Brokers Ireland – Press Coverage

Check out all of the latest 2018 Brokers Ireland media and press coverage currently featuring in the news from January this year:

• January 23^rd  – Irish Examiner – Mortgage initiative ‘could push prices up’ 
• January 24^th – Castlebar Community Radio – Rachel McGovern of Brokers Ireland interviewed on Government’s new FTB mortgage product
• January 26^th – The Irish Times – ‘Cap personal injury awards and tackle fraud, insurance report says’
• January 26^th – Irish Examiner – ‘Call for cap on injury claims’
• January 26^th – Irish Independent – ‘Mortgage numbers returning to boom-era levels’
• January 26^th –  Breakingnews.ie – ‘Latest report on cost of insurance in Ireland reveals higher award levels than UK’
• January 26^th – Irish Examiner – As above – ‘Latest report on cost of insurance in Ireland reveals higher award levels than UK’
• January 31^st – The Irish Times – ‘Debt is a four-letter word for Irish SMEs’
• February 15^th – The Irish Times – ‘Yearly rise in house prices up to 12.3pc in December’
• February 15^th – Irish Independent – ‘Boom-level house prices force families into long commutes’
• February 15^th –  Irish Examiner – ‘12pc rise in residential property prices’
• February 15^th – Irish Daily Mail – ‘Through the roof… house prices rocket €24k in 2017’
• February 15^th – Breakingnews.ie – ‘New report shows 12pc rise in residential property prices’
• February 18^th – Sunday Independent – ‘Just burgled? Your insurance could be about to let you down’
• February 28th – Brokers Ireland CEO interviewed on Auto-enrolment
• March 04th – The Times – Retirement saving ‘would be hit by tax relief move’
• March 18th–  Biz Plus – Financial advisers says commissions system benefits consumers
• March 22nd – Irish Times – Mortgage exemptions could dry up as soon as April
• March 22nd – Irish Independent – Property prices rising at fastest pace in three years
• April 13th – Irish Examiner – Warnings as house prices surge 13%
• RTE Radio 1 – Friday 13 April – Families forced to leave city to get foot on property ladder
• April 24th – Galway Advertiser –Prestigious award for Galway financial brokerage
• May 04th – Irish Independent – House-insurance refusal after flood defences built a major issue
• May 08th – Irish Independent Two-tier taxation regime ‘punishing prudent savers’
• June 14th – Irish Times Property prices up by 13% in year to April
• 21 June – Irish Examiner Central Bank Must Face Up to Mortgage Arrears
• 28 June – Irish Times  Mortgage approvals exceed €1bn in May 
• 28 June – The Times Mortgage approvals at highest in eight years
• 02 August – The Times Restricting brokers’ commission hits less well-off worst
• 07 August – Journal.ie Do you leave lights on at home when you go on holidays?
• 09 August – Leitrim Observer – Pay attention to the small details on your travel insurance warn experts
• 22 August – Irish Times – Workers could have 6% of pay put into mandatory pension
• 07 September – Irish Times Banks not restructuring loans realistically, say brokers 
• 08 September – Weekend Times Number of homeowners in arrears falls by over 5,000
• 08 September – Extra.ie 245 homes repossessed by lenders in second quarter
• 14 September – Breaking News First time buyer with €250k mortgage paying extra €190 a month compared to EU average
• 17 September – Irish Examiner – Central Bank report shows Irish people paying far more interest on mortgages than in Europe – Brokers Ireland release quoted
• 17 September – Extra.ie  We are paying twice as much on mortgages as the rest of Europe – Brokers Ireland release quoted
• 02 October – Irish Independent – Savers to get small boost from cut to Dirt
• 09 November – Irish Times – Exit tax should be equalised with Dirt – Standard Life
• 06 October – Examiner – €9m scheme to tackle flooding in Leitrim 
  
• 09 November – Evening Herald – ‘Ghosts’ offering fake car insurance deals are haunting customers
• 08 November – Irish Independent – Housebuilding accelerates but official numbers ‘still overstate’ supply
• 22 November – Irish Times –  Garda insurance fraud bureau should be established ‘without delay’ – Brokers Ireland release
• 25 November – RTE News –  No changes to Central Bank’s mortgage rules
• 29 November – Irish Times – We are told houses are not over-priced. So how come they are unaffordable?
• 05 December – RTE News – 50,000 left without insurance cover as Qudos goes into liquidation
• 11 December 2018 – Irish Times – Public-sector pensions worth 80% more than those in private sector 
• 11 December 2018 – Irish Times – Brexiteers round on Bank of England’s ‘Project Fear’ analysis