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2023
Money Diaries: Have you been affected by rising costs? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A software engineer on €62K living in Dublin and saving for a home
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Money Diaries follow-up: A data scientist on $175K who has moved to the US for work
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Money Diaries: A 23-year-old mechanical engineer on £40K living in London
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Money Diaries follow-up: A student air traffic controller on €24K living in Shannon
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Money Diaries: A nurse on €40K living in Dublin and saving to buy a home
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Money Diaries: A delivery driver on €25K living in Co Carlow
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Money Diaries: A 22-year-old kitchen assistant living at home in the south of the country
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Money Diaries: Have you been affected by rising costs? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A part-time adult tutor on low and infrequent pay living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A 37-year-old fibre surveyor on €28K still living at home with parents
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Money Diaries: A 30-year-old accountant on $88K living and working in the Cayman Islands
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Money Diaries follow-up: A 25-year-old legal executive on €36K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A newly set up business owner on €36K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 32-year-old architect on €67K living and house-hunting in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A supply chain manager on €110K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries follow-up: A HR staff member on €47K living in Co Offaly
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Money Diaries: A financial consultant on €50K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A 26-year-old software engineer on £75K living in London
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Money Diaries: A civil engineer and farmer on €75K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A manager at an NGO on €53K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A therapist on €47K living in the midwest of the country
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Money Diaries: A 25-year-old recruitment consultant on €40K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 48-year-old procurement manager on €105K living in Leinster
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Money Diaries: A 24-year-old junior health and safety officer on €42K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A HR specialist on €57K living in Limerick and saving for a deposit for a house
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Money Diaries: A 26-year-old IT apprentice on €25K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 28-year-old consultant on €120K living in the United Arab Emirates
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Money Diaries: Have you been affected by rising costs? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Money Diaries: A project manager on €86K living in Dublin and saving for a second house
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Money Diaries: A 25-year-old sales representative on €35K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A part-time call centre supervisor on €29K in her final year of college
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Money Diaries: A 27-year-old staff officer on €47K living in the southeast of the country
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Money Diaries: A systems operations analyst on €57K living in Wicklow
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Money Diaries: A civil servant on €32K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An accounting manager on €86K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A private healthcare agency manager on €65K who is expecting her first child
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Money Diaries: A 60-year-old currently recovering in a nursing home on disability allowance
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Money Diaries: A 32-year-old admin assistant on €39K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: Have you been affected by the cost of living - would you like to keep a diary for us?
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