How to Actually Get Rich in Ireland - Paul Merriman (Ask Paul)

<p><strong>Ireland&#39;s Best-Known Financial Advisor on What We Get Wrong About Money, and Why You&#39;re Probably Doing Better Than Social Media Tells You.</strong></p><p>Paul Merriman, better known as Ask Paul, is one of Ireland&#39;s most recognisable financial advisors and CEO of Fairstone Ireland. In this conversation he cuts through the noise, the viral &quot;skip your coffee&quot; advice, the pressure to be a millionaire by sixty, the panic about pensions, and gives a refreshingly honest, jargon-free take on money in Ireland.</p><p>Ryan sits down with Paul for a genuinely useful conversation about planning, property, pensions, investing and why the best investment most people can make is in themselves.</p><p><strong>What we get into:</strong></p><ul><li>Why we don&#39;t plan enough, and the one habit that quietly changes everything</li><li>Financial literacy in Ireland versus the US, and why we&#39;re actually good savers</li><li>Good debt versus bad debt, and what wiped the country out in 2008</li><li>Why he pushes back on the &quot;cut out the coffee&quot; advice, and when a &quot;money diet&quot; does make sense</li><li>The housing crisis, developers, planning, and why there&#39;s no will to fix it</li><li>Why you&#39;re probably doing better with money than social media makes you feel</li><li>The real biggest asset most people have, and it isn&#39;t their bank balance</li><li>Pensions, tax relief, ETFs and why there&#39;s no one-size-fits-all answer</li><li>Deemed disposal, the savings account changes coming, and the noise around both</li><li>Why investing in yourself beats an ETF in your twenties</li><li>Looking wealthy versus being wealthy, lifestyle creep and &quot;Die With Zero&quot;</li><li>After 20 years, the one thing he&#39;s determined not to get wrong in his own life</li></ul><p>Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who&#39;ve turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.</p><p>This conversation is general information, not personal financial advice. For advice specific to your situation, speak to a qualified financial advisor.</p><p><strong>Follow:</strong> @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis</p><p>🖊️ Sponsored by <strong>The Ink Factory</strong>, Temple Bar. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory</p>