We’ve all been feeling the squeeze over the past couple of years as Covid and then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine saw a massive rise in the cost of living. Prices of everyday goods have soared, and it doesn’t appear that next week’s Budget will give much relief to hard-pressed consumers.

While you may have learned some cost-saving tricks from a frugal granny, Gen Z learn these things online, so every penny-pinching trick conceivable is now part of a tiktok trend called Frugaltok.

Some of them are pretty mundane, some very extreme. The Irish Examiner’s Jess Casey has given it a go, and tells Deirdre about it on today’s episode.

Read Jess’s article here: Frugaltok is going viral — here's what happened when I tried some money-saving tips

For regular money-saving tips from the Irish Examiner, check out Caitriona Redmond’s weekly articles in Weekend here: Advice - Irish Examiner

The Irish Examiner will be covering Budget 2026 extensively – you can follow that here: Budget 2026 - Irish Examiner

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Tipperary town was left reeling earlier this month when a local man was killed in his own garden.

Teddy Murnane was a husband and father of three who was well known in Tipperary as a bus driver with Kavanaghs Coaches and a big GAA supporter, having driven Tipperary hurling and football teams for many years.

Widespread tributes were paid to Mr Murnane from GAA and political figures, and a community vigil was organised. A man has been charged with assault causing harm to Mr Murnane.

However, in the days after his death it was revealed that Mr Murnane had a conviction dating from 2024 for historic sexual offences – and his victim is unhappy with the widespread tributes to the deceased man.

Reporter Ann Murphy has been covering this story – she is the guest on today’s Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast.

Tipperary man who died after incident in his garden had recently been convicted of sexual offences

Priest questions safety in homes after death of Tipperary grandfather Teddy Murnane

Vigil planned for Tipperary man who died after incident in back garden

Man, 80s, who died in Co Tipperary named locally as former senior hurling team driver

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It’s been six months since Kenmare farmer Michael Gaine went missing, and four since parts of his dismembered body were found in a slurry tank.

There has been considerable criticism of the investigation given that the slurry tank had previously been searched for his body.

A suspect in the investigation – American drifter Michael Kelley, who had been living on the Gaine farm in an old farmhouse – was arrested early on and released without charge. He is subject to a deportation order after a failed asylum bid and is now believed to be living in Tralee.

The family held a funeral for Mr Gaine in June of this year, his ashes carried into Holy Cross Church in a sheepskin-lined basket, a soft resting place for a man who was remembered as “soft and loving, caring and affectionate, kind and considerate”.

Six months after Mr Gaine’s disappearance, Irish Examiner Reporter Neil Michael went to Kenmare to find out whether people there believe the person who killed him will ever be caught

Neil is the guest on today’s episode of The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast.

LINKS

Kerry murder mystery: Michael Gaine’s killing and the haunted life of suspect Michael Kelley

Vanished without a trace: What happened to Kerry’s missing farmer Michael Gaine?

Watch: The search in Kerry continued over the weekend for missing farmer Mike Gaine

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