Almost a third of Irish households believe they will struggle to pay bills, says EU survey

Up to 29% of Irish households might not be able to pay ordinary bills, buy food or other important daily goods in the next 12 months, according to an EU survey.

In the past 12 months 15% of Irish households have run out of money to buy food, pay bills or some other daily expense. This is just below the EU average of 17% but well behind Romania where 43% of people have had problems.