Saoirse Hanley
Personal Finance Journalist at Irish Independent
Life Magazine Columnist at Sunday Independent
Audience editor @Independent_ie Life magazine columnist @TheSundayIndo Cork-born Dublin dweller
Articles
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Saoirse Hanley
Our writer skipped the supermarket and gave three popular meal kit delivery options a go The financial cost of weekly groceries can fluctuate depending on myriad factors from inflation to seasonality, but, for me, the emotional cost remains the same: extortionate. It’s the steps involved. You sit down to write up a grocery list, then make your way to the shop, then come back and unpack, and at the end of all that, you still don’t have a meal to show for it.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Saoirse Hanley
When did we get so precious about dishing the dirty details? As far as I am concerned, there can never be too much information. In fact, nothing makes me happier than the sentence “This might be TMI, but…” Whatever it is that you’re about to tell me, trust that I am ready and willing to discuss it. Yes, I want to hear the dirty details about your Bumble date last weekend. Absolutely, tell me what you did about the fungal toenail you couldn’t clear up. You had an interesting thought on the toilet?
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3 weeks ago |
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Saoirse Hanley
After setting themselves the goal of financial freedom in their 40s, Asta Jurksaite and her husband paid off their mortgage within 10 yearsAsta Jurksaite didn’t set out to buy a house in Ireland. In fact, she and her husband Gintas had saved up for years and eventually bought a property in their home country of Lithuania, but they never moved back. “Life happened and we fell in love with Ireland and we just decided to stay here,” she says with a smile.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Saoirse Hanley
Becoming mortgage-free at 40: ‘We used every spare penny to overpay our mortgage and saved over €100,000 in interest’After setting themselves the goal of financial freedom in their 40s, Asta Jurksaite and her husband paid off their mortgage within 10 yearsMake-up artist and content creator Asta JurksaiteAsta Jurksaite didn’t set out to buy a house in Ireland.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Saoirse Hanley
It’s the new Disney+ series starring Oscar nominee Michelle Williams that’s been hailed as the kinkiest show on TV. But behind the sex is a story about illness, friendship and freedom that’s based on a moving real-life podcastMolly Kochan’s sex stories will leave you in tears — either from laughing hysterically or sobbing emphatically.
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In this week's column, I'm giving out too much information, as per usual. Online here and in print on Sunday🤠 https://t.co/phLWLzvHme
This week's column is the Gen Z guide to taskmasking, aka performative productivity https://t.co/fQom0nNC27
I walked into a doctor's office earlier than he expected and he had to hurriedly put his vape under the desk and blow the smoke to the side
Tell me about the worst doctor you’ve ever seen (if you’re comfortable)
