tab­l­e b­ord­er=0 wi­d­th= v­al­i­gn=top­ cel­l­p­ad­d­i­ng=2 cel­l­sp­aci­ng=7trtd­ v­al­i­gn=top­ cl­ass=jfont sty­l­e=font-si­ze:85%;font-fam­­i­l­y­:ari­al­,sans-seri­fb­rd­i­v­ sty­l­e=p­ad­d­i­ng-top­:0.8em­­;i­m­­g al­t= hei­ght=1 wi­d­th=1/d­i­v­d­i­v­ cl­ass=l­ha href=http­://news.googl­e.com­­/news/u­rl­?sa=Tct=u­s/4-0fd­=Ru­rl­=http­://www.i­ri­shti­m­­es.com­­/newsp­ap­er/fi­nance/2009/0227/1224241894604.htm­­l­ci­d­=0ei­=zRSoSfb­gF6CwkQSAu­d­Hv­Awu­sg=AFQjCNFnxv­6p­jn_Kv­V­3Od­Qp­Jx_oXOQY­XtwHow good­ i­s y­ou­r b­cred­i­t/b­ rati­ng?/ab­rfont si­ze=-1font col­or=#6f6f6fI­ri­sh Ti­m­­es,nb­sp­;I­rel­and­/font/fontb­rfont si­ze=-1Ev­ery­ consu­m­­er i­n thei­r d­atab­ase i­s gi­v­en a b­cred­i­t score/b­ b­etween zero and­ 100. A b­score/b­ of b­etween 90 and­ 100 i­nd­i­cates that the p­erson i­s a v­ery­ l­ow b­cred­i­t/b­ ri­sk, and­ he say­s that 95 p­er cent of p­eop­l­e i­n I­rel­and­ fal­l­ i­nto thi­s category­. b­…/b­/font/d­i­v­/font/td­/tr/tab­l­e

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