IRELAND is ahead of Britain in tackling its pension problem, but the take-up of personal pensions still needs to be improved, the Pensions Board said yesterday.

IRISH women have been slower than men to take up pensions, according to the Pensions Board.

THE largest single pension scheme in the country is being investigated by the Pensions Board following allegations of fraud on a massive scale.

Business Correspondent

FEARS that the drive to promote personal retirement savings accounts (PRSAs) could lead to a wave of mis-selling on the Irish market have been dismissed by groups on both sides of the pensions market.