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# how-i-spend-my-money - Yesterday’s News
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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 5 July, 2020
Money Diaries: A retired lecturer in Galway documents life and spending in lockdown
This week, our reader has been cocooning throughout the Covid-19 shutdown.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - 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.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 19 January, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 29-year-old data analyst from Waterford, living and working in Brussels on €39,000
The bank worker is paying back a loan and trying to curb spending.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 5 January, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 32-year-old talent acquisition manager on €70,000 who commutes to Dublin
The Kildare native is hoping to save for a new car and house renovations.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Wednesday 1 January, 2020
How I Spend My Money: A 21-year-old business student on an internship earning €20,000
The 21-year-old business student is hoping to go on a J1 next summer.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 29 December, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 26-year-old data analyst on €55k commuting from Kildare to Dublin to save for a mortgage
The 26-year-old is hoping to get a mortgage next summer.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 22 December, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 29-year-old engineer on €42,000 getting ready for Christmas
The Dublin engineer is trying to curb spending at Christmas as she saves for a mortgage.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 23-year-old engineer in Limerick on €37,000 balancing work and a masters
The young engineer plays rugby in his spare time.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 15 December, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 22-year-old psychiatric nurse on €30,000 working 13-hour shifts and overtime
The young nurse is hoping to work extra shifts next year in order to start saving
# how-i-spend-my-money - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 27-year-old software engineer on €92,000 who does charity work in his spare time
The software engineer is trying to quit smoking
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 8 December, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 26-year-old recruiter on €40,000 living in Dublin
The 26-year-old is adjusting after moving out of her family home
# how-i-spend-my-money - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 33-year-old HR manager in Cork on €50,000 putting in a lot of hours at work
The Cork native is hoping to buy her own home next year
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 1 December, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 25-year-old civil servant on €38,000 struggling to save while commuting to Dublin
The 25-year-old moved from Dublin to Kildare to cut down on expenses
# how-i-spend-my-money - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A masters student on €12,000 trying to balance her work, college and social life
The masters student is hoping to help people better understand science.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 24 November, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 32-year-old HR manager in Sligo on €45,000 who moved out of Dublin two years ago
The Sligo native is trying to curb spending in order to save for Christmas
# how-i-spend-my-money - Wednesday 20 November, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 28-year-old video editor on €39,000 who works freelance in Dublin
The Donegal native works on documentaries and hopes to travel
# how-i-spend-my-money - Wednesday 13 November, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 26-year-old banker on €35,000 who owns two properties in rural Ireland
The young banker worked two jobs in order to purchase his first property
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 10 November, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 24-year-old software developer in Limerick on €35,000
The 24-year-old is adjusting to life in Limerick after completing his masters in Dublin.
# how-i-spend-my-money - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 43-year-old Wexford solicitor on €22k whose rescue dogs changed her life
The solicitor works three days a week and volunteers at a free legal advice clinic in her spare time
# how-i-spend-my-money - Sunday 3 November, 2019
How I Spend My Money: A 23-year-old engineer on €33,600 who works as a GAA referee at weekends
The Offaly man works in Limerick but travels home at the weekend.
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Poll: Should there be a facility near Dublin Airport where people have to quarantine?
SHOULD THERE BE a facility near Dublin Airport where people arriving in Ireland have to self-quarantine?
If such a facility were to be built, the cost and maintenance would most likely fall to the Irish government.
This weekend, there have been many reports of tourists arriving in Ireland from around the world, including from places where there are a high number of Covid-19 cases, like New York and Texas.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said today that it is too soon for British tourists to travel to Ireland without quarantining for the required two weeks.
So, we’re asking: should there be a government facility near Dublin Airport where people have to quarantine for the required two-weeks?
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