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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
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
Money Diaries: A medical student on €20K living in Munster
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The post-pandemic slump in ATM use is continuing
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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Why Irish banks kept mortgages cheap for homeowners - while savers got a raw deal
Money Diaries: A public relations manager on €42K living in Dublin
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Corporation tax increased by 18% last year to €28 billion
Last year
2024
Money Diaries: An architectural graduate on €35K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An Irish executive assistant living in Argentina for a few months
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Money Diaries: How is your budget looking this Christmas? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Fiscal watchdog urges incoming government to treat corporation tax 'like Norway treats its oil'
The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warned the next coalition to be cautious when it comes to the country’s “extraordinary” corporate tax receipts.
Money Diaries: Financial services manager on £43K living in the UK
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Money Diaries: An administrative worker on €46K living in the Midlands
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Money Diaries: A PhD researcher on a €22K stipend living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A tax accountant on €100K living in Wicklow
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Money Diaries: Is it time for you to start keeping a diary of your spending and saving?
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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: A social care worker on €30K living in the Midlands
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Money Diaries: A public servant on €44K living in Dublin
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FactCheck: Is it true that only about 3% of people pay tax on inheritance in Ireland?
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: A financial services manager on €105K living in Dublin
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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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Budget 2025: Vape tax, double child benefit, but no rise in jobseeker’s payment
The finance minister said there will be a ‘substantial’ package of supports for pensioners.