The following are links to some of the main organisations that deal with money matters and consumer issues in Ireland, the UK and elsewhere.
Citizens Information Websites
This site provides information on public services and entitlements in Ireland.
This sites aims to provide comprehensive information on the services and entitlements available if you are having difficulties paying your rent or making your mortgage repayments.
This site provides public service information for those who are currently unemployed or are becoming unemployed in Ireland.
This site provides public service information for self-employed people whose incomes are reduced.
Irish Sites Relating to Money Matters and Personal Finance
Ask About Money (Forum on financial issues)
Economiser, National Consumer Agency (Comparing the price of your shopping)
Finfacts (Business and finance portal)
Irish Finance Houses Association
Its Your Money (Independent information on financial products)
Moneycounts (Site on Personal finance for people with intellectual disabilities)
National Consumer Agency - www.nca.ie
Consumer rights, financial products, consumer value and money management
Revenue Commissioners (Ireland)
Student Finance (Information on financial support for further and higher education)
Other Sites within Ireland
ACCORD (Catholic Marriage Care Service)
Alcoholics Anonymous (Ireland)
ASSIST Ireland (Information for Independent Living)
Aware (Helping to defeat Depression)
British & Legal Information Institute
Cosc (Help and support for those living with domestic or sexual violence)
Department of Social Protection
European Consumer Information Centre (Dublin)
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
Homelink (Services for elderly people who live alone)
Irish National Association of Adult Education (Aontas)
Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed
Legal Island (Legal information and resources online)
Losing your job (Information on redundancy etc.)
Marriage & Relationship Counselling Services
National Employment Rights Authority (NERA)
Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)
Rape Crisis Network Ireland (Information on sexual violence)
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
Threshhold Housing Advice Agency
Treoir (National Federation for Unmarried Parents and their Children)
A listing of additional useful links for Irish Consumers can be found on the National Consumer Agency site.
Sites on Money Advice Services and Support outside Ireland
National Debtline (England and Wales)
Gamblers Anonymous (International)
Gamcare (UK) (Support, information and advice for anyone suffering through a gambling problem)
Institute of Money Advisers (UK)
National Association of Citizen's Advice Bureau
Sites in the USA & Canada
Consumer Credit Counselling (Canada)
Solutions Credit Counselling Service Inc (Canada)
