Who loves a discount more than students? Attending college is a time when you may be working part-time along with trying to focus on your studies so your time is tight but so too are your finances.
Using your money wisely as a student is a key life hack; a strategy or technique adopted to manage time, resources and daily activities in an efficient way. One of the best ways you can do that is by availing of your student discount whenever you are paying for a product or service.
Here are our top 5 (plus some we couldn't leave out) discounts for third-level students in Dublin:
1. IFSC Neighbourhood
There are lots of discounts you can avail of as a student of National College of Ireland right on the doorstep of our IFSC neighbourhood, here are our top picks:
- Bakehouse at NCI: With sandwiches from €5.95 and hot drinks from €2.00, you don't need to leave campus for a great lunch deal!
- Remedi Pharmacy: 10% discount in-store and online
- Seven Wonders: 10% discount excluding deals (which are already great value!)
- The Grafton Barber: €16 for a dry cut between 9am and 12.30pm, Monday to Friday
- Box Barber: €20 for a student cut between 9.30am and 12pm, Monday to Friday
- Caffè Nero: 25% discount on drinks with the Caffè Nero mobile app
- Milano: 30% off food and drinks between Sunday to Thursday
It always pays to ask a business if they have a student discount when you get to the till!
2. Travel
Here's a big advantage to being a student that you might have missed; a Student Leap Card offers huge savings (50% off adult public transport fares) when you travel on the below travel services:
- Bus Éireann
- Dublin Bus
- Iarnród Éireann (including DART)
- Go-Ahead Ireland
- Luas
The Student Leap Card is for full time third level students who are either 16-18 or 24 years old and above while the Young Adult (19-23) Leap Card is currently for all 19-23 year olds, but will increase to 19-25 year olds from early 2024.
3. Food
You're only a third-level student for a short time so make the most of those savings when you're grabbing your morning coffee, picking up lunch or ordering a takeaway!
Here are some student favourites that offer food discounts in Dublin:
Make sure to check out the other food discounts under the IFSC section above.
Pizza Offer
PI Pizza have a student offer giving you 25% off wood fired pizza, Monday to Thursday 12-4.30pm. You'll find them on South Great George's Street and in Temple Bar.
4. Fashion
Unfortunately, Penneys does not offer a student discount! However, there are lots of other big retailers in Dublin that provide great value on all your fashion needs, both online and in shops around the city:
The great thing about these shops is that they are all just a short (discounted!) Luas journey from our campus so you can destress after a busy day at college with some retail therapy and not break the bank.
5. Entertainment
Flash your student card when going to the cinema or any of the locations below to get some money off:
- Irish Film Institute
- Omniplex Cinemas
- Movies@Dundrum
- National Wax Museum
- Abbey Theatre
- Escape Dublin
The discounts vary across these service providers, visit their website for the most up-to-date information.
And Some We Couldn't Leave Out...
Did you know that NCI students can visit the doctor for just €15 (normally €70)? Now that's incredible value that we just couldn't leave out of this article. Here are a few others you might not know about, including discounts on continuing your studies to postgraduate level:
- Boots
- NCI Scholarships & Discounts
- SV Fitness Club
- Hanover Medical Centre
- Spotify
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Irish Times
Studying in Dublin can be expensive so make the most of your discount while you have it! Here are 10 money-saving and budgeting tips for students that are guaranteed to help you make good money choices.
If you have any questions or want to get your business added to this list, leave a comment below and we'll update this post to make it as useful as possible for our students.
This blog was updated in November 2023.
