My fav bottle shop in Dublin is the Mace outside of James' Hospital.
The two boys that run it are seriously into their beer.
It's just a scaldy mace apart from that. But trust me the craft selection is outrageous.
Where abouts? The James st side? Can't picture it.
Drink store in stoneybatter is quite good. Augestenier Lager Bier has been missing from there for a while and I can't find it anywhere else. Any ideas?
Quite a selection,wish my local supermarkets would take note,so much bandwagon fake craft beer shite like mcgargles,journeyman etc
Have to say re craft beer it's hard to beat the 330ml cans of Franciscan well chieftain and it's very widely available.
Anything by Galway bay brewery or kinnegar usually hits the spot too. Sierra Nevada torpedo for the nightcap.
Tried some hophouse 13 over Christmas,Guinness literally taking the piss
I guess the old 'finders keepers' excuse is at the heart of it all right Though for me it is just a reality of the world flowing from property rights, inheritance, national sovereignty, all the rest of it; if we decide that immigration should be totally free and that the people living in a certain area of the world, whether they've been there since time immemorial or only a few decades, shouldn't have control regarding access to the territory they live in, I'd see the practicalities of that being extremely problematic in the short and medium terms.
A world where immigration wherever you like, whenever you like is an unalienable human right seems unworkable to me, though I haven't given it much thought so of course am happy to be proved incorrect!
I am kinda a trolling with a lot of the trump posts and I do look at some of my posts and go " what a fkn dick" like I'm sure many others do but when you hear the likes of Colm o Gorman come out with gems like "Ireland's pre famine population was 8 million,so we can afford to just open the gates" (paraphrasing)it does make you stop and go ,hang on a sec,quite a few people who grew up here have had to leave ,and not nearly as many by choice as some would lead you to believe . Believe me when I was 21 I was on the same bandwagon of everyone's a racist ,I'm so high and mighty blah blah but reality does and should start to intrude when you get older. I just genuinely don't understand the whole open borders movement,it seems so naieve,Sven if it is coming from a good place
Then again you have guys like the fella in Quebec going off on one and it's hard not to read the likes of The Donald,politics.ie or the journal comments section without thinking we should bring back Victorian style asylums so there's that.
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Just to be clear, I can actually carry 5kg weights.
It was more the shock of trying to do exercises while trying to carry such yokes. Not something I had tried before but physio has convinced me.
You'll improve really fast regarding how much weight you can handle, and core strength is great for back pain. At first it seems heavy, a month later you are thinking how did you even struggle with these little twigs.
Foam roller is great for back pain too, good one like this (don't directly foam roll lower back if that is where the pain comes from)
That's Molloys on Francis st. Very good alright. I have the Mace as better.
The standard of Off Licenses is fcuking horrendous.
Really is shocking. Craft beer and trendy bars everywhere you look but off licences are terrible. Basically none with any decent selection in city centre
That's Molloys on Francis st. Very good alright. I have the Mace as better.
The standard of Off Licenses is fcuking horrendous.
The Molloys in Ballyfermot for the longest time had no idea what they were selling and/or noone was buying it.
I used to love dropping in and picking up 50 quid of beer for a score from the discount isle.
5 8 degrees for a tenner is a usual one and they didnt notice the limited edition.
The offy in the granite is pretty good as well.
Large Bottles of Mountain Man for 3.20 when it's 4.50 is most other places
The dude running it is an odd sort but likes to chat about beer and will get in anything you want
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Aside from the absolute classics, Beatles, Bowie, Dylan, Bush, Beach Boys and their likes below are albums (in no particular order) over the last 20 or so years that I always go back to time and time again.
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Modest Mouse - Good news for people who like bad news
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
The National - High Violet
Cake - Fashion Nuggett
Tom Baxter - Feather & Stone
Albert Niland - Downtown Exit
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Joe Chester - A Murder of crows
Interpol - Antics
Villagers - Becoming a jackal
Death cab for cutie - Plans
Richard Hawley - Coles corner
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of silver
Air - Moon Safari
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the pink robots
Richard Ashcroft - Alone with everybody
Hot Chip - The warning
The Bravery - The Bravery The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Declan O Rourke - Since Kyabram
great list....you reminded me I havent listened to a grand dont come for free in ages.
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"What you're doing is stupid!"
"I'm an apple specialist, I've been trading it since the 90s!"
"Then why don't you have any money?"
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Is there any reasonable way to compare a typical corporate pension (as an employee of a generic US company for example) with a self employed persons executive pension they have themselves? I know there are probably loads of 'it depends' bit I'm not great at this sort of thing.
Is there any reasonable way to compare a typical corporate pension (as an employee of a generic US company for example) with a self employed persons executive pension they have themselves? I know there are probably loads of 'it depends' bit I'm not great at this sort of thing.
Kinda vague question...
Self employed investment options are generally more exotic/have more choices etc. etc. Which are generally a waste of time for most folk and a good way of losing\burning money. The fees are generally fixed but hefty as a percentage of the assets for anyone with less than 250k imo. The fixed fee is to cover trusteeship, reporting, compliance, administration. Asset management fees are in addition and depend on what you choose.
A standard corporate offering should have lower investment management fees as a percentage for the standard asset classes (equities, bonds etc) but less investment choice (which is no harm for most people). The fixed overheads are generally met by the employer and you, as a member, only pay for the investment management and the admin of the scheme (in some cases the employer will pay the admin fee as well). If you want to get into more detail drop me a pm or give me a call.
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“To assume that just because of someone’s age and gender that they don’t pose a threat would be misguided and wrong.”
You would this is parody. But it's not
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Ok, less vague question I guess is what is the tipping point financially when it makes sense to be a regular employee with built-in benefits like pension, etc rather than a self employed contractor type.
Obviously there are other considerations but I'm mostly interested in financials and pension specifically as I'm dumb when it comes to that.
I've only read the start of your reply so far (thanks for that) so will go and read it now.
I'll probably send a pm later with more detail, cheers.
Ok, less vague question I guess is what is the tipping point financially when it makes sense to be a regular employee with built-in benefits like pension, etc rather than a self employed contractor type.
Obviously there are other considerations but I'm mostly interested in financials and pension specifically as I'm dumb when it comes to that.
I've only read the start of your reply so far (thanks for that) so will go and read it now.
I'll probably send a pm later with more detail, cheers.
Think that's much broader than pension tbh.
As an employee you have salary + perks (which may or may not include a pension) you also, in Ireland, have a lot of security as it's very hard to fire someone even if they are incompetent. Therefore the likely end to employment is a payoff unless you choose to go. Add in potential raises/promotions etc and that can mean a lot financially.
Now, if you go contracting then you do so with the knowledge that you're giving up these perks. You have far less job security and guaranteed employment. You don't get a pension (if there is a company one) you don't get healthcare or annual leave days. You don't get a Mobil phone/laptop, you don't get a car or car allowance. In addition you don't get PRSI paid which limits your access to social supports and/or government pension when you're done. These are all extra costs that you need to factor in from a financial perspective.
The plus side is that you should be commanding a daily/project rate that's a good bit in excess of what a salary would pay and you can write off a lot of costs against any potential tax liability. You have more flexibility with your pension and where you invest it and you can invest more of your earnings tax-free in a pension than you can when you're employed by someone else.
Really, the financial side comes down to how much extra you can charge and still be in regular work as a contractor v's the security of being an employee. The other benefits are good too though, choosing your own projects, taking regular sabbaticals/breaks, working on new and different things regularly etc.
A lot of the latter is about what kind of life/balance you want and how much of a network you have and can utilize to allow you to pick and choose work.
Edit: The tipping point is going to vary for everyone, but I'd of thought that 25-30% more per day should be the minimum you're charging as a contractor to justify the lack of security.
Oh I know there is much more to it financially (as well as non financial reasons) than pension, but that's the bit I really don't know how to quantify properly.
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Oh I know there is much more to it financially (as well as non financial reasons) than pension, but that's the bit I really don't know how to quantify properly.
Can I keep my filthy tax haven contractor directors pension now I'm in a full time gig ?
reminds my I must get my pstb rep out to me to sort pension plan
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Oh I know there is much more to it financially (as well as non financial reasons) than pension, but that's the bit I really don't know how to quantify properly.
So I was answering something else entirely!
Let's put some numbers on your actual question!!
220 working days in the year (assuming annual leave and bank holidays are taken in both scenarios)
Let's say the job is paying you €50kp.a. (scale to whatever salary you are on).
Employers PRSI is 10.75% = €5,375
Employer Pension contribution lets say 10% = €5,000 (don't count employee contributions as they'll be coming from salary so that would be double counting)
Financial benefits of a staff pension scheme versus exec plan. Small enough imo and hard to judge without a lot more detail but staff scheme likely better value. ~few hundred per annum up to €1,500 depending on fund size and contribution level.
Bonus as an employee lets say 5% on average (a wide variable) = €2,500
Study package/car allowance/car parking/mobile/work from home support = €3k (let's assume)
Cost of Life cover and Income protection = €1,500 (depending what the terms are)
Total cost of employment ~ €68-69kp.a.
Then you weigh up job security versus flexibility and tax benefits of self employed versus employee. Generally works out at 20-30% extra on the employment cost which means another 17k (~25% more) so that's ~ €84k or a daily rate of €380 per day.
I would have thought tipping point was more like 50%+ tbh - for all those reasons you listed above.
It generally is 50% on the pure salary but more like 20-30% on the cost of employment. Get's a bit more funky at the higher pay rates and down to how badly they need your unique skillz!!
Oh I know there is much more to it financially (as well as non financial reasons) than pension, but that's the bit I really don't know how to quantify properly.
Pension thing is tricky in my view because of the length of time until you can get your hands on the cash. That lack of flexibility is a potential issue depending on what investment options might open up to you in the medium term. Also worth bearing in mind that barring the tax free lump sum pension is taxable as income once you are receiving the income so they're not really as tax efficient as the industry implies.
For example if you put 100 in to your pension as a PAYE worker today -
Assuming you are a marginal rate tax payer it costs you something around 50.
However you can't get it back till your 65 so you need to discount that 100 by some amount to reflect the inflation impact let's say that's around 1%. There are some issues with that assumption but given fee's, volatility etc it's not wildly unlikely.
At that point for your 50 you get 78 in today euros however your pension income is taxed so it's more like 60 in today euro's by the time it's your hand.
There are a lot of assumptions in there but to me it suggests you get something like .07% pa compound. For tying up your cash for 25 years.
On the flip side self employed souls can weight their contributions to later in their careers which resolves the time value of money problem much more neatly.
I know V4V is going to be around shortly to talk about the long term gains on investments which accrue which negates my deflationary point earlier.
3 points on that
1. Returns to capital have been disproportionate for the last 30 odd years it seems courageous to imagine that will continue.
2.Demographics - falling birth rates in Western economies potentially imply the need for an increased return to labour.
3. Automation and low cost information transmission dent the margins of incumbents which is pretty much what you invest in as a pension saver.
Lastly wouldn't have though 30% was enough to cover you for the generalised uncertainty in contracting. The PRSI employers pay alone is 10% add in another 10% for pensions and a further 10% in cross charging for HR and you are probably revenue neutral to a given cost centre at a 30% premium to your salary. That alone implies it's insufficient.
Pension thing is tricky in my view because of the length of time until you can get your hands on the cash. That lack of flexibility is a potential issue depending on what investment options might open up to you in the medium term. Also worth bearing in mind that barring the tax free lump sum pension is taxable as income once you are receiving the income so they're not really as tax efficient as the industry implies.
For example if you put 100 in to your pension as a PAYE worker today -
Assuming you are a marginal rate tax payer it costs you something around 50.
However you can't get it back till your 65 so you need to discount that 100 by some amount to reflect the inflation impact let's say that's around 1%. There are some issues with that assumption but given fee's, volatility etc it's not wildly unlikely.
At that point for your 50 you get 78 in today euros however your pension income is taxed so it's more like 60 in today euro's by the time it's your hand.
There are a lot of assumptions in there but to me it suggests you get something like .07% pa compound. For tying up your cash for 25 years.
On the flip side self employed souls can weight their contributions to later in their careers which resolves the time value of money problem much more neatly.
I know V4V is going to be around shortly to talk about the long term gains on investments which accrue which negates my deflationary point earlier.
3 points on that
1. Returns to capital have been disproportionate for the last 30 odd years it seems courageous to imagine that will continue.
2.Demographics - falling birth rates in Western economies potentially imply the need for an increased return to labour.
3. Automation and low cost information transmission dent the margins of incumbents which is pretty much what you invest in as a pension saver.
Lastly wouldn't have though 30% was enough to cover you for the generalised uncertainty in contracting. The PRSI employers pay alone is 10% add in another 10% for pensions and a further 10% in cross charging for HR and you are probably revenue neutral to a given cost centre at a 30% premium to your salary. That alone implies it's insufficient.
Tax relief is only 40% now so to invest 100 costs 60.
No comment on the rest as it's not relevant. The guy is planning to save for the long term either as a contractor or an employee so the discussion on value for money of pension saving versus non pension saving versus more salary now and spending it (which is what you seem to be proposing) doesn't arise as that's not the decision he's considering.
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220 working days in the year (assuming annual leave and bank holidays are taken in both scenarios)
Let's say the job is paying you €50kp.a. (scale to whatever salary you are on).
Employers PRSI is 10.75% = €5,375
Employer Pension contribution lets say 10% = €5,000 (don't count employee contributions as they'll be coming from salary so that would be double counting)
Financial benefits of a staff pension scheme versus exec plan. Small enough imo and hard to judge without a lot more detail but staff scheme likely better value. ~few hundred per annum up to €1,500 depending on fund size and contribution level.
Bonus as an employee lets say 5% on average (a wide variable) = €2,500
Study package/car allowance/car parking/mobile/work from home support = €3k (let's assume)
Cost of Life cover and Income protection = €1,500 (depending what the terms are)
Total cost of employment ~ €68-69kp.a.
Then you weigh up job security versus flexibility and tax benefits of self employed versus employee. Generally works out at 20-30% extra on the employment cost which means another 17k (~25% more) so that's ~ €84k or a daily rate of €380 per day.
Scale accordingly...
This will be a very handy reference for more than one person here I suspect!
Lost my wallet with drivers license.
Sent my passport back to Ireland to get replaced as it was cracked and "not valid for travel".
Now I've no photo ID and can't re-register my car or legally drive it.
I can't drink as everywhere needs ID.
Bright side Im gonna save a tonne.
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Pension thing is tricky in my view because of the length of time until you can get your hands on the cash. That lack of flexibility is a potential issue depending on what investment options might open up to you in the medium term. Also worth bearing in mind that barring the tax free lump sum pension is taxable as income once you are receiving the income so they're not really as tax efficient as the industry implies.
For example if you put 100 in to your pension as a PAYE worker today -
Assuming you are a marginal rate tax payer it costs you something around 50.
However you can't get it back till your 65 so you need to discount that 100 by some amount to reflect the inflation impact let's say that's around 1%. There are some issues with that assumption but given fee's, volatility etc it's not wildly unlikely.
At that point for your 50 you get 78 in today euros however your pension income is taxed so it's more like 60 in today euro's by the time it's your hand.
There are a lot of assumptions in there but to me it suggests you get something like .07% pa compound. For tying up your cash for 25 years.
On the flip side self employed souls can weight their contributions to later in their careers which resolves the time value of money problem much more neatly.
I know V4V is going to be around shortly to talk about the long term gains on investments which accrue which negates my deflationary point earlier.
3 points on that
1. Returns to capital have been disproportionate for the last 30 odd years it seems courageous to imagine that will continue.
2.Demographics - falling birth rates in Western economies potentially imply the need for an increased return to labour.
3. Automation and low cost information transmission dent the margins of incumbents which is pretty much what you invest in as a pension saver.
Lastly wouldn't have though 30% was enough to cover you for the generalised uncertainty in contracting. The PRSI employers pay alone is 10% add in another 10% for pensions and a further 10% in cross charging for HR and you are probably revenue neutral to a given cost centre at a 30% premium to your salary. That alone implies it's insufficient.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought there was no employers prsi liability for a Ltd with only a director/owner in place, same goes for HR assuming he's just going out on his own. The additional 10% for pensions is also a misnomer imo as he should be doing that anyway in employment, though I'll grant that the company match % lost is certainly a factor to consider.
Healthcare is much of a muchness as both are tax deductible and you have access to company plans even if you aren't in a company so that's a wash.
You do/should allow for holiday leave so allowing for 22 days a year which are in effect unpaid then that should add 10% on its own. I guess it comes down to how confident you are of getting regular work and what effect a higher/lower price structure has on that.
I could probably have commanded close to 50% on certain contracts and on others I'd of been happy to take 20%. I suppose it comes down to what you feel the value of your time is and how well you can cope with occasional downtime.
I definitely take the point on board that closer to 50% covers your 'downtime and potential loss of benefits' I'm just not sure many perspective clients will have the same view Though I will point out that I said 25-30% at a Minimum
Used to use them when I was young and fit but guy says for an overweight 53 yr I was more likely to pull a muscle rather than grow one.
Start off on the controlled apparatus till I have rebuilt my core strength and then start into lunges with barbells etc ..............................
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Used to use them when I was young and fit but guy says for an overweight 53 yr I was more likely to pull a muscle rather than grow one.
Start off on the controlled apparatus till I have rebuilt my core strength and then start into lunges with barbells etc ..............................
Doesn't really make sense because free weights build core strength when machines don't, if anything that means your other muscles will grow more out of line with your core strength!
Thanks, that's the one I had but only get 30 seconds and buffers for ages everytime. Maybe its my broadband but never have any issues with it. Fuck it, pub will be hit in a min.
Antics was quality throughout. After that, they have been a bit hit and miss alright
Ah... our Love to Admire was good. No I in Threesome is a goooood tune.
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Hilarious. Confirmed as fake 45 minutes ago - he had a margin warning pop up but it had a "DU" account number, which is a play money account. Wall Street Bets shut down because they looked like total morons. Some financial press fooled as well
You could tell from the way he wrote about the uncle who left him the money,sounded like a 13 year olds essay,just like most of the stories that get posted on those Most xxxxx thing that's happened to you threads on Reddit
You could tell from the way he wrote about the uncle who left him the money,sounded like a 13 year olds essay,just like most of the stories that get posted on those Most xxxxx thing that's happened to you threads on Reddit
Scrolling through Reddit my major difficulty is not clicking into every second story and writing 'r/ThatHappened' in the comments.
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