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My name is Sarah. I'm 34. I live in Gort, County Galway, out in the Tubber Road area. I rent a room in a shared house with two housemates who, like me, are trying to keep their living costs manageable in this Irish rental market. I work as a cashier for SuperValu on Bridge Street. I do evening shifts, from 2pm to 10pm. I get about €13.50 an hour — the minimum wage in Ireland. After tax, that’s around €1,920 a month. Sounds okay on paper? Here are the regular monthly expenses: • Room rent & utilities: €550 (includes utility bills, but no internet) • Internet + phone: €45 • Transport: €60 (Local bus fares around South Galway) • Food: €260 (shopping smart at Aldi and Lidl on Church Street) • Subscriptions: €11 (a basic Netflix account that I constantly think about canceling to save cash) • Clothes & basics: €20 (looking at Nike runners online that I can never justify buying) • Emergency buffer: €40 Leftover: €934. It sounds like a decent buffer, but in Ireland, unexpected expenses stack up fast. Between browsing everyday items on Amazon and keeping up with basic expenses, there was never much room to build a real safety net. To make matters worse, a few months ago, my rescue cat Maisie — who I adopted from the Galway SPCA — got sick and needed urgent veterinary care. I didn't hesitate, but the vet bill came to €1,200. I had to stretch my savings to the absolute limit and use my credit overdraft just to cover it. Then, SuperValu started trimming hours across the board. I was put on 20 hours a week instead of my usual 35. My pay dropped to €1,140. Rent takes €550 right off the top, leaving €590 for the entire month. I sat in the shared kitchen late at night with my headphones on, listening to a Spotify playlist to block out the noise from the house. Upcoming utility bills were arriving in my inbox, and I spent a few sleepless nights trying to figure out how to stretch my balance. On the third night, around 1am, I was scrolling through Facebook and saw a post
