What life in Ireland really costs
Set your city, household and home, and this builds an itemised monthly budget from current Irish reference costs: rent from the RTB index, energy on the CRU benchmarks, childcare net of the National Childcare Scheme, transport, health and lifestyle. It then works out the gross salary one earner needs to cover it, and shows how much of the difference is simply Dublin. Indicative planning figures, not a live feed.
Where and who
Your home
How do you hold the home?
Getting around
How do you mostly travel?
Childcare and health
Add children in creche above to model childcare net of the National Childcare Scheme.
Lifestyle and salary basis
Lifestyle levelLifestyle levelClothing, socialising, personal care, activities and a little slack.
Salary tax basisSalary tax basisFor the salary-needed figure: one earner covering the whole budget.
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Official sources
Rules last verified 25 August 2026.
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