TIARNAN O’Mahoney’s decision to remain as chairman of the Irish Pensions Board is truly extraordinary.

IF YOU don’t know what a defined benefit pension scheme is, are unsure about what constitutes “reckonable service” and would run a mile rather than read up on the implications of the Pensions Act, help is at hand.

SPENDING on pensions and health care for an ageing population will hit Ireland harder than most other EU economies, according to figures released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has reportedly recommended the abolition of Ireland's mandatory retirement age.

The Irish Pensions Board has reportedly warned that three quarters of Irish private sector workers do not have adequate pension savings.

THE Irish Pensions Board believes it is too early to consider making PRSA pensions compulsory after Hibernian Life & Pensions said it was time to do so.

Greater flexibility for pension schemes which find themselves in difficulties due to prolonged falls in equity markets have been approved by the Irish Pensions Board.

PENSION providers were last night dealing with a last-minute rush by employers to meet the deadline to make Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) available to employees.

The Government is looking for high-profile in-their-prime sports stars - to highlight the benefits of looking ahead to a pension.

FEWER than 3,500 people have signed up for the Government-backed Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) scheme almost five months after it was launched.

Allied Irish Banks has seen €1.6bn wiped off its shares since it revealed that one of its US subsidiaries has been the victim of a massive fraud.