Memories of the Celtic Tiger

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I don’t know but you would need €200k down for a mover to a property or €1m.

If these people had bought a 3 bed semi D 6-7 years ago in a similar area as suggested it would have been roughly €650k. With that and the mortgage costs, €200k would be very achievable with existing equity and savings.

The reality is I expect is that they got used to the mortgage being 15% of their net salaries and have the nice cars, holidays etc. along with the private school & crèche fees that currently swallowing their income.

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It was indeed.

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I don’t know if you’ve noticed or maybe you don’t have to check what you spend but Oireland has become a very expensive country.

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If I thought it’d cost me 300 notes for a night out id stay home

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https://twitter.com/daloanto/status/1811447296015364266?s=46

If this was a real Celtic tiger this would be on in Lanzarote or somewhere like that.

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There will be games of rock paper scissors over breakfast to decide who gets the tickets.

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Every c**t and his dog has a podcast now. Really dragging the arse out of it with the “live podcast”.

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“registeration”

and what the fuck is a gourmet breakfast???

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Poached egg instead of fried

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Avocado and sourdough.
Artisan written in front of fry up in the menu which has the laminate removed for the morning.

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McCarthys sausages from Kanturk and Clonakilty black pudding

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Sprinkled with a bit of Cowboy Dust

Cc @gilgamboa

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Was bottled water a Celtic tiger thing?

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Ah Ballygowan and Tipp water were there before well before the Tiger. However supermarket shelves used have exorbitant priced Fiji and Icelandic glacier water.

They disappeared off the shelves fair quick.

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Predated the Celtic Tiger but I knew the end of the Tiger era was near when Superquinn started stocking Bling Water a still water in a bottle covered in Swarovski Crystals for €42 a bottle.

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I do find after 17 or 18 pints of guiness a feed of glacial water is the job to cure a hangover

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Glass bottles of Finches were well before the celtic tiger

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I’m a big fan of the French water like Evian and Volvic. A lovely softness compared to Ballygowan.

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Not for me, I think the French waters have a metallic taste, I like Ballygowan better,
The Aqua Panna is nice water, Italian I think from the same stable as San Pelligrino

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Bottled water is a cod