MERRION Stockbrokers has upped its 12-month share price target for Aer Lingus; noting that solving its €500 million pension deficit problem could be the key to creating stock value.

ANNUAL contributions by employers and employees to private pension schemes will be wiped out in many cases over the next four years to pay for the Government’s controversial pension levy, according to the Pensions Board.

UNIONS representing staff at the Irish Examiner and Evening Echo newspapers are to start talks on Wednesday on a management request for a 10% pay cut.

Staff at the Irish Examiner and Evening Echo newspapers, as well as at new media company Thomas Crosbie Media (TCM), have been asked to take a 10% pay cut.

Women have today been urged by the Pension Board to take out a retirement plan so they can look forward to a stress-free future.

shows a high level of awareness around pensions is not translating into numbers joining schemes.

The Pensions Board has launched a new campaign to encourage those who haven’t got a pension plan to start contributing to one.

IT is no exaggeration to describe Ireland’s pension crisis as a time bomb waiting to explode.

WITH Ireland’s pension time bomb ticking loudly, there is urgent need for Government to introduce mandatory cover for tens of thousands of people who are staring at abject poverty in their twilight years.

THE Irish Insurance Federation wants us to move from a nanny to a “nappy” state.

ISME has hit out at proposals to introduce mandatory employer contributions to PRSAs as an attempt by the Pensions Board to "pass the buck".