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fromIndependent
1 week ago

The bailout babies: 'They weren't even 18 by the time it all fell apart - they're the ones who are suffering the most from it'

Millennials who grew up during Ireland's Celtic Tiger crash face housing, economic and social challenges, reshaping adulthood through side hustles, emigration and altered life choices.
fromIndependent
1 week ago

The bailout babies: 'There's a feeling of anger among this generation: this is happening and it's not their fault'

Just as Adam Maguire prepares to release his first book, The Bailout Babies, the very generation he is writing about appear to have been bestowed with their first major anthem. CMAT's Euro-Country reflects on the 2008 financial crash, from a child's perspective, and features the lyrics All the big boys/All the Berties/All the envelopes/Yeah, they hurt me/I was 12 when the das started killing themselves all around me.
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