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What was the recession like? I’m in my late 30s. I started university in the boom. Life was great, and it was all ahead of us. At year three, things collapsed, and we all knew we were leaving university with no jobs or traineeships lined up. Took until late 20s to qualify in something and start to make decent money.
I was one of the few of my friends group to stay in Ireland. Lost a lot of friends to immigration. I saw my parents lose their jobs, business, and pension. There was a sense that Ireland wouldn’t come back from this, and staying here was a life wasted. Mental health was a huge issue as we grappled with it.
I felt like all I was hearing was lads I grew up with ending their lives. I worked min wage jobs in retail to tie me over. Shops that managed to survive was because online hadn’t wiped them out yet. Since I didn’t have a mortgage and cost of living was cheap, I could manage in the min wage job. I could afford day to day things like rent or eating out that I couldn’t do now if I was working those type of jobs.
It’s madness now to see the next generation leaving at the same levels as my generation, but not for a lack of jobs, but the cost of living.
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