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Last week
19th July 2026 - 25th July 2026
Money Diaries: A healthcare worker on €83K living in Dublin and expecting her first child
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This month
July 2026
Money Diaries: A charity policy coordinator on €36K living in Dublin
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How is your spending going this summer? Would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?
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Last month
June 2026
Money Diaries: A junior doctor on €44K living in Cork
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Money Diaries: A clerical officer on €32K trying to save for a mortgage deposit
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What will your spending look like this summer? Would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?
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Money Diaries: An engineering director on €75K living in Co Wicklow
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Money Diaries: A self-employed engineering consultant on €120K living in Co Galway
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May
May 2026
Money Diaries: A student on €21K planning to emigrate for a better-paid job
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Money Diaries: A recently graduated digital journalist on €35K living in Dublin
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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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How are you dealing with the cost of living? Would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A software engineer on €100K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An apprentice mechanic on €22K living in the Midlands
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This year
2026
Money Diaries: A compliance officer on €45K living in the Midlands
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Money Diaries: A man receiving invalidity pension living in the west of the country
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Money Diaries: A self-employed illustrator living in the west of the country
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Money Diaries: A quality and compliance officer on €42K saving for a mortgage
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From the archives: Compare our first ever Money Diaries in 2018 to your current spending
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How are you dealing with the cost of living? Would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A psychologist on €140K living in the east of the country
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Money Diaries: A part-time administrator who is a carer for her son, who has a disability
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Money Diaries: A 38-year-old accountant on $185K living in Melbourne
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Money Diaries: A software engineering manager on €140K living in the east of the country
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Money Diaries: A marketing freelancer on €20K living in Co Wicklow
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Money Diaries: An executive assistant adjusting to being back at work after a serious illness
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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 medical administrator working part-time and living in Co Kildare
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Money Diaries: A civil technician on €60K living in the east of the country
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Money Diaries: A 28-year-old advertising account manager who has just moved to Australia
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Money Diaries: A part-time writer in Cork, living alone on a pension
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Money Diaries: An accounting manager on €60K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: Have you made any financial New Year's resolutions? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Last year
2025
Money Diaries: A family support worker on €26K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An assistant lecturer on €46K living in the Midwest of the country
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Money Diaries: A factory worker on €38K living in the west of the country
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Christmas is going to be expensive this year - would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A payroll specialist on €55K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: An assistant lecturer on €46k working in Leinster
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Money Diaries: An IT systems architect on €90K living in Dublin
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