Widower Receives €68,000 Backdated Pension
Department of Social Protection failed to inform Widower of entitlement to pension.
A man whose wife died in 1998 brought a complaint to the Ombudsman,...
BUDGET 2015
Budget 2015
Pensioners, the disabled and families with children to benefit from Budget 2015.
TAX cuts on income and a new Water Charges Relief. Rise in Health...
Funeral Delays in Ireland as Post-Mortem Service Faces Staff Shortage
Funeral delays in Ireland are becoming an increasing concern for bereaved families. In recent weeks, coroners and pathologists have warned that staffing shortages within...
MEDICAL STUDY INTO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE
World’s Largest Medical Study Into What Happens When We Die
What happens when we die is an age old question. People who claim of a...
Bereaved Partner’s Pension Ireland 2026
Bereavement can bring many practical questions at a time when people are already coping with loss. One area that often causes confusion is the...
Widow Wins Appeal to Backdate Household Benefits Package
Ombudsman Peter Tyndall recently published the first casebook for County Clare. He was asked to examine the case of a widow who, after her husbands death, wasn't informed of her entitlement to Household Benefits Package.
Irish Pharmacy Rule Risks Putting Widow Out of Job
The Irish Pharmacy Regulator approved restrictive new rules on Thursday which put jobs at risk and the possibility of rural pharmacy closures.
These new rules will mean registered Pharmaceutical Assistants, like Marie and Sarah, will no longer be legally allowed to provide professional temporary cover for a pharmacist.
Marie spoke of how, “I still have a mortgage so am worried about keeping my family home as I am a widow with a disabled adult living with me”.
Sarah added, “I will be out of a job. I am only 60 and state pension only available at 67…I have two children in college…it will be a financial disaster…I need my work and my money”.
Money, Advice and Budgeting – MABS
Managing Alone MABS
At a very vulnerable time in life the partner of a deceased person is required to make decisions involving financial matters that...
Bereaved Leaving Cert Students Can Sit Exams in July
New provisions allowing Leaving Certificate students who suffer a close family bereavement during the state examinations in June to sit alternative papers in July.
WIDOWS PENSION OVERPAID BY €190,000
Comptroller & Auditor General Report
Widows’/widowers’/surviving civil partners’ contributory pension is a weekly payment to the husband, wife or civil partner of a deceased person. It...