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The Daily Poll

Poll: Do you put money away each month?

Yesterday, it emerged that more than 1.8 million people have less than €100 left over each month. Regardless of what you earn, do you save money each month?
10.37am, 10 Jul 2012
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DO YOU PUT money away every month – or are you not in the position to save right now?

Yesterday, it emerged that more than 1.8 million people in Ireland are left with €100 or less after their household bills are paid every month.

That isn’t a huge amount – but there may be people who can still save money out of this.

Regardless of what you earn, we want to know:

Do you put money away every month?


Poll Results:

Yes, regularly (1309)
Yes, occasionally (1077)
No, but I'd like to (1070)
No (672)

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