Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
One of the reasons Irish people don’t invest is simple: a lot of us don’t know how it works. In episode two, Eoin breaks investing down in plain English, from shares and bonds to risk, diversification, and why looking at your investments every day can be a terrible idea. He also speaks with experts in the UK and Sweden to find out how the ISA and ISK schemes work, and what Ireland might learn from them.
Irish people are good savers. But are we good investors?
In this special three-part series, Eoin explores Ireland’s relationship with investing, why we lag behind many of our European counterparts, and what prevents so many of us from taking the leap. Across the series, Eoin looks at the scale of money sitting in Irish bank accounts, travels to Boston to meet Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Robert C. Merton, and speaks to experts in the UK and Sweden about how their ISA and ISK investment schemes work. The series finishes with Eoin sitting down with Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris to ask what Ireland’s new investment scheme could look like, how it might work, and whether it can finally help more Irish people get investing.
Follow Eoin on his socials:
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Listen to the podcast:
Spotify - https://shorturl.at/fJDSH
Apple - https://shorturl.at/g2F3e
One of the reasons Irish people don’t invest is simple: a lot of us don’t know how it works. In episode two, Eoin breaks investing down in plain English, from shares and bonds to risk, diversification, and why looking at your investments every day can be a terrible idea. He also speaks with experts in the UK and Sweden to find out how the ISA and ISK schemes work, and what Ireland might learn from them.
Irish people are good savers. But are we good investors?
In this special three-part series, Eoin explores Ireland’s relationship with investing, why we lag behind many of our European counterparts, and what prevents so many of us from taking the leap. Across the series, Eoin looks at the scale of money sitting in Irish bank accounts, travels to Boston to meet Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Robert C. Merton, and speaks to experts in the UK and Sweden about how their ISA and ISK investment schemes work. The series finishes with Eoin sitting down with Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris to ask what Ireland’s new investment scheme could look like, how it might work, and whether it can finally help more Irish people get investing.
Follow Eoin on his socials:
twitter.com/EoinMcGee
instagram.com/eoin_mcgee
tiktok.com/@eoinmcgee
Listen to the podcast:
Spotify - https://shorturl.at/fJDSH
Apple - https://shorturl.at/g2F3e
