{"podcast":{"title":"Better With Money","slug":"better-with-money-7327459","podcast_index_feed_id":7327459,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67fe6575ad69959fc242080d","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/better-with-money","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/67fe6575ad69959fc242080d/1784707581121-5a65a0b4-0930-4733-aa6e-558596c71a6a.jpeg","author":"The Irish Times","episode_count":47,"summary":"If you find managing your money a struggle, this is the podcast for you. From The Irish Times, Better With Money is a crash-course in how to spend responsibly, save effectively and make big financial decisions wisely. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T12:23:35.779594+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-with-money-7327459"},"episode":{"title":"‘It just absolutely baffles me’: How Ireland’s ‘single tax’ hurts at weddings as well as mortgages","slug":"it-just-absolutely-baffles-me-how-ireland-s-single-tax-hurts-at-weddings-as-well-as-mortgages","published_at":"2026-06-16T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-with-money-7327459/it-just-absolutely-baffles-me-how-ireland-s-single-tax-hurts-at-weddings-as-well-as-mortgages","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-with-money-7327459","url":"https://shows.acast.com/better-with-money/episodes/the-single-tax-in-ireland-that-puts-owning-a-property-beyond","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67fe6575ad69959fc242080d/e/6a2c2fcd685069f99ff278d4/media.mp3","summary":"From supplements on hotel rooms to needing to save tens of thousands of euro on your own to buy a home, the costs of doing anything in Ireland - as a single adult - are hidden and varied. Irish Times columnist and author, Emer McLysaght, joins Aideen Finnegan and Conor Pope on this episode of Better with Money to discuss the many ways single people are penalised by the so-called \"single tax\". While Ireland's tax system doesn't explicitly \"reward\" married or cohabiting couples, it is more favourable for them. And that's before you consider the single person's financial burden of trying to save for a home at a time of record rents, energy prices and grocery bills. Would you go as far as refusing to put cash in an envelope at your friend's wedding in a bid to save money? Emer would. And she has, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"From supplements on hotel rooms to needing to save tens of thousands of euro on your own to buy a home, the costs of doing anything in Ireland - as a sing…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1844,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/better-with-money-7327459/episodes/it-just-absolutely-baffles-me-how-ireland-s-single-tax-hurts-at-weddings-as-well-as-mortgages/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/better-with-money-7327459/it-just-absolutely-baffles-me-how-ireland-s-single-tax-hurts-at-weddings-as-well-as-mortgages.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}