By Tiernan Cannon Home cleaning products can be very expensive and, frankly, unnecessary. It is sometimes cheaper – and actually more effective – to use your own cleaning products, made of simple things you’d have lying around the house anyway. Though you may miss out out on the

By Tiernan Cannon Last month, we outlined several online resources that you can avail of for absolutely nothing. Well, the internet has no shortage of such resources, so we’ve decided to point you towards just a few more. Invoice generator If you’re a freelancer and are lo

Banking blow According to the Irish Independent’s Charlie Weston, 30,000 people over the age of 60 will be impacted by Ulster Bank’s decision to end free banking this May. From then on, the €4 monthly maintenance fee will only be waived for those aged 66 and older. “

Your destiny awaits One of the most successful games developed by Paradox Development Studio, Crusader Kings II is a strategy game set in the Middle Ages, in which you control the fate of a dynasty between 1066 and 1453. An open-ended simulation, success can be achieved through the st

By Tiernan Cannon We’re not trying to steal the butterflies from your belly. You’re in love, excited and newly engaged. Congratulations! Really. But we do have to point out that weddings are expensive. Very, very expensive. But worry not, we’ll get you through this.

Financial brush up How financially savvy are you? Could you reel off the definition of a tracker mortgage without resorting to Google? According to the latest Standard & Poor Financial Literacy Survey, just over half of Irish people are “financially literate”. Those li

By Tiernan Cannon March is a fine time to be Irish. St Patrick’s Day is fast approaching, meaning it’s time to prepare for the big day by getting the decorations ready, organising the day’s entertainment, and readying a few pints of the black stuff. If you’re o

By Tiernan Cannon Most of us have been there at some point – you’ve just been paid and, after rent, bills, food and other essentials, you might have €10 or €20 left for yourself. If you need to make some extra money but can’t fully commit to a structured timetable, direct

Prescription costs Minister for Health Simon Harris has announced that medical card holders over the age of 70 (including their dependents) will see prescription charges reduced from €2.50 to €2. The new charges have taken effect from today (March 1st), with a maximum monthly limit of