Levels of disposable income are lower in the North West when compared with the rest of the county.
Donegal is one of the poorest counties where average disposable income is less than 90 % of the national average according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.
The figures show that average disposable income sank 8.1pc to €21,356 in 2009, the latest year when figures were available.
People in the west saw their incomes fall 6pc, which was the smallest decline that year.

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