According to a survey, 56 per cent of Irish adults gift €50 or more to a niece or nephew for their communion or confirmation, ...

Q. My husband and I have been invited to a wedding, and the couple’s gift registry has no merchandise — just lots of ideas of what they would do with cash gifts from their wedding guests.

When do you buy the gift? Can you buy gifts outside the registry? Is giving cash gauche? What is the right wedding gift amount? According to Zola, the average person spends $150 on a wedding gift.