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About Everyday Balance Hub

We write from Temple Bar, for readers who do not have an hour to spare. Practical money: what a service actually costs, what a shop will pay, what a side income asks in real hours. No lecture. No fortune promised. Figures, ranges, and the advertiser’s name when the page is paid for.

Maeve Dunne writing in a Temple Bar café by a sash window.
The desk works from Dublin 2. Practical money holds better when it is written within walking distance of the windows it describes.

Our line

We explain practical money — side income, drafting tools, the real cost of everyday services — in a measured voice. If a figure is only a range, we say so. If nobody can guarantee a client, we say that too.

Advertisement features

Some pieces, marked “Advertisement feature”, are paid for by an advertiser. They stay identified at the top of the page. We do not dress a paid page as an investigation. The ribbon is there for that.

Method

When we quote market rates, they are indicative ranges, never a projection of income for the reader. We do not invent numbered testimonials, and we do not publish “87% of participants”.

Corrections

If a range or a legal mention is wrong, write to [email protected]. We correct on the page, with a date. We would rather a quiet correction than a sentence that cannot stand.

Where we sit

10 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 AT86. There is no public newsroom hour without an appointment. Telephone +353(0)1 896 1226. Most of the work happens by email.

Who writes

Maeve Dunne covers Money & Week. The rest of the desk is small on purpose. A short staff is less likely to hide a paid page behind a committee.

How an advertisement feature is labelled

Irish advertising standards ask that paid space be identifiable. We use the ribbon “Advertisement feature”, a byline that still names the writer, and a note at the foot of the article. Sill Studio paid for the home article. Everyday Balance Hub remains the publisher, with the duties that come with that — including the right of a reader to know who paid.

We will not run an advertisement feature that promises a typical income. Ranges stay ranges. If that makes the page less exciting, so be it. Excitement is not the job.

Write to the desk

Editorial: [email protected]. If your note is about the Shopfront Month path, the Sill Studio page is the right door. For data rights, see Your data.