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# How I Spend My Money

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How I Spend My Money: A marketing manager in Dublin on €40,000 who is moving home in the new year
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How I Spend My Money: An engineer in Kildare on €70,000 who is thinking about leaving the country
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How I Spend My Money: A scientist in Galway on €42,500 with an emergency fund to last six months
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How I Spend My Money: A Tipperary man in Brussels on €30,000 who wants to move back to Ireland
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How I Spend My Money: A legal secretary in Kildare on €26,000 who has saved up over €13,000
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How I Spend My Money: An accountant on €60,000 still paying off an unsuccessful Celtic Tiger investment
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How I Spend My Money: A civil servant on €23,000 who took a large pay cut to get her job
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How I Spend My Money: A sales worker on €70,000 saving €1,000 a month for a mortgage
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How I Spend My Money: A student in Galway earning up to €500 a month from several odd jobs
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How I Spend My Money: A doctor in Galway on €59,500 saving for her own home
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How I Spend My Money: A finance worker on €34,000 who sees no point trying to save for a house
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How I Spend My Money: A marketing manager on €60,000 renting in Dublin with his partner
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How I Spend My Money: A widower on €209 disability benefit per week and renting in Dublin's commuter belt
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How I Spend My Money: An e-commerce worker on €35,000 saving to build his own house
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How I Spend My Money: An editor on €41,000 trying to save for a deposit
How I Spend My Money: A bank employee on €30,000 saving to buy her first home