No, minister we didn’t all ‘party’ in the boom

THE worst economic crisis in Ireland’s history follows what, for many citizens, was a near-decade of prosperity in which average incomes soared, unemployment rates were at all-time lows and property owners watched the value of their homes rocket.
No, minister we didn’t all ‘party’ in the boom

For many, the property boom became more about lining their own pockets instead of making an affordable home a realistic ambition for a generation of young Irish people.

But far from everybody was on the receiving end of the wealth that was generated before the bubble exploded.

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