Cost of living Archives – The College View

Ireland is driving apprentices away

February 15, 2023

The country is crying out for apprentices every year. They drive our economy upwards, but the rate they are on is well below minimum wage. Working a minimum of 39 hours a week and starting

The Sausage Roll Epidemic

September 28, 2022

After a heavy night of watery vodka or a flat pint of Heineken, the last thing on your mind when you are sprawling yourself out of bed for that 9 a.m. lecture is preparing a

ESB reports 390 million euro in profit in the first six months of 2022

September 28, 2022

ESB group, the largest energy company in Ireland, announced they earned €390 million in profit after exceptional items were included.

The Cost of Being a Student is on the Rise

March 9, 2022

The cost of being a university student is increasing at a very fast pace. Students and their parents are finding themselves living paycheck to paycheck to get an education. Inflation has caused the cost of living

The governments temporary measures are not doing enough to tackle inflation

March 9, 2022

Are the governments short-term assistant schemes able to tackle a long-term problem?

“Mainly negative” impact of inflation on students forecast, as more details on new youth public transport card revealed.

February 16, 2022

The cost of living crisis has been in the news cycle for many weeks now, as the rate of inflation continues to increase. That is having a negative effect on many aspects of life in Ireland,