1.6m adults left with €50 or less each month after bills, survey reveals

An estimated 1.6m adults are left with a paltry €50 or less to spend at the end of the month, after all essential bills are paid.

The figure points to an increase, since October, of 230,000 people falling deeper into the trap of having little or no disposable income.

The 17% increase was discovered during a continuing credit union survey.