On Wednesday 9 December, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan will deliver what's expected to be the most austere budget in years. We want to hear from you. What are your circumstances? What would you like to see in the budget? What are your fears and what would be your advice?
Click in this box and you'll be taken to an online page where you can write to us. We'll follow up on some of the stories, and we'll print extracts on our website. Your stories will help inform our coverage of the budget.
Here's what one listener had to say ...
"A start would be to suspend rates from the local council for at least one year ..."