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60% of Irish people borrow to pay their household bills

20% borrowed money from family and friends to pay their bills.

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Jan 24th 2017, 6:15 AM

Irish people have less extra cash than our European neighbours

New figures from Eurostat show Irish households to have 6% less material wealth than the European average.

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Dec 12th 2014, 10:44 AM