Money Diaries: A bank analyst on €63K living in London but working through Covid from home in Cork
This week, our reader is back with his parents and working remotely from Cork during the pandemic.
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This week, our reader is back with his parents and working remotely from Cork during the pandemic.
This week, our reader has moved back to the family home in order to try to save money for a house, which she feels is out of her reach.
This week, our reader is a charity shop manager receiving the Covid payment while lockdown continues.
This week, our reader is back home away from Dublin for lockdown and is able to earn some extra cash painting along the way.
This week, our reader and his wife are busier than ever in lockdown between homeschooling and working.
This week, our reader is trying to keep busy in lockdown by reading, writing and running. He also shares his thoughts on life on the PUP, oh and says hello to Domhnall Gleeson.
This week, our reader is a primary school teacher documenting her spending while she juggles homeschooling of her own children and her pupils.
This week, our reader enjoys a better quality of life and stretches her income further now she’s out of Dublin.
This week, our reader is renovating the new home she just bought in county Offaly.
This week, our reader and her partner and two children are living with her parents long-term in order to save for a home.
This week, our reader details how she’s staying fit and keeping her spending under control as she works hard during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This week, our reader is working from home in his parents’ house which means he’s able to save a substantial amount.
This week, our nurse describes the pressure she and colleagues are under in work and outside, as they maintain a distance.
This week, our reader has moved home to his parent’s house since Covid-19 hit and he’s finding he saves a lot more money.
This week, our Irish teacher living in Madrid highlights the reasonable cost of living in the city.
This week, our reader finds he’s not spending much daily as his workplace provides food. However, he says this week was a ‘low-spend’ week.
This week, our reader prepares to return to the classroom, topping up her income with some childminding in the meantime.
This week, our reader has friends to visit and is making an effort to support local business.
This week, our reader is on a road a lot and also enjoying getting back out with his family after lockdown.
This week, our reader, who lives with her daughter in Galway and has an underlying health condition, details her spending and saving during the Covid-19 period.
This week, our reader has been spending lockdown working from home but is now starting to socialise with friends, prompting an increase in spending.
This week, our reader is living in her own apartment in the city centre and is working from home in a new job.
This week, our reader is busy programming for work and fun but manages his finances well during the lockdown.
This week, our reader and her fiancé are busy renovating their home as they prepare for the birth of their first child. They are used to remote working.
This week, our reader is in County Clare with his wife and baby daughter. They’re managing through the lockdown, working from home and reuniting with family as lockdown eases.
This week, our reader is grateful she has various incomes for freelancing as it means she’s not reliant on just one job in a crisis.
This week, our reader details how he’s working from home and hanging out with flatmates, while also playing Football Manager.
This week, our reader finds she’s enjoying slowing down while staying at home during the shutdown, and is spending less.
Our reader this week details how she’s working from home through the lockdown.
This week, our reader works on a new job from home, while he and his partner get through the shutdown.
Our reader says he’s saving time on his journey now and saving money during the Covid-19 changes.
This week, our reader juggles work, parenting and looking after her wife, who is ill, during the Covid-19 shutdown.
This week, our young reader tries to close the purchase of a house while working from home during shutdown.
This week, our reader adjusts to life in Covid-19 lockdown and finds she’s spending a lot less.
This week, our reader details the week she spent in early March as Covid-19 became a public health issue in Ireland.
This week, our reader comes to terms with life in isolation on a small budget.
This week’s reader lives on the west coast of Sweden and owns an apartment with his girlfriend.
This week, our reader is a junior doctor saving to buy a house with her boyfriend.
This week, a student in UCC details a busy week studying, travelling and socialising.
This week, our reader explains how she and her husband bought their house in 2003 for over 500K, which caused them some hardship, but now they live a happy life of careful spending.