old, I sat at the ...
Most parents know the perils of allowing their child to take any sport too seriously, although I received an email over the weekend that caught me by surprise. It came from the Little Athletics club that I have been involved with over the past few years. My youngest daughte...
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While we in England laugh at the contortions of the Scottish and Irish governments as they attempt to justify to an already alienated voter base their authoritarian policies, notably the ‘hate speech’ laws that are so loosely drafted anyone in either of those countries could find him or herse...
A friend of mine once advised me to think of this thing called love less like riding a bike, and more like something I would never in a million years agree to do unless drugged or paid an astronomical amount of money. “Think of it like people think of skydiving. A thrill. Feeling ...
Without careful planning, an inheritance can unravel the financial and other supports available to people least well able to cope with it. This is particularly the case for those on disability allowance or a non-contributory pension. Disability allowance is paid to people aged between 16 and 66...
We’re getting ready for an extended family reunion, so I’ve been thinking about ancestry as I look forward to seeing several generations of my husband’s family. To celebrate and explore their Irish heritage, we’re going to be readingColum McCann’snew novel,Transatlantic.More about that ...