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Fit Business and Ireland AM ran a Start Your Own Business competition worth over €50,000 in association with the Daily Star

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Student accommodation – the hunt is on.

Approximately 200,000 students will be seeking accommodation in the next few weeks.  If you are one of them, the earlier you start your search the better your chances of getting the best value, location and standard of accommodation.

Campus accommodation comes at a premium but is ideally located for access to the library, classes and sports and of course, to recreational facilities.  Living in is a great way to get to know people in your first year. University accomodation caters for a very small percentage of students overall however and is typically over-subscribed. UCD charges between €4,288 and €5324 a year for their rooms and allocate on a first come, first served basis.  DCU charge €112.50 per week, payable in 2 instalments annually and operate a random selection process. It may not be too late to get your name down.

Tired of getting pipped at the post in Best Dressed competitions?

With this weeks Killarney races, the Tattersalls Millions Champion Stakes in September and Leopardstown races in December its not too late to be in with a chance to win a “Best Dressed” competition and with it a plethora of prizes ranging from diamond bracelets and vouchers worth thousands to VIP trips for two to Paris.  Surely, that has to be worth getting dressed up to the nines, paying admission fees (on average €20), parading in front of judges noses until you get “noticed” and missing half the actual races.

Newly Revised – the difficulty recycling school books

If you don’t qualify for the Back to School allowance you could still save up to 66% off the cost of your children’s school books by buying secondhand where you can.

A recent study by Barnardos has found that the cost of sending a child to school now averages more than €800.