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Money Diaries: A retail supervisor on €30K who recently graduated and wants to continue studying
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Money Diaries: A data analyst on €42K living in Munster
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Money Diaries: A clerical officer on €31K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A customer assistant and hotel manager on a combined €80k living in Munster
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Money Diaries: A fintech worker on €55k living in Dublin
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Money Diaries follow-up: A senior marketing manager on €85K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: Data analyst on €48.5K living in Limerick, but commuting two days to Dublin office
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Money Diaries: Is it time for you to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A marketing manager on €70K living in Co Clare
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Money Diaries: Everything feeling expensive? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A former IT company director on €168K who is being made redundant
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Money Diaries: A HR administrator on €43K living in Co Wicklow
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Money Diaries: A marketer on €45K living in the west of the country
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Money Diaries: An engineer on €65K living in Co Galway
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Money Diaries: A trainee accountant on €33K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An administrator on €37K living in the Midlands
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Money Diaries: A finance manager on €60K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An escalation manager on €120K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A public servant on €55K living in Co Westmeath
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Money Diaries: A legal secretary on €39K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A tech company director on €60K living in Co Wexford
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Money Diaries: A paralegal on $26/hr who moved to New York last year
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Money Diaries: An HR specialist on €78K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A healthcare worker preparing for retirement in the South East of the country
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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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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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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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Money Diaries: A production manager on €78K living and working in Co Meath
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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 public relations manager on €42K 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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Money Diaries: An architectural graduate on €35K living in Dublin
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