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NEW RESEARCH FROM THE NATIONAL CONSUMER AGENCY SAYS THAT CHILD CARE COSTS CAN DIFFER AS MUCH AS €5000 IN THE SAME AREA - HOW HAS IT AFFECTED YOU?
LETTER - FROM A WOMAN WHO IS UPSET THAT HER BEST-FRIEND IS EMIGRATING. SHE FEELS LET DOWN AS THE FRIEND DID NOT TELL HER THAT SHE WAS PLANNING ON DOING THIS
CHILD-MINDING COSTS
AOIFE - HAS TWINS AND A TWO YEAR OLD - IT COSTS 3100 A MONTH FOR THE THREE OF THEM
ANTOINETTE - SAID THAT SHE SHOULD PERHAPS CONSIDER GETTING AN AU PAIR - SHE HAD ONE AND FOUND IT A GREAT ARRANGEMENT
SONYA - IS A CRECHE OWNER IN LAOIS AND SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE COSTS OF RUNNING A CRECHE AND HOW THEY ARE OFTEN STRUGGLING IN THE CURRENT SITUATION AS WELL
FRIENDS LEAVING
NIAMH - SAID THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HER - ONE OF HER FRIENDS EMIGRATED AND SHE HARDLY EVER HEARD FROM HER WHEN SHE WAS AWAY - SHE MISSED SOME OF THE BIG MOMENTS IN HER LIFE LIKE GETTING MARRIED AND HAVING KIDS AND NIAMH ENDED UP RESENTING HER FOR IT
BRIAN MARKHAM - WHO RAN FOR ELECTION IN CLARE WAS THEN ON TO TALK ABOUT HIS MOTIVATION FOR RUNNING FOR ELECTION - WHICH WAS THAT HE HAD BEEN LEFT FRIENDLESS BY THE AMOUNT OF EMMIGRATION IN THE AREA
LOUISE - SAID THAT SHE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WITH HER FRIEND- EXCEPT THAT IT WAS A NEW BOYFRIEND THAT TOOK HER FRIEND AWAY. FRIENDS CAN DISAPPEAR AS SOON AS A BOYFRIEND COMES ON THE SCENE
LORRAINE SAID THAT SHE WAS THE FRIEND WHO ENDED UP LEAVING HER FRIENDS WHEN SHE GOT A BOYFRIEND. THE RELATIONSHIP LASTED FOR 6 YEARS AND WHEN IT WAS OVER SHE WAS LEFT WITH NO FRIENDS
"FOOTBALL SPECIAL"
EDWARD - IS THE MAKER OF THE DRINK 'FOOTBALL SPECIAL' - WHICH IS MADE IN DONEGAL AND HAS BEEN A STAPLE THERE BUT IT IS NOW ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED NATIONWIDE
IRENE THEN CALLED IN TO SAY THAT SHE LOVES FOOTBALL SPECIAL AND THAT SHE BRINGS IT FROM DONEGAL TO WEST-MEATH
JULIE - SAID THAT HER MOM IS FROM DONEGAL AND SHE SAID THAT BANANA JUICE IS ANOTHER THING THAT YOU CAN ONLY GET IN DONEGAL
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