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The pound’s weakness is turning everyone—from students to holiday-makers—into unwitting currency traders as Brexit nears.
Adam O Conghaile owed 36,000 pounds ($46,300) to the UK government when he graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2016 and returned home to Ireland. Then Britain decided to leave the European Union and sterling tumbled, cutting the value of his debt in euros.
“I’m certainly benefiting from the weakening pound at the moment, while I’m earning and saving in euros,” said the 24-year old. “I made my first large payment of a few thousand pounds immediately after the Brexit vote, followed
Adam O Conghaile owed 36,000 pounds ($46,300) to the UK government when he graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2016 and returned home to Ireland. Then Britain decided to leave the European Union and sterling tumbled, cutting the value of his debt in euros.
“I’m certainly benefiting from the weakening pound at the moment, while I’m earning and saving in euros,” said the 24-year old. “I made my first large payment of a few thousand pounds immediately after the Brexit vote, followed
