# Penny Pinching

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# counting coppers

Debt advisers slammed as 'penny pinching misers' after docking workers' Leap Year pay

Debt advisory service MABS had docked the paychecks of two workers to the tune of between €140 and €160 each.

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Apr 19th 2017, 6:20 AM

# Penny Pinching

Thinking about getting a mortgage? It could take you over six years to save for a deposit

New research shows first-time buyers will rely on a family contribution for a deposit.

23.9k

Sep 1st 2016, 1:47 PM

# Consumer Confidence

The crisis in Greece has the people of Ireland shaking a bit

A new report on consumer confidence has also identified the closure of Clerys as having a negative impact.

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Jul 30th 2015, 6:01 AM

# Penny Pinching

250,000 households have less than €15,000 a year to live on

But income gaps are skewing analysis of the income average according to the Nevin Economic Research Centre.

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Feb 12th 2014, 9:21 AM

# Penny Pinching

Government saves €2million in rent reductions

State agencies have secured reductions on 32 properties – including one whose rent was slashed by more than €1million.

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May 21st 2012, 10:07 AM

# Penny Pinching

The Happy Camper: new austerity measures on the road

“Men like Tom Crean and Roald Amundsen have looked into such tracts of the wild unknown and thought ‘onward.’ For us, this will be the southern limit of our lifetime.”

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Oct 4th 2011, 12:27 PM

# Penny Pinching

Expenses watchdog apologises to Down MP over mistaken 1p expenses claim

Lady Sylvia Hermon bore public ire over claiming expenses for a 1p phone bill – the result of a clerical error.

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Jul 9th 2011, 3:11 PM