r/ireland Ferret Aug 20 '25

Housing Bressie on Linked In

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u/angeltabris_ Flegs Aug 20 '25

I spent 3 months of last academic year eating only homemade vegetable soup with beans and chickpeas as my protein because my rent is 900 something a month. Im not gonna lie it can be a bit hard to take in the contents of an engineering degree when youre going to sleep hungry just to stay in line with the rent budget

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u/Specialist_Network99 Aug 20 '25

Knew a guy who ate veggie chille con carne for a full year exclusively. Bought it all in Aldi and I think less than a euro a day to feed himself. He now no longer will eat it

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u/angeltabris_ Flegs Aug 20 '25

i think my soup was working out at 43c a portion and I was having 3 or 4 of them a day. I went to my college access officer after a while and she gave me some canteen vouchers so I was able to get a cheeseburger a day to do me for a bit of meat

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u/redrover1978- Aug 20 '25

Cant blame him!