Revenge of the Commuter Belt

PRESSURED by the unrelenting property boom, industrious young workers from Dublin embarked on a modest western migration.

They left family networks in the city for the surrounding counties of Kildare, Meath, Wicklow, Laois and Louth – the Commuter Belt.

At the last local elections these migrants steered clear of the polls, placated by economic growth and promises of better infrastructure, affordable housing and cheaper childcare.