Conor Pope on budgeting without the BS: ‘It’s not about a life of misery. It’s managing the money you have’

If you’re struggling to budget and wondering where you’re going wrong, Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope has you covered. From spending tracking to goal setting to switching providers, Conor breaks it down into accessible steps without bombarding you with jargon or berating you for your love of oat milk lattes. Yes, this stuff is hard but is possible to budget in a way that’s empowering and motivating.

Better With Money is for information purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.

Presented by Aideen Finnegan. Produced by Declan Conlon and Aideen Finnegan.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Spendee budgeting app

MABS bugeting tool

CCPC budgeting tool

Charles Duhigg

Revolut vaults explainer

An Post Money jars

Bonkers

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