‘I once brought my team to London and booked an apartment through a popular booking site. When we arrived, the apartment didn’t exist’
Me & My Money: Claire Tighe, chief executive of TheatreworX Productions
Me & My Money
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Ronan Collins: ‘My mother always said: if your feet don’t feel right, the rest of you will suffer’
Me & My Money: Ronan Collins, broadcaster and singer
Panti Bliss: ‘To be totally honest, I never expected to live this long!’
Panti Bliss (aka Rory O’Neill), performer/entertainer
‘During Covid, shopping was my medicine. I still have clothes in my wardrobe with tags that I bought during that time’
Lana Dullaghan is an interior designer
Dáithi Ó Sé: ‘I keep change in my car for the tolls and it can go missing. My young fella is my main man and suspect’
Me & My Money: Dáithi Ó Sé is a television presenter
‘There are industries where I know an extra margin has been built in on the first quote, so I will always ask for a discount on that’
Me & My Money: Angela Quinlan is a certified Irish, UK and European patent attorney and has a certificate in intellectual property litigation
‘One of my long-term goals would be to invest in art, which is something you can take pleasure in while you have it’
Me & My Money: Fallon Moore is head of events at Blas na hÉireann
‘I’m not comfortable with debt. I won’t buy anything unless I have the money for it’
Me & My Money: Anne Abberton, founder and chief executive of Coffee Fixx
‘My daughters’ generation are bigger consumers than I remember being’
Me & My Money: Caroline Lyons, co-founder and presenter of What a Woman podcast
Living life to the sound advice from a taxi driver in Brazil
Me & My Money – Éabha McMahon, co-founder of Celtic World Forum
‘I love haggling. It’s satisfying to mortify my husband, friends and kids’
Me & My Money: Kim McKenzie-Doyle is founder and chief executive of The B!G Idea
‘I find I am less impulsive shopping online than I am in person’
Me & My Money - Nicky Blake Knox, commercial director, Conrad Dublin
‘There are ups and downs with horses – some work out and some don’t’
Me & My Money – Niamh McEvoy, showjumper
Does Paschal Donohoe haggle? ‘I get enough of that at budget time so I leave shopkeepers in peace’
Me and My Money: Pascal Donohoe is Minister for Public Expenditure
‘In 2007 I lost an entire week’s wages. That feeling of knowing you’ve just worked for free all week really hurt’
Me & My Money: Stephen Gibson, founder and chef, Pichet Restaurant
‘That phrase “cash is king” is long dead’
Me & My Money: Jordan Conroy, Olympian and Ireland Rugby Sevens player
‘When we first moved into our house, we ordered a custom-made bed for €4,800. Pure luxury’
Me & My Money: Margaret Barrett, managing director of Mortgage Navigators
Swimmer Daniel Wiffen: ‘The last thing I bought gives me my best chance to step on to the podium in Paris’
Me and My Money: Daniel Wiffen, double World swimming champion and Irish Olympian
‘Any investment in my home I consider value as it’s my sanctuary’
Me & My Money: Patricia Roberts, owner and manager of No 1 Pery Square, Limerick
‘We saved for our wedding in 2007. We knuckled down for the year previous so we could have everyone we wanted there’
Wendy Stunt, chief marketing officer of Future Horizons
‘I remember what it was like to count my pennies. Money allows me to live a life I’ve always dreamed of’
Me & My Money: Enya Martin, comedy writer and performer
‘I’ve always put a small amount away each month for my children since they were born’
Me & My Money: Robert Read, CEO, National Concert Hall
‘I received a heart transplant in 2016 ... There are an awful lot of things money can’t buy’
Me & My Money: Ken Mulkerrins, Kilsaran Group
‘My parents always encouraged us to work hard but to also enjoy life’
Me & My Money: Doireann Healy, founder/designer, Begley and Bowie
‘I lost €1,000 in cash on the way to the bank to lodge it. Someone in Dún Laoghaire had a big win that day’
Me & My Money: Ronan Cunningham, co-founder and managing director of Virtual Reality Gaming
‘Whenever I can save time by spending money, I usually do and I never regret it’
Me & My Money – Sile Walsh, leadership coach and author
‘Since Covid, I am even more conscious of not buying processed food’
Me & My Money: Birgitta Hedin-Curtin, chief executive and owner of the Burren Smokehouse
Hugh Wallace: ‘I lost a lot of money during the financial crisis. Once you get badly burned, the fear never leaves you’
Me & My Money: Hugh Wallace, architect, founding director Douglas Wallace, and television presenter
‘In my 20s, I saw a credit card limit as a target to be reached’
Me & My Money: Flo McSweeney, singer and voiceover artist
Amanda Torrens: ‘I bought a racehorse and in her first race I got the price back in a bet’
Me & My Money: Amanda Torrens, CEO Barberstown Castle Hotel
‘I wouldn’t like to start out on the property ladder again’
Me & My Money: I put my energy now into running a successful business but also into my well-being’, says travel executive Mary McKenna
Annalise Murphy: ‘I need money to live, but I know it will never buy me happiness’
‘After so many years in sport, I know nothing is a given,’ says the Olympic medallist
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