Money talks: Tips to manage your money in college

Hermony.ie's Carol Brick says that it's important to build smart financial habits in university that will last a lifetime

As a third-level student, realistic budgeting is a life skill that will take on huge importance as you will need to make scant resources go further. 

For most Leaving Certificate students, their concern over the past year was whether they would get enough points for their college course of choice. Now that the results and CAO points are out, this concern has shifted to finance.

College is a time of learning, growth, and exploration, but if you want to learn good financial habits that will last for life, this is the time to do so.