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Amy Sharpe & Anita McSorley

Family with 11 children share key budget tips to keep bills down amid cost of living crisis

A family with 11 children have shared their 'parenting on a budget' tips in a bid to help other families as the cost of living soars.

Joanne and Tommy O’Rourke are facing a squeeze in more ways than one, as they look after their 11 kids, aged between two to 19, in a four-bedroom home.

They say their energy bills are now double the cost of a year ago, while their weekly shop - which includes 11 loaves, 42 pints of milk and a kilo of pasta - has also doubled.

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