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# money-diaries - Sunday 2 August, 2020
Money Diaries: A team leader in Galway on €37K working from home who is also a single mother
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.
# money-diaries - Sunday 26 July, 2020
Money Diaries: A university administrator in Limerick working from home who is starting to socialise more
This week, our reader has been spending lockdown working from home but is now starting to socialise with friends, prompting an increase in spending.
# money-diaries - Sunday 19 July, 2020
Money Diaries: A 26-year-old data analyst living alone and working from home in a new job
This week, our reader is living in her own apartment in the city centre and is working from home in a new job.
# money-diaries - Sunday 12 July, 2020
Money Diaries: A 22-year-old software engineer on €50k in Dublin in lockdown
This week, our reader is busy programming for work and fun but manages his finances well during the lockdown.
# money-diaries - Sunday 28 June, 2020
Money Diaries: A project manager in the north west on €43k who is used to working remotely
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.
# money-diaries - Sunday 21 June, 2020
Money Diaries: A 32-year-old accountant on €50k living in Clare with his wife and child
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.
# money-diaries - Sunday 14 June, 2020
Money Diaries: A 21-year-old freelancer with various jobs keeping her going during the lockdown
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.
# money-diaries - Sunday 7 June, 2020
Money Diaries: A 25-year-old customer support technician living with flatmates in Galway
This week, our reader details how he’s working from home and hanging out with flatmates, while also playing Football Manager.
# money-diaries - Sunday 31 May, 2020
Money Diaries: A software engineer in Dublin living with her boyfriend and three flatmates during the shutdown
This week, our reader finds she’s enjoying slowing down while staying at home during the shutdown, and is spending less.
# money-diaries - Sunday 24 May, 2020
Money Diaries: A 43-year-old software technician on €35K working from home in Dublin
Our reader this week details how she’s working from home through the lockdown.
# money-diaries - Sunday 17 May, 2020
Money Diaries: A data engineer living in Dublin, working from home in the shutdown
This week, our reader works on a new job from home, while he and his partner get through the shutdown.
# money-diaries - Sunday 10 May, 2020
Money Diaries: A pharmaceutical engineer living in Meath, commuting to work in Dublin in the shutdown
Our reader says he’s saving time on his journey now and saving money during the Covid-19 changes.
# money-diaries - Sunday 3 May, 2020
Money Diaries: A charity worker at home during the shutdown with her wife and two teenage children
This week, our reader juggles work, parenting and looking after her wife, who is ill, during the Covid-19 shutdown.
# money-diaries - Sunday 26 April, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 25-year-old design engineer working at home in Carlow
This week, our young reader tries to close the purchase of a house while working from home during shutdown.
# money-diaries - Sunday 19 April, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 22-year-old graduate surveyor living with family in Dublin
This week, our reader adjusts to life in Covid-19 lockdown and finds she’s spending a lot less.
# money-diaries - Sunday 12 April, 2020
How I Spend my Money: A 55-year-old office administrator from Galway with four children
This week, our reader details the week she spent in early March as Covid-19 became a public health issue in Ireland.
# money-diaries - Sunday 5 April, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 37-year-old who just signed on the dole before the Covid-19 crisis hit
This week, our reader comes to terms with life in isolation on a small budget.
# money-diaries - Sunday 29 March, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 35-year-old manager from Dublin earning €55,000 living and working in Sweden
This week’s reader lives on the west coast of Sweden and owns an apartment with his girlfriend.
# money-diaries - Sunday 22 March, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 28-year-old doctor commuting from Dublin to the midlands on €63,000
This week, our reader is a junior doctor saving to buy a house with her boyfriend.
# money-diaries - Sunday 15 March, 2020
How I Spend my Money: A law student working part time as a waiter in Cork on €20,400
This week, a student in UCC details a busy week studying, travelling and socialising.
# money-diaries - Sunday 8 March, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 55-year-old woman in Dublin who cares for her elderly mother and works part-time in a shop
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.
# money-diaries - Saturday 29 February, 2020
How I Spend my Money: A 32-year-old factory worker with young children, in remission from cancer and getting help from social welfare
This week, our diary-keeper is a factory worker who was diagnosed with cancer. To supplement his reduced working hours, he receives social welfare payments.
# money-diaries - Sunday 23 February, 2020
How I Spend my Money: A 30-year-old primary teacher on €37,000 living in a mobile home
This week, our reader is a primary teacher living in a mobile home with her new husband, in the hope of saving for a house.
# money-diaries - Sunday 16 February, 2020
How I Spend my Money: A 26-year-old chef in Maynooth who is studying while working
This week, our reader shows how he manages to keep his spending down because he gets his meals at work.
# money-diaries - Saturday 8 February, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 33-year-old corporate solicitor on €112,000 with a young family, living in Dublin
This week, our reader details her spending while juggling work and a young family.
# money-diaries - Sunday 2 February, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 30-year-old back living at home and on the dole after over a year travelling
This week, our reader details her spending while on social welfare benefits after taking a year out to travel.
# money-diaries - Sunday 26 January, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 23-year-old clerical officer on €23,000 who lives in Louth
This week, our reader details her spending in the week before Christmas and realised just how expensive that holiday is.
# money-diaries - Thursday 3 October, 2019
How I Spend My Money: Does your spending reflect the cost of living outside Ireland's cities?
We want to hear from you about the expenses or otherwise of living in urban or rural areas outside of Dublin.
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Poll: Should all pubs be allowed to reopen on 10 August?
ALL PUBS IN Ireland are currently scheduled to reopen on 10 August, as part of Phase 4 of the government’s reopening.
A decision on whether to proceed on that timeline is set to be made this week as NPHET is to deliver its advice on the matter to the government today.
This comes after Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn on Saturday issued a warning to people and businesses over what he has described as a “concerning trend” of Covid-19 cases in the country.
So, today we want to know: Should all pubs be allowed to reopen on 10 August?
Poll Results:
No (2751)
Yes (1831)
I'm not sure / no opinion (353)
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Opinion: Government must break down the bureaucratic walls faced by teachers returning to Ireland
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Money Diaries: A team leader in Galway on €37K working from home who is also a single mother
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Opinion: The food service industry must handle Covid-19 hygiene risks with plastic-free packaging
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