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Finances

Last week
20th April 2025 - 26th April 2025
Money Diaries: A healthcare worker preparing for retirement in the South East of the country
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This month
April 2025
Money Diaries: A project engineer on €57K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: An audit associate on €31K living in Dublin
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Last month
March 2025
Government approves AIB's €1.2bn share buyback plan
Money Diaries: A laboratory specialist on €70K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An interior designer on €45K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A software consultant on €76K living in Co Kildare
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Money Diaries: A project manager on €48K living by the sea and working from home
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Money Diaries: An accountant on €45K living in Leinster
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February
February 2025
Liverpool posted loss of £57million last season after Champions League absence
Money Diaries: A medical student on €20K living in Munster
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Money Diaries: Are you on top of your money? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A stay-at-home mother in the South East who has left work after maternity leave
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Money Diaries: A 27-year-old advertising account manager planning a move to Australia
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This year
2025
Money Diaries: A production manager on €78K living and working in Co Meath
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Money Diaries: A public relations manager on €42K living in Dublin
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Financial analyst: Five ways your finances could change in 2025
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Last year
2024
Money Diaries: An architectural graduate on €35K living in Dublin
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NAMA completes transfer of €400m to Exchequer
Money Diaries: An Irish executive assistant living in Argentina for a few months
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Average expected spend on Christmas rises to almost €1,200
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission found that one in five people also plan to borrow to fund their spending this Christmas.
Money Diaries: Financial services manager on £43K living in the UK
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'We can’t continue with World Cups having such a major impact on finances'
Money Diaries: An administrative worker on €46K living in the Midlands
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FactCheck: Does Fine Gael’s manifesto pledge an additional half a billion Euro to landlords?
Money Diaries: A PhD researcher on a €22K stipend living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A financial services employee on €109K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A teacher on €48K living in Cork
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Money Diaries: A chief operating officer on €245K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An Irish primary school teacher living and working in Vietnam
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Money Diaries: How did Budget 2025 impact you? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A social care worker on €30K living in the Midlands
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Opinion: Don't rely on the government to sort your pension unless you're a senior public servant
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Money Diaries: A public servant on €44K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A software developer on €70K living in Munster
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Money Diaries: A digital marketing manager on €74K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A senior fund administrator on €67K living and working in Luxembourg
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Money Diaries follow-up: A part-time adult educator on low and infrequent pay living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: An office manager on €45K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A sales team leader on €60K living in Dublin
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