Saoirse Hanley
Personal Finance Journalist at Irish Independent
Life Magazine Columnist at Sunday Independent
Personal finance journalist @Independent_ie Life magazine columnist @TheSundayIndo Cork-born Dublin dweller
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Saoirse Hanley
Sexy, no. Creepy? Hell yes!Once upon a time, there lived a man in his late 30s and a woman in her very early 20s. They fell in love and nobody ever paused to think about how weird it was that he was a teenager when she was in the womb. Ah Hollywood. For as long as there have been movies, there have been eyebrow-raising age gaps. Usually, older male actors are paired with much younger actresses.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Saoirse Hanley
Bargain hunting: the best time to buy flights, fuel, groceries and moreSmart shoppers time their purchases to get the best deal possibleIf you can resist the urge to impulse buy, you might get a better deal. Photo: GettyThey say the best time to buy something is when you need it, but as customers contend with the cost of living crisis, every cent counts. And timing is important if you want to get a good deal. From TVs to transport, these are the optimum times to ‘go to checkout’.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Saoirse Hanley
When you deign to step into a pharmacy and ask for the morning-after pill, the scene that follows is what I imagine it to be like when you present yourself to the guards to confess a crime. There is harsh fluorescent lighting overhead, the pharmacist holds a metaphorical light up to your face as they yell “Where were you last night?” and your mother weeps gently in the background, begging the authorities to go easy on you. OK, well, not quite.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Saoirse Hanley
Crime fictionMost Michael Connelly fans are very familiar with a specific set of characters. After all, the acclaimed crime writer has made a career out of the tales of Harry Bosch and company, but Nightshade introduces readers to the new kid on the block. After department politics drove Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell from the homicide desk to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, life was supposed to get a lot less grisly.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Saoirse Hanley
With each new hate comment I receive, I am reminded of how irrevocably the internet has become The Bad PlaceI knew that being a journalist — especially a female journalist — was going to open me up to criticism from the masses. I worked on a research project in Dublin City University about exactly that: the hate female journalists encounter on social media. But I don’t think I ever expected you all to be so horrible.
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