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Living Costs

  • 24-07-2013 5:18pm
    #1
    DeeTee100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭


    Sorry if this has been asked before, but would anyone be able to give me an approximate idea of the cost of living in Galway for the academic year?

    I am eligible to receive a grant, and I have worked out that, after rent, I will have around €75 - €80 per week left to live on. Is it feasible to manage on that?

    I intend to return home maybe once a month, with a return ticket costing €30. Refuse is included in the rent, although I will also have to pay for internet and electricity separately.

    I would most likely be going out once or twice a week, I know that most nightclubs do not charge entry.

    Also, how exactly does the Student Assistance Fund work? Is it a one-off payment, or can it be sustained over the course of the year?

    Any information would be appreciated.


Comments

  • #2
    Raging_Ninja
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭Raging_Ninja


    75-80 is fine to live on. Buy in Lidl/aldi, don't go crazy on the beer, and you'll be fine.

    Don't know much about Student Assistance Fund other than to keep receipts.


  • #3
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Did you get conformation of your grant already?


  • #4
    DeeTee100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭DeeTee100


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Did you get conformation of your grant already?

    No, nothing has been confirmed yet, but there's no reason I shouldn't get it.


  • #5
    Dwellingdweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 825 ✭✭✭Dwellingdweller


    Raging_Ninja wrote: »
    75-80 is fine to live on. Buy in Lidl/aldi, don't go crazy on the beer, and you'll be fine.

    Don't know much about Student Assistance Fund other than to keep receipts.

    What are the requirements to be eligible for it?


  • #6
    pourquoi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭pourquoi


    If you manage your money carefully, €80 a week should be fine. Thankfully, buying food and drinks on campus is cheaper than a lot of campuses (e.g. UCD) because most of the cafés are owned by the SU. Keep an eye out in Tesco Metro for yellow labels--you can get up to 90% off the price of things because they haven't been sold by their use by/display until date (and are still edible)!

    If your house gets internet-only UPC, then it costs €40 pm (so for a 4-person house, it'd be €10 pm per person). Electricity is a difficult one to estimate. One of my housemates kept leaving the immersion on, so we were getting bills of €300-400 during the winter! (Grr...) Don't forget heating as well! Again, a hard one to estimate. A €200 delievery of oil (so again, €50 pmpp for a 4-person house) should last you most of a semester if you're frugal and its not too cold. Having said this, I'm assuming you're living in private accommodation. Most of the student residences have all the bills factored in, I think.

    Most nightclubs have free entry with a stamp before midnight, then €2ish thereafter. The college bar had €3 pints and vodka & dashes on a Wednesday last year, just so ya know!

    If you have any other questions either about living costs or Galway in general, just ask or PM me. :)


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