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Sunday 20 September 2020
This week, our reader has friends to visit and is making an effort to support local business.
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 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, a student in UCC details a busy week studying, travelling and socialising.
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.
This week, our reader details her spending in the week before Christmas and realised just how expensive that holiday is.
The bank worker is paying back a loan and trying to curb spending.
The Kildare native is hoping to save for a new car and house renovations.
The 21-year-old business student is hoping to go on a J1 next summer.
The 26-year-old is hoping to get a mortgage next summer.
The Dublin engineer is trying to curb spending at Christmas as she saves for a mortgage.
The young engineer plays rugby in his spare time.
The young nurse is hoping to work extra shifts next year in order to start saving
The software engineer is trying to quit smoking
The 26-year-old is adjusting after moving out of her family home
The Cork native is hoping to buy her own home next year
The 25-year-old moved from Dublin to Kildare to cut down on expenses
The masters student is hoping to help people better understand science.
The Sligo native is trying to curb spending in order to save for Christmas
The Donegal native works on documentaries and hopes to travel
The young software developer moved from Dublin to Berlin earlier this year
The young banker worked two jobs in order to purchase his first property
The 24-year-old is adjusting to life in Limerick after completing his masters in Dublin.
The solicitor works three days a week and volunteers at a free legal advice clinic in her spare time
The Offaly man works in Limerick but travels home at the weekend.
The tech writer is trying to cut back on socialising in order to save for a mortgage
The Dublin man gets extra income by making 3D props for movies
The HR manager is hoping to move home to Ireland to start a family
The mother-of-six is keeping a tight budget in order to put her children through college.
The young doctor is living at home in Galway in order to save money to buy a house
The young engineer is trying to balance saving while enjoying an active social life
The TV programmer is hoping to return to Ireland and build a home on her family’s land
His parents are helping him pay for his rent and monthly expenses.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
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