Thrifty News Digest October 21, 2013

• How to cut your losses on the interest on your savings
  SAVERS were one of the biggest losers in last Tuesday’s Budget. Finance Minister Michael Noonan’s decision to hike savings tax yet again means that most people will lose almost half of the interest they make on their hard-earned savings from the start of 2014.
• Make Me Richer: Budget special
  Save up to €2,750 in our Budget Make Me Richer special
• Families face stealth tax for students' health cover
  FAMILIES who pay for the health insurance of students are set to be hit with another Budget stealth tax change that could cost an extra €140 a year for those on a basic plan.
• Ireland's narrowest home sells for €136,000
  YOU’LL need some extra lateral thinking to live at 19a Long Lane, Ireland’s narrowest home – and once cited in a magazine article as being among Europe’s three narrowest. The house has been placed on the market recently.
• Five bed Dublin home sells for €4.6m at auction
  A FIVE bedroom house in plush Donnybrook, Dublin 4 has sold for €4.6m – one of the highest prices achieved at auction since the property bust.

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