Irish happy to live now... and pay the price later

WE want the good life now and rate living for the moment more highly than paying off debts, saving for their twilight years or leaving an inheritance for the children.

A new Europe-wide poll into attitudes to money also found the Irish have the highest levels of trust in Europe in their financial institutions despite a series of banking scandals.

Consumer think-tank the Future Foundation polled 16,319 people across Europe about their attitudes to saving, debt and taking on financial obligations.