Money Talks
This is Money Talks - a podcast from the Irish Independent hosted by Katie Byrne, focused on our relationship with money - from the first time we discovered it right up to how we spend it today.
Each week, you’ll hear anecdotes, advice, and eyebrow-raising admissions from Katie's guests as they delve into their finances and how it impacts their lives – the good, the bad, and the ugly.
So, if that sounds like a show worth investing in, you can follow Money Talks wherever you get your podcasts... new episodes land on Wednesdays.
Latest Episode
‘If you can’t afford to buy it twice, you can’t afford to buy it’: Getting to grips with debt in 2026 (07.01.2026)
Previous Episodes
- “Get uncomfortable with it”: How to conquer your new year money resolutions
- ‘Fairytale of New York’ and the commerce of Christmas songs – how much money do they make?
- “There is a grief there”: Eoin McGee on how winning the Lotto changes lives forever
- The biggest financial fights of Christmas - and how to avoid them
- Fly In, Fly Out: ‘I made $141,000 in nine months - and had two months off at Christmas’
- Crime World’s Nicola Tallant: ‘There’s no insurance policy – if a criminal is shot dead, their family is left with nothing'
- Are you wealthy or affluent? How to spot the difference
- ‘Money makes money’ – how to invest your child benefit with Sinead Ryan
- Helen Steele: ‘In 2014, when my investors pulled out, I was broke... I had also started going down the route of separation, so I was extremely broke’
- ‘My own renovation will cost about €250k’ – quantity surveyor Shay Lally on finding his forever home, and the real cost of renovating
- Rory’s Travel Club: How do you get 250,000 people to pay you €12 per year?
- Mortgage overpayment: ‘By overpaying €200 per month, you're repaying your mortgage five years earlier and saving €44,736 in interest’
- Financial Independence, Retire Early: ‘It took us three years to save €100,000’
- Budget 2026: What your payslip will look like in January
- 'I went to New York first class. I spent it with the faith that there'd be more money' artist Kevin Sharkey on making almost €5m and losing it all
- Matchmaker Mairead Loughman: ‘I don't split the bill with friends or with family. Never have. So why would you do it on a first date?’
- Chef JP McMahon: ‘I’ve spent between €1,500 and €2,000 on meals for two people in the past... Was it the best meal of my life? Probably not’
- Caz Mooney: ‘ We sat down with our kids and said, look, we're going to do a low-spend year and hopefully buy our own home’
- ‘Our date nights are usually at the kitchen table... two laptops and a takeaway’ – Dublin skincare entrepreneur Sara Stokes on bootstrapping her beauty brand and touring with U2
- The secret millionaire: Dublin game developer Dáire Bohan (23) on why he hid his wealth from friends, family and even his girlfriend
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