From Pose to Heartstopper, here’s some essential Pride Month viewing
From Pose to Heartstopper, here’s some essential Pride Month viewing

Sarah Gill

13 things we learned having our wedding at home
13 things we learned having our wedding at home

Lauren Heskin

Medusa Deluxe: A camp whodunnit set in the cut-throat world of competitive hairdressing
Medusa Deluxe: A camp whodunnit set in the cut-throat world of competitive hairdressing

Sarah Finnan

Sharon Horgan’s emotional new drama explores disability rights, and the first episode airs next week
Sharon Horgan’s emotional new drama explores disability rights, and the first episode airs next week

Sarah Gill

Supper Club: This salt and pepper squid is everything we want tonight
Supper Club: This salt and pepper squid is everything we want tonight

Meg Walker

7 of the best festivals, concerts and exhibitions happening around Ireland this weekend
7 of the best festivals, concerts and exhibitions happening around Ireland this weekend

Sarah Gill

Hunza G x Rose Huntington Whitely: The swimwear collaboration of dreams
Hunza G x Rose Huntington Whitely: The swimwear collaboration of dreams

Sarah Finnan

Social Pictures: The Devlin Hotel Summer Party
Social Pictures: The Devlin Hotel Summer Party

Sarah Gill

This Foxrock home has been transformed into an utterly serene space
This Foxrock home has been transformed into an utterly serene space

Megan Burns

June 09: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds
June 09: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Sarah Gill

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‘Life is just too expensive to even consider having another baby’


by Amanda Cassidy
07th May 2023
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As the cost of living crisis sees prices spiral, Ireland's birth rates are on the decline. Amanda Cassidy speaks to younger Irish women about delaying parenthood and how finances are dictating their family plans.

“I mean money considerations aren’t the most romantic way to decide on whether or not to bring a baby into the world’ Aoife* tells me, “but they can’t be discounted”. She’s one of a number of women in their late thirties who say the cost of living crisis is playing a huge part in whether or not they have children at all. “I can’t currently afford to buy a house. Rental is impossible. Me and...

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