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2025
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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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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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: 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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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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