Economy

Trigger Warning: This article mentions suicide “You are not alone” One parent has made a heartbreaking confession as they struggle to make ends meet due to the economy. Taking to Reddit, the 36-year-old parent shared that they found their dream role later in life as an electrician. However, as the economy worsens, their earnings haven’t […]

1 year ago

Where does it end? There is no such thing as free education in Ireland – but realising just how expensive it is to send our children back to school is enough to shock anyone. Speaking to the Sunday World earlier this week, mum-of-three Stephanie James-Broderick, 35, reveals just how crippling expensive it has become to […]

4 years ago

It’s only getting more expensive to live in Ireland. A new report by the Living Wage Technical Group estimates that the living wage in Ireland has gone up by 20c per hour since last year. The report puts the new living wage at €11.90 an hour. The figure now exceeds the Irish minimum wage €9.55 by €2.45 per hour. The […]

8 years ago

It has caused a bit of controversy online. Location, Location, Location star Kirstie Allsopp has revealed that when she flies away with her children, they sit in economy while she and her husband take first class. According to The Sun, she said upgrading them to the more exclusive seating would be an “absurd waste of […]

8 years ago

Getting hitched just isn’t cheap!  I got an almighty shock when I started to plan my wedding. I was blissfully unaware about how much it would actually cost to plan a wedding. Then when I got engaged, I started to calculate the amount and nearly had heart failure. No matter what you do or how much […]

10 years ago