By far the biggest expense in raising children is 3rd level education. Recent research estimates that it costs about €42,000 to put a young person through college over 4 years, a figure that will rise...
SHOULD I SELL OR SHOULD I RENT ? Q – After buying my house 8 years ago in Cork, I am now moving to Dublin for work. The Cork property is worth c. € 320K against a € 280K mortgage with 24 years left. On the...
Every year there are many surveys including Barnardos’, enunciating the ever increasing back to school costs in both national and secondary school levels. This year with inflation, the...
SICK OF SAVING Q. We have been saving for the last two years for a home deposit and a wedding – to be brutally honest we are sick of it. No holidays, concerts, eating out etc We have saved over € 23,000...
These are difficult times with the cost of living soaring to highest levels in 20 years, interest rates at their highest in 15 years and a general uncertainty about the future economy. Holidays for many people have been put on the long...
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