The Celtic Tiger hasn’t gone away, you know – and here’s the proof

IT has almost become a given at middle class dinner parties and in some sections of the media that the Celtic Tiger boom was wasted.

In such quarters they wonder aloud where the Tiger has gone. "What have they done with it," they ask.

The "they" in the question usually means the politicians. Firstly, it should be said that the boom hasn't gone away. All recent indications on employment, inflation and growth projections point to a turnaround.