Meet the woman who saved €90,000 before she turned 30 and learn how she did it

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Bola Sokunbi, the American-based author of Clever Girl Finance who saved almost €90,000 in three years

Saving money is not easy or fun but it’s important. It’s much easier to spend our hard-earned cash on an impulse, late-night Instagram purchase. However, saving is a very useful tool for planning for the future. We never know when we might need a rainy day fund. 

Figures from the Central Bank show that savings increased by more than 10% last year in Ireland as the pandemic allowed some people to put more money away. However now that society has reopened, so has temptation. Also, there is a widely held view that saving money has become harder with banks slashing deposit rates and some even talking about charging customers for their savings accounts.