Why Choose Retirement & Life Planning? A dedicated team of professionals Retirement & Life Planning has the most comprehensive team of academically/professionally qualified independent retirement educators in Ireland. Patrick Murphy is the principal team leader, and is Ireland's only provider of retirement and mid career education with a professional qualification in this field of work. Patrick has been working with people, helping them to plan for a rewarding retirement for almost 20 years and is recognised throughout Europe as Ireland's leading authority on retirement education. Patrick has introduced many innovations in retirement education, and where Patrick leads other providers follow. Patrick is supported by a team of independent experts in all areas of retirement education and there is a full team of experts to cover all parts of the country. Patrick also has recourse to the services of more than twenty fully qualified international experts in retirement education, which guarantees all his clients delivery of service first time every time. Member of the Pre Retirement Association Patrick is Ireland's only member of this prestigious Association which is made up top class international providers of retirement education. Through his work with his peers in Europe, Patrick has developed many innovative programmes and brings a unique international perspective to his work in Ireland. Patrick regularly takes part in and delivers sessions in workshops with his European colleagues. Patrick hosted the annual Workshop for European Retirement Educators in Donegal in 2003 which is the first time such a high profile event has taken place in Ireland. Certified in Pre Retirement Education Patrick is the only provider of retirement education to have completed an Msc. Programme in Retirement Education in Surrey University. In keeping with his own qualifications in this field of work, Patrick only engages the services of fully qualified, totally independent professionals in the areas of Financial Planning, Legal Issues and Healthy Lifestyle Options. All his team undergo regular and rigorous review and assessment to ensure his clients get the best service in Ireland. Preferred Provider of Retirement Education for major Irish Employers The unrivalled quality and professionalism of Patrick's team has encouraged many of Ireland's major employers to make him their preferred provider of retirement education. Our philosophy is that you are only as good as your last job, and we aim to deliver first class service every time. OUR OPEN SEMINARS ARE COUNTRYWIDE We provide open retirement planning seminars in more locations throughout Ireland than any other provider and our aim is to make retirement education as accessible to as many people as possible. A full list of our locations and venues is available to view. The open seminars are ideal for organisations who might not have a large number of employees wishing to retire. We strongly recommend that spouses/partners are invited as the implications and challenges of retirement are as a important for the spouse/partner as for the employee who is retiring. Our objective at all times is to ensure the maximum value is provided for the seminar participants. To achieve this we strive to keep numbers on our open seminars to between 8 and 12. While other providers may seek to put as many participants as possible on their seminars to maximise profit, this is not our philosophy and it is a policy that is appreciated by our clients.