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This year
2024
Money Diaries: A hospitality manager on €55K living in Munster
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Money Diaries: A small business owner in Leinster who has not taken a wage in 18 months
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Money Diaries: A nurse on €58K living in Dublin and currently on maternity leave
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Money Diaries: An accountant on €68K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A financial advisor on €55K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A marketing and advertising executive on €60K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: How is your spending and saving going? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A client manager on €90K living in Co Wicklow
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Money Diaries: A business development specialist on €54K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries follow-up: An early years educator on €25K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A public sector HR specialist on €94K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An accountant on €65K living in Kildare
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Money Diaries: A project engineer on €58K living in Cork
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2023
Money Diaries: A 25-year-old marketing assistant on €35K living in South Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 42-year-old public servant on €67K living in the Midlands
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Money Diaries: A 27-year-old financial advisor on €85K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A customer success manager on €86K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A data analyst on €61K living in Co Laois
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Money Diaries: A company secretary on €81K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An eCommerce agent on €44K living outside of Dublin due to house prices
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Money Diaries: Are you all set for the spending season? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A software manager on €75K living in Tipperary
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Money Diaries: An accountant on €73K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: Have you been affected by rising costs? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A software engineer on €62K living in Dublin and saving for a home
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Money Diaries follow-up: A data scientist on $175K who has moved to the US for work
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Money Diaries: A 23-year-old mechanical engineer on £40K living in London
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Money Diaries follow-up: A student air traffic controller on €24K living in Shannon
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Money Diaries: A nurse on €40K living in Dublin and saving to buy a home
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Money Diaries: A delivery driver on €25K living in Co Carlow
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Money Diaries: A 22-year-old kitchen assistant living at home in the south of the country
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Money Diaries: Have you been affected by rising costs? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A part-time adult tutor on low and infrequent pay living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A 37-year-old fibre surveyor on €28K still living at home with parents
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Money Diaries: A 30-year-old accountant on $88K living and working in the Cayman Islands
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Money Diaries follow-up: A 25-year-old legal executive on €36K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A newly set up business owner on €36K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 32-year-old architect on €67K living and house-hunting in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A supply chain manager on €110K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries follow-up: A HR staff member on €47K living in Co Offaly
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