Anyone from here who worked in the UK may be entitled to a state pension on top of the one you receive in the Republic. But, Irish people are advised that a deadline to apply for the maximum amount of UK pension income is April 5th.
After this date, people on this side of the border can only claim six years qualifying years but, if you follow some simple steps before that date you could claim up to 18 years' UK pension. A qualifying year is one in which you were: working and made National Insurance contributions to the UK government.
Dan Malone from the National Pensions Helpline cited the case of a Shannonside FM employee who worked in the UK for around eight years. If he / she buys the maximum number of years to get the maximum pension it will cost them €3,800 but they will be paid €7,000 per year for every year of their retirement.
Speaking on the Joe Finnegan Show earlier, Mr Malone said the first thing to do is to complete a call-back form with HMRC (listen below):
