Agenda (Sunday, TV3, noon) looks at the dilemma of the financial markets analyst in a bear market. Are they sales people first and then crystal-ball gazers? David McWilliams talks to leading Irish analysts.

Joy was quickly followed by financial misery for parents Sam and Alison Bennett. The couple have two-year-old triplets and all the money woes that come with the bundles of joy. Your Money or Your Life (Wednesday, BBC2, 8 p.m.) comes to the rescue of the couple who have been yo-yoing in and out of debt for the past two years.

But the programme shows even the parents have tendency for toys - Sam and Alison complain they cannot afford a new home despite buying computer games, DVDs and new sofas as well as spending £200 a month on cigarettes.

Angela and Ronnie live happily in Garristown but Angela works in Beaumont hospital, Dublin, and Ronnie works at the airport.

For mum Angela and three children the drive from Garristown to school, playschool and a minder each day on top of the commute to work is proving too much. The solution is to move closer to town and House Hunters (Thursday, RTE1, 8.30 p.m.) helps with the search.

Rapid economic growth and social change over the past 10 years has opened up more choice and freedom for young people. This is particularly true in Dublin, where the younger generation enjoy an everchanging lifestyle of new cars, cafes, bars, restaurants, bountiful jobs and ceaseless shopping - all paid for with a seemingly unending stream of expendable income.

Boomtown (Thursday, RTE1, 10.15 p.m.) is a new eight-part series exploring being young in Ireland.

mconway@irish-times.ie