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Money Diaries: A 38-year-old customer care assistant on $65K living in Queensland
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Money Diaries: A laboratory aide on €28K living in Kildare
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Money Diaries: A warehouse worker on €38K living in the east of the country
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Money Diaries: A doctor on €83K living in the midlands
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Money Diaries: A public servant on €83K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An IT associate on €47K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An early childhood educator on €35K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A civil servant on €42K in Dublin currently on maternity leave
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Money Diaries: A quality assurance analyst in biopharmaceuticals on €99K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A financial services employee on €100K living in Shanghai
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Money Diaries: A project manager on €35K living in Dublin with her boyfriend and their baby
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Money Diaries: A data centre IT technician on €55K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 23-year-old legal secretary on €36K living and working in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A sales executive on €47K living with her husband in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 24-year-old software developer on €50K living in Louth
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Money Diaries: A 25-year-old trainee accountant on €30K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A sales manager on €240K living in Dublin with her partner and their three dogs
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Money Diaries: A 23-year-old social media manager on €32K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A student on €13K working part-time while doing an internship
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Money Diaries: A 36-year-old working in pharmaceuticals living in the east of the country
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Money Diaries: A financial employee on €60K living in the east of the country
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Money Diary: A 25-year-old primary school teacher on €38K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A development chemist on €63K living in Cork City
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Money Diaries: A 38-year-old teacher on €69K living in the south of the country
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Money Diaries: A senior software engineering manager on €233K living in Kerry
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Money Diaries: A 31-year-old performance marketing manager on $90K living in Toronto
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Money Diaries: A 34-year-old project manager on €75K living and working in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A healthcare manager on €47K living in the west of the country
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Money Diary: A manufacturing technician on €55K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An insurance consultant on €35K living in Munster
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Money Diaries: A 29-year-old quality control analyst on €54K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A student and retail worker earning €14K and living in Dublin
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Money Diary: A finance analyst on €60K living with family just outside Dublin
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Money Diaries: A support worker on €35K living with her partner in the south west of the country
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Money Diaries: Customer service clerk on €38K who bought a home outright with savings
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Money Diaries: A PhD student on €16K living and studying in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 25-year-old finance analyst on €45K living in the family home in Clare
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Money Diaries: A management consultant on €62K living in Dublin with his dog
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Money Diaries: A barista on €19K living with her partner in shared accommodation in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A civil servant on €57K working from home and caring for her aunt
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