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# How I Spend My Money

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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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Money Diaries: A researcher on €49K living with her husband in their new house in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A project engineer in the north east of the country on €32K
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Money Diaries: A product manager on over €140K with a young family in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 23-year-old student and fast food worker on €13K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A civil servant on €33k living in Dublin and working from home
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Money Diaries: A recruitment consultant on €32K living in the midlands with his family
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Money Diaries: A process scientist on €57K supporting the family while her husband studies
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Money Diaries: A product manager on €85K living in Dublin with her partner and dog
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Money Diaries: A language specialist in IT & partner earning a combined €75K saving for a home
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Money Diaries: A warehouse worker on €22K living and working in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An IT consultant on €126K living and working in London
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Money Diaries: A youth worker in Dublin on €35K balancing income and high rents
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Money Diaries: An apprentice lab analyst on €25K saving to extend the family home
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Money Diaries: A bank analyst on €63K living in London but working through Covid from home in Cork
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Money Diaries: A software engineer on €50K living in Dublin with her parents to save for a home
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Money Diaries: An occupational therapist on €54K working through the pandemic in Dublin
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Money Diaries: An education service manager on over €55K, living with family in the Midlands
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Money Diaries: An actor and bartender on the PUP, keeping busy through lockdown in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A primary teacher on €52K homeschooling and teaching remotely
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Money Diaries: A 29-year-old woman on €46K having moved from Dublin to the country
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Money Diaries: A 27-year-old technical support worker on €34K decorating her new home
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Money Diaries: A 35-year-old HR Manager and busy mum working hard to save for a mortgage
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Money Diaries: A 22-year-old HR professional on €24K, renting and living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 33-year-old nurse on €46k living in Dublin and managing her contacts during Covid-19
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Money Diaries: A 24-year-old management consultant on €32K in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 35-year-old secondary school teacher living and saving in Spain
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Money Diaries: A 26-year-old civil servant on €44K living in North Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 32-year-old SNA on €25K living in Dublin
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Money Diaries: A 37-year-old in a rural village in the West of Ireland earning about €1,800 a month
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Money Diaries: A construction contracts manager on €67K with a young family in Galway
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Money Diaries: A team leader in Galway on €37K working from home who is also a single mother
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Money Diaries: A university administrator in Limerick working from home who is starting to socialise more
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Money Diaries: A 26-year-old data analyst living alone and working from home in a new job
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