Well weâre going to get about 10% added to the unemployment rate for the foreseeable future. Thereâs already been a series of permanent increases to the health service bill. When we get past the worst of Covid more money will be pumped into health to âfight the last warâ. Weâll probably have a massive idle ICU capacity in a few years time 
Very sorry reading this.
Dublin was a fantastic city.
Yeah, the way itâs configured now with the Press Up stranglehold and the competitiveness between Starbucks/Costa/Cafe Nero there doesnât seem to be much way back. All depends on the suburbs now but hard to make a go of anything with with rates and whatâs gone on for the past year.
Was it?
Press Up will find it hard to survive this themselves. They must be haemorrhaging cash. If they are leveraged then they will find it hard to recover. Their business model was always a bit funny - little or no diversity - it all was bet on Dublin nightlife.
Iâd be happy enough if Press Up went tits up. It would be hard on the staff obviously but if the city was open all that space would be filled again in a few years.
It was.
They need to get âofficial lifeâ back soon. Matches, Concerts, Theatres, Race Meetings, even stuff like Off the Ball live shows and the likes that used to fill places like Twenty Two, The Camden and those places on a Wednesday night.
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It wasnât
If the Costas open up, hanging round some damp rock in mayo in a dryrobe will suddenly seem less glamorous.
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Had to do a double take reading that, thought you were suggesting cheap lattes trump Westport