Subject 1: cúrsaí airgid - ráta boilscithe

Question 1

inflation rate

Answer 1

ráta boilscithe

Question 2

cost of living

Answer 2

costas maireachtála

Question 3

electricity costs

Answer 3

costas leictreatchais/aibhléis

Question 4

the cost of living has risen due to the war in Ukraine

Answer 4

tá an costas maireachtála ardaithe de bharr an chogaidh san Ucráin

Question 5

we, as a nation depend on Ukraine for fuel like oil. we get food like wheat from ukraine too.

Answer 5

táimid, mar náisiún ag brath ar an Úcráin le haghaidh breosla mar ola. Faighimid bia cosúil le cruithneacht ón Úcráin freisin.

Question 6

worried

Answer 6

buartha

Question 7

fuel costs

Answer 7

cosats bhreosla

Question 8

medical treatment

Answer 8

cóir leighis

Question 9

suffering and struggling

Answer 9

ag fulaingt agus ag streachailt

Question 10

Prices of necessities such as food, electricity and fuel are rising

Answer 10

Bíonn praghsanna riachtanais mar bhia, leictreachas agus breosla ag ardú

Question 11

some even have to choose between buying their electricity or food

Answer 11

bíonn ar chuid acu fiú rogha a dhéanamh idir a gcuid leictreachais nó bia a cheannach

Question 12

its a scandal

Answer 12

is rud scannal é

Question 13

Old people are already retired and now rely on their pension to pay their bills and medical care

Answer 13

Tá seandaoine ar scor cheana féin agus anois ag brath ar a bpinsean chun a gcuid billí agus a cóir leighis a íoc

Question 14

they are already retired

Answer 14

ar scor cheana féin

Question 15

pensioners

Answer 15

pinsinéirí

Question 16

they no longer have an income and money is a problem for them

Answer 16

níl ioncam acu a thuilleadh agus is fadhb dóibh airgead

Question 17

no more/any more

Answer 17

a thuilleadh

Question 18

they worry about the cost of home insurance, life insurance and more

Answer 18

tá imní orthu faoi chostas árachas tí, árachas saoil agus araile

Question 19

they feel worried/anxious/concerned about

Answer 19

mothaíonn siad buartha/imní faoi

Question 20

When the banking system collapsed…

Answer 20

Nuair a thit an tóin as an gcoras baincéireachta…

Question 21

old people invested a lot of money in the banks but they lost it during the celtic tiger

Answer 21

d’infheistigh na seandaoine go leor airgid sna bainc ach chaill siad é le linn an tíogair Cheiltigh

Question 22

they often don’t have a penny to spare

Answer 22

is minic nach mbíonn pingin rua le sparáil acu

Question 23

a penny

Answer 23

pingin rua

Question 24

their families offer no financial support because they often live abroad

Answer 24

ní thairgeann a dteaghlaigh aon tacaíocht airgeadais mar is minic a chónaíonn siad thar lear

Question 25

thown on the scrap heap/dung heap of life

Answer 25

Caite ar charn aoiligh na beatha

Question 26

stress due to money is created by the nursing homes too. The price of a bed in a nursing home is too high today. one year in a nursing home costs around forty-six thousand euro.

Answer 26

Cruthaíonn na tithe altranais strus mar gheall ar airgead freisin. Tá praghas leaba i dteach altranais ró-ard inniu. cosnaíonn bliain amháin i dteach altranais thart ar 46 míle euro.

Question 27

etcetera/ and so on

Answer 27

agus araile