Who are the new 'wealthy' or at least those have a few bob in Ireland now?

ellinguistico

do we reckon?

No I don't reckon

W.Shakes-Beer

I reckon its the ones who have money.

Claasman

Whoever is on the dole




























































/runs for cover:pac:

Sunnyisland

Same ones as always.

anto2

Public servants ,retired teachers ,garda etc .Those who had land to sell at the peak .Bankers at the top grade still getting bonus .Legal people Judges ,Baristers made a mint in the boom .Still many rich people in Ireland .

opinion guy

Those who didn't buy into the housing boom, stayed out of the market and saved for years and can now pick up cheap bargains on property!

ejmaztec

People who sold a load of property at the height of the boom and put all of the cash under the floor-boards instead of re-investing it.

BraziliaNZ

Legends like me who weren't as moronic as the rest of you during the "boom" that have toxic debt and worthless houses, rofl

ellinguistico

anto2 wrote: »

Public servants ,retired teachers ,garda etc .Those who had land to sell at the peak .Bankers at the top grade still getting bonus .Legal people Judges ,Baristers made a mint in the boom .Still many rich people in Ireland .

Yeah those who have no debt (or minimal i guess). I suppose by wealthy i mean those who are able to save or should be saving. I have only started saving in the last 9 months at the ripe old age of 33

landsleaving

I'm rather enjoying the fact that because everyone else is neck deep in debt, being basically broke is the new rich. The recession is the boom for bums, where zero trumps minus.

opinion guy

ellinguistico wrote: »

Yeah those who have no debt (or minimal i guess). I suppose by wealthy i mean those who are able to save or should be saving. I have only started saving in the last 9 months at the ripe old age of 33

Well with savings rates lower than the inflation rate what is the point in saving ?

Goldenegg

Bono of course.....

ellinguistico

opinion guy wrote: »

Well with savings rates lower than the inflation rate what is the point in saving ?

To be somewhere nearer towards a deposit for a house in 2 years time

anto2

ellinguistico wrote: »

Yeah those who have no debt (or minimal i guess). I suppose by wealthy i mean those who are able to save or should be saving. I have only started saving in the last 9 months at the ripe old age of 33

I sold my fully paid up house in 2007 and moved abroad .Just in time i think ;-)

Thatnastyboy

might sound weird but, currently working in construction,

"and cousin, bizniss is boomin'" :cool:

fontanalis

Some poor peoples wives!