Are you the type of person who breaks out into a cold sweat when the prospect of financial planning and management comes up in conversation?

Is the phrase 'Ah, I'll do it later' more likely to come out of your mouth than 'five-year plan'?

And have you indeed managed to go for years, perhaps even decades, without ever so much as glancing at your annual bank statement?

Well, this is the episode for you. This week on Money Talks, host Katie Byrne is joined by Karena Duane, founder of Money, Just For Her, to look at the extremely common and hopefully quite improvable world of the financial late bloomer.

"It is never too late," notes Duane as she sets about breaking down the barriers of coming late to managing your money, whether you're on a personal or a professional journey.

"I think everybody gets there in the end – it's just about what your priorities have been up until now, and now what your priorities are going forward."

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For some people, their 30s are a financially formative decade. But it’s also a decade where a lot of people are still figuring it out, and where some of their hardest lessons are learnt.

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Money Talks host Katie Byrne is joined by regular guest Kel Galavan (aka Mrs Smart Money) to discuss the most common money mistakes people make in their 30s and how to solve them – or even avoid them altogether.

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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Kel Galavan

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Budget 2027 is just around the corner. With that comes Simon Harris's long-awaited investment scheme. But what will it look like and who will it be aimed at?

Dan Malone of Honest.ie joins Katies Byrne to unpack what the new scheme means for you and your budget, and to answer one pressing question: can you really build long-term wealth by investing just €100 a month?

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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Dan Malone (Honest.ie)

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There was a time that a one-million euro pension pot might have seemed like an awful lot of money to want to retire with. But with most of us living longer and healthier lives, plus the cost-of-living crisis, it's really not as ambitious as it once seemed.

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Nick Charalambous joins Katie Byrne on Money Talks to break down what you can do now to hit that goal - regardless of your starting age.

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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Nick Charalambous

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Regular listeners to Money Talks will know that the show has always focused on the personal side of personal finance. Now we’re really putting our money where our mouth is with our new Money Makeover series.

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Financial expert Cian Carolan joins Katie Byrne to apply the actionable advice from Money Talks to real-life circumstances faced by our listeners.

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Today, he focuses on a couple with very different saving styles – and a looming time crisis on their pension pot.

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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Cian Carolan

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In any given year, the prelude to the budget is dominated by familiar talking points: VAT rates, cigarettes and childcare. But conversations around Budget 2027 are bucking the trend, somewhat, as anticipation builds around a new scheme for Irish investors.

So will it be the gamechanger that Simon Harris is promising? How will it actually work? And, most importantly, what will it mean for your pocket?

To unpack all these questions and more, Katie Byrne is joined by Eoin McGee, who's spoken to international economists and the Tánaiste himself about how the framework could – and should – work.

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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Eoin McGee

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‘Work/life balance’ is a phrase that gets thrown about a lot – but what does it really mean? And how far would you be willing to go to achieve that balance in reality?

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In this episode of Money Talks, Katie Byrne is joined by Anne Sheeran, a ‘de-influencer’ who put her money where her mouth is by taking a pay cut that allowed her to work a four-day week.

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Sheeran shares updates on her lifestyle and the challenges posed by her schedule on her TikTok and Instagram accounts.

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She tells Katie why she'd choose a four-day work week over a luxury seven-day trip with her family.

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Do you ever wonder how much money you could save on your regular bills if you just invested a little time? The small incremental wins that mightn't seem like a lot, but really add up?

You might be surprised by how much you could save by picking up the phone. It's basically the modern-day version of finding change down the back of the couch.

Frank Conway, founder of Moneywhizz.org, joins Katie Byrne on Money Talks to explore the big savings that are just a little phone call away.

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In previous years, by the time we reached this point in the summer season, you'd probably have been jetting off on a holiday booked many months ago. But recent surveys suggest that 2026 holidaymakers are holding out for a bargain. 

Regardless of which school you fall into, Irish Independent travel editor Pól Ó Conghaile has plenty of suggestions for how you can make the most of your holiday budget.

From mini bars and boat tours to musical rickshaws in NYC, Pól tells Money Talks host Katie Byrne how to avoid some common travel rip-offs.

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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Pól Ó Conghaile

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Throughout our lives there’s one relationship that we invariably come back to time and again. It impacts our family life, our professional life and, very often, our romantic outlook.

Whatever angle you look at it from, how you feel about money could be one of the most defining relationships of your life.

Loretta Kennedy, an accredited Trauma of Money practitioner, joins Katie Byrne to unpack the many ways your money mindset can impact your finances.

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Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Loretta Kennedy

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