Irish Life's offices will close for the Christmas period on Friday, 21 December 2018 and will re-open on Wednesday, 2 January 2018.

Read our article to see what this means depending on the method you use for paying regular contributions.

With effect from 13 January 2019 a new EU directive on pensions comes into effect.

This directive is called IORPS II. The directive requires trustees to have effective systems of governance and for the trustees to be fit and proper.

Irish Life published a “Smarter Company Pensions” report which focuses on the issues of coverage, the number of people with pension plans and adequacy, the amount people saving for their retirement.