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Thu 11 Nov 2002CSO figures for 2001 paint a picture of the good timesThe average Irish person earns €470 a week, lives in a bungalow, is most likely to be a manager or administrator if male - or a clerical worker if female. He or she prefers to drive a Ford car and spends most of their personal income on food, drink and cigarettes.This is the latest picture of Irish men and women in 2001 to emerge from the Statistical Yearbook of Ireland 2002 published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) yesterday.