The Irish FIRE Podcast
Episodes
Should you cruise your way to financial independence
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael explores a concept known as cruise FI (Coast FI) - where you focus your energy on building a large pension pot which you can ...
How to get started on your financial independence journey
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Michael lists the 7 steps that he followed when he started pursuing financial independence. Michael tackles the "how" to FI, and gives...
Talking money with Aoife Gaffney
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael talks to Aoife Gaffney, AKA Prudence Money Penny. Aoife is a Certified Behavioural Money Coach (CMC), Accredited Business All...
How we use credit cards to manage our cash flow
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael shares how he uses credit cards to manage his daily cash flow. He gives a history of how he found himself in €30,000 in cre...
Talking Pensions with Ralph Benson from Moneycube
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael talks to Ralph Benson from Moneycube. Ralph is on a mission to add more transparency to pensions and investment products. Pen...
Pay off debt or invest... how about both!
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael tackles the question of should you focus of paying debt (or your mortgage) quicker by making extra repayments, or should you ...
Financial Independence with Guy Davis
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael talks with Guy Davis. Guy is a long time friend who Michael meet back to 2004. Guy started his financial Independence journey...
The Financial Independence Trap
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Michael discusses the trap between time and money. He mentions that there is no magic number and that what we are ultimately looking f...
Talking Financial Independence with Alvar Damen
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am interviewed by Alvar Damen from the Financial Independence Europe podcast. We discuss various FI topics, from trying to be fin...
Legal tax deducations when you own a company
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael looks at some of the tax deductions available for corporations. The episode covers expenses which can be claimed for both i...
Is financial independence a journey or a destination?
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael explores the concept that financial independence is as much about your mindset and enjoying the journey of financial freedom....
Welcome to the information age
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael explores the idea around what the information age means to the new way to earn money and challenges some of the traditional c...
Ways to increase your income - part 3
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael explains how to increase your income by building scalable businesses. He gives specific examples by explaining about some of ...
Ways to increase your income - part 2
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael explores the option of being a contractor or freelancer by invoicing through a corporation. He discusses the various ways o...
Ways to increase your income - part 1
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michael discusses the best ways to increase your income, while avoiding paying excess tax. It can be very difficult in Ireland to get...
Financial Indepdence with Vince Doherty
27 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Michael has an interview with Vince Doherty. Vince has been interested in financial independence for the last 3 years and is the found...
Let the good times roll
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What has really changed between now and the recession? Michael explores the differences between the hard times and now and asks the question "are you ...
Introduction into financial freedom
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michael gives us his background about moving to Ireland in 2011 and explains about how he is planning on being financially independent, by cutting exp...