Weekly Digest: Experts warn of two-tier mortgage market as thousands of homeowners to be hit with hikes; Six ways to earn extra cash

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Experts warn of two-tier mortgage market as thousands of homeowners to be hit with hikes

Thousands of homeowners who have mortgages with non-bank lenders ICS and Finance Ireland are set to be hit with massive increases in their monthly payments when they emerge from fixed rates. Experts said this means a two-tier mortgage market has now developed in this country.

World’s biggest developers eye bids for Dublin MetroLink contracts

A consortium made up of some of the biggest infrastructure developers in the world has formed in preparation to bid for contracts to build and operate the long awaited MetroLink rail line to connect Dublin city and airports.

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Companies using ‘free lunch’ to entice stay-at-home’ staff back into offices

Employers are stepping up pressure on staff to return to the office, with some even using sushi and burritos to lure employees back to their desks. Work-focused food delivery services are growing strongly, according to new data.

Adrian Weckler: The bosses don’t like it, but the staff do – so where now for working from home?

"So now we know: Ireland’s recently-introduced law on the right to remote working is barely worth the PDF it was drafted on," writes Adrian Weckler as he tackles a thorny subject. "So if bosses and company owners dislike remote working so much, why is it still a thing?"

‘I haven’t had a job since 1984, since the end of the “job for life” I march to the beat of my own drum’

Cónal Creedon is a writer, playwright and documentarian. He speaks to Gabrielle Monaghan about his career and finances for My Money.

Dublin in crisis: ‘The city has beautiful buildings – but we also have too many tacky shopfronts’

Willie Ahern is the third generation of his family to run the Palace Bar on Fleet Street, a pub once described by Patrick Kavanagh as the “most wonderful temple of art”. The publican chairs the Licensed Vintners Association, and thinks Dublin needs a strong figurehead to encourage rejuvenation.

Survey reveals that most people aged under 35 feel that they are entitled to an inheritance

More than half of Irish adults under 35 believe that young people are entitled to expect an inheritance from their parents, compared with just a third of those who are aged 55 or older, a new survey has revealed.

Need cash? Who doesn’t. Here are six ways to earn extra money this autumn

Gabrielle Monaghan outlines the casual ‘side hustles’ that can help you counter the cost-of-living crisis...

‘Unfair to make us lock our children into forestry forever’: Why this Cavan farmer wants mandatory replanting axed

Balancing forestry with a 21-cow suckler herd, Derek and Yvonne McCabe are building for the future — but they say more consultation is needed for farmers.

#PODCAST | The Big Tech Show: Google’s new Pixel 9 phones: the good, the bad and the slightly weird

Are Google’s latest Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL phones worth getting? Adrian Weckler and producer Dee Reddy go through all of the pros and cons, including some of the dystopian new AI features baked in.

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