Two Pauls in a Pod

On this week's episode, the two Pauls chat about Paul Merriman's new book, Money Made Easy.

Disclaimer: This podcast has been produced by Paul Merriman (Certified Financial Planner CFP®) in his personal capacity. The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of Paul Merriman and do not necessarily reflect the views or the position of Fairstone Asset Management DAC trading as Fairstone & askpaul. Some segmen...

On this week's episode, the two Pauls look back at their favourite episodes from 2023.

Disclaimer: This podcast has been produced by Paul Merriman (Certified Financial Planner CFP®) in his personal capacity. The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of Paul Merriman and do not necessarily reflect the views or the position of Fairstone Asset Management DAC trading as Fairstone & askpaul. Some segments of ...

On this week's episode, the two Pauls look back at 2023 & make some predictions for 2024.

Disclaimer: This podcast has been produced by Paul Merriman (Certified Financial Planner CFP®) in his personal capacity. The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of Paul Merriman and do not necessarily reflect the views or the position of Fairstone Asset Management DAC trading as Fairstone & askpaul. Some segme...

On this week's episode the two Pauls are joined by former rugby player Dev Toner. Dev talks about his retirement from rugby, seriously pivoting his career to qualifying as a financial advisor and now working with Paul Merriman as Head of Partnerships. He also talked about how he came to the decision not to pursue a coaching role and to leave the game altogether. Dev shares the sort of person he was in school, how his...

This week the Pauls are joined by Peter Daly, chartered accountant and tax expert, Peter is a good pal of Paul Reids and also works as an actor and writer. Peter shares his career journey and how he marries both passions, the arts and accountancy,

Peter shares tax advice on for self-employed people and PAYE employees 

and covers repetitive errors and questions - sharing tax credits and where you might get some re...

On this week's episode the two Pauls are joined by budgeting expert, Caz Mooney. Caz shares her journey from a busy mum to a budgeting expert with 160k Instagram followers- she talks about losing her job, becoming a stay at home mum and living with a long term struggle with finances. Suddenly having two incomes and that typical ‘lifestyle creep’ led Caz and her husband to overspending and landed them with a very large credit c...

On this week's episode the two Pauls are joined by Sinead Glynn, solicitor with MHP Sellors Solicitors to talk about everything you need about wills. 

Sinead chats about who should have a will and why, she and Paul chat about the financial planning of wills - why people refuse to make a will and the potential pitfalls of being without one. Sinead outlines where to start - the homework you&nbs...

This week's episode the two Pauls are joined by performance and health coach Gerry Hussey to discuss how people can deal with redundancy. Gerry shares his own personal story and how he got to do the work he does today and Paul M shares the story of how the two of them met. Gerry covers how people can deal with the unexpected news of redundancy and how it can sometimes be a positive or a reset - he also reminds us tha...

On this week's episode the two Paul's are joined by Fawad Bari, Researcher and investor in bitcoin and cryptocurrency - - Fawad starts by sharing his background story in the world of finance and how he started a big job in London at the worst possible time and decided to make a change and now works on his company irish online shopping site iclothing.com amongst other things. Fawad talks to the Pauls about m...

This week the two Pauls are joined by health insurance expert Dermot Goode for lots of practical tips, information and advice about health cover. The lads cover who should have health insurance, what type of you need and where to start when lookingf for a policy. They talk about switching - how to and why people won't and also the importance of knowing what you can claim for. They have a chat about the Irish health service and...

This week the two Paul are joined by Motoring Editor Ger Herbert.

In this episode they explain PCP (personal contract plan) and other car finance options and discuss which works best for who and when. They also discuss the second hand car market and the reason the cost of insurance is so high here. They chat through all the costs involved in learning to drive and talk in detail about the benefits, models and cost of electr...

On this week's episode the two Pauls are joined by Rory O'Connor AKA Rory's stories expect less finance advice and more amazing stories and laughter - Rory shares how Rory's stories began and grew it to it's current success and he talks about how his gambling addiction started and the journey to his recovery. He also told the lads lots of behind the scenes details from his recent successful RTE documentary 'Gaelic in the Joy' ...

In this week's episode the two Pauls are joined by Rory King, founder of Rory's travel club to talk all things travel. Rory shares his story of how and why the travel club started, how it keeps money in Ireland and how each subscription works. Paul M explains why, even as a financial planner, he advises travels over pension planning for some people. Rory also tells the lads some of the best trips that his subscribers have...

In this weeks episode the two Pauls talk about investments – they chat about who can invest, who shouldn't and exactly where to start. Paul M also explains why and when you should choose investing over leaving money in the bank and outlined the optimum time to leave your money where it is once it’s invested. The Pauls also covered the risk involved, how you can invest however little small your spend and they gave a shout-out and ex...

This week's episode is all about income protection – the two Pauls chat about why it's the most important financial product you can have & why Paul M is always banging on about it! Basically, your income makes your world go around so if it unexpectedly disappears you need a back-up – the lads talk about how we pay for cover for our health, house, car & gadgets & we pay for that with our income so obviously we ...

In this week's episode the two Pauls chat about pay and how to ask for a pay-rise. Paul Merriman shares how important it is to find out what the salary is before you go for a job and addresses dealing with new hire salary from an employer point of view. He also gives tips on how to approach your boss for a salary increase, why you may need to manage expectations and the reasons you probably shouldn't d...

In this weeks's episode the Pauls discuss all the details you need to know about mortgage protection and life assurance. They explain the different types of policies and why one may be a better option than another. They address how your needs may differ if you are married, single and/or have kids, are a renter or a homeowner, and they cover the importance of understanding exactly what you are getting for that mo...

This week's episode takes a look at the finance of romance just in time for Valentines Day! The two Pauls talk about everything from who should pick up the tab on a date, if the higher earner should always pay more of the bills to the tax implications of being coupled up but not married. They also discuss the best approach to managing money as a couple, the changing trends in wedding spending, if a joint account is always...