Budget 2024 won't bring back the multitudes who have left our shores

Housing measures, a cut in USC and public transport schemes are still not enough to tempt back the many who have fled the island to pastures new, writes David Kent

David Kent: "I turn 28 in March of next year. Marriage, a house, and children are completely off the table because I cannot financially afford to do so." Photo: Moya Nolan

They say it was much easier in the old days.

When my parents turned 28, they had married, had their first house, their first child and were about to fall pregnant with my older brother.