Your lowest point during the Bailout Years

blackcard

Just as people years ago told their children and grandchildren about the
Emergency Years and the Famine Years, in time to come we will tell our descendants about the Bailout Years. For me, it had a drip drip effect. First pay cut, tax increase, another pay cut, increased USC, another pay cut, friends losing their jobs, friends emigrating, increased unemployment, the bank debt increasing by billions, worrying about a run on the banks. The lowest point for me was the day of the Bailout itself, our leaders slumped without hope or leadership, watching little old Ireland making headlines international headlines on Sky, BBC, CNN, Bloomers. I wondered whither Ireland. That was the day I stopped watching the news. That was the lowest point of the Bailout Years for me. What was your lowest point?

Sheep Lover

Having to fly business class on all my flights during the recession. The thoughts of it now *shudders*

SEPT 23 1989

you talk as if its over

soap1978

having to shop in aldi

endacl

Having to feed de fambly to de childers.

DareGod

I'm going through it at the moment.

We've all made a total mess of this world. It should be taken away from us.

semionova

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

you talk as if its over

It is.

pablo128

2008 I was made redundant. Our daughter was 4 months old. Herself had a decent job so I decided to be a 'stay-at-home' dad for a while. 2 months later she was made redundant. Our rent was 1200 a month. They were nervous times.

The Backwards Man

Bailout years? Bailout years?!


Not watching one of the 300 news channels for a day or two and having to chat to your mate on Skype instead of over a latte down the local Starbuck's does not constitute hardship OP.

kippy

A bit of perspective is needed. The Emergency and moreso the Famine were countless times worse than anything that has happened in this country in the past decade.

Sheep Lover

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Bailout years? Bailout years?!


Not watching one of the 300 news channels for a day or two and having to chat to your mate on Skype instead of over a latte down the local Starbuck's does not constitute hardship OP.

What does then?

the evasion_kid

Having to smoke Amber leaf

blackcard

pablo128 wrote: »

2008 I was made redundant. Our daughter was 4 months old. Herself had a decent job so I decided to be a 'stay-at-home' dad for a while. 2 months later she was made redundant. Our rent was 1200 a month. They were nervous times.

Tough times, hope you're doing better now

The Dogs Bollix

The bailout years was the best time of my life.

DareGod

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Bailout years? Bailout years?!


Not watching one of the 300 news channels for a day or two and having to chat to your mate on Skype instead of over a latte down the local Starbuck's does not constitute hardship OP.

Did he say it did?

semionova

pablo128 wrote: »

2008 I was made redundant. Our daughter was 4 months old. Herself had a decent job so I decided to be a 'stay-at-home' dad for a while. 2 months later she was made redundant. Our rent was 1200 a month. They were nervous times.

I really hope things improved for you. Must have been tough worrying with a child etc.

The Backwards Man

Sheep Lover wrote: »

What does then?

Fifteen of us used to travel the 30 miles to school on a Massey 35 with no cab. Pushing it mind, we couldn't afford to put diesel in it. In the bare feet. With potato bags for coats. Used potato bags, the good ones had to be kept for the spuds.

Aidric

At the airport when emigrating I had to remove a bag of kerr pinks from my luggage cause they were pushing me over the limit.

Mint Sauce

Redundancy. Although that was a blessing in disguise, as in a lot better job now. The full year out of work though, before even getting something part time, and on a course, was soul destroying at times, possibly leading to the verge of depression.

Sheep Lover

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Fifteen of us used to travel the 30 miles to school on a Massey 35 with no cab. Pushing it mind, we couldn't afford to put diesel in it. In the bare feet. With potato bags for coats. Used potato bags, the good ones had to be kept for the spuds.

Aw, I thought it would include some reference to turf. Or one of those silly makey up culchie words. Ah well.

JustTheOne

The bailout had nothing to do with people been made redundant, I wish we as a nation would stop blaming the bailout for everything wrong in their lives.

blackcard

kippy wrote: »

A bit of perspective is needed. The Emergency and moreso the Famine were countless times worse than anything that has happened in this country in the past decade.

Of course you are right and it is relative. There was a certain period where you got nervous if there was a queue at an ATM. I took out some of my savings and hid it at home. There was a sense of despair and fear for the future

Plates

The last few years have been a wet dream for Joe Duffy and his "tell me something awful" band of followers. There seems to be a huge chunk of the population who refuse to acknowledge that things are getting better.

triple nipple

Having to steal bog roll from the local pub as i couldn't afford to buy it

ISOP

being made redundant, unable to find a job for months, then emigrating, **** Ireland.

Mint Sauce

triple nipple wrote: »

Having to steal bog roll from the local pub as i couldn't afford to buy it

But you could afford to go to...

Ah forget it.

pablo128

pablo128 wrote: »

2008 I was made redundant. Our daughter was 4 months old. Herself had a decent job so I decided to be a 'stay-at-home' dad for a while. 2 months later she was made redundant. Our rent was 1200 a month. They were nervous times.

Got my redundancy notice New Years Day 2008. Tough few years, but we got through it. Hope ye are doing ok.

DarkyHughes

Probably having to join FARC (the Colombian guerrilla's ) for 5 grams of pure cocaine a week. Which sells very well in Dublin. Eamon Dunphy was really happy because he could finally get good coke in Dublin

LaVail

Having to pick bits of coke off the floor when I spilled the bag.... Just kidding I never spill dat shiet.

Plates

ISOP wrote: »

being made redundant, unable to find a job for months, then emigrating, **** Ireland.

What exciting part of the world did you end up in?

oceanman

Plates wrote: »

The last few years have been a wet dream for Joe Duffy and his "tell me something awful" band of followers. There seems to be a huge chunk of the population who refuse to acknowledge that things are getting better.

maybe because very few people are feeling better off in their pockets!

Mint Aero

Stayed in bed once for 4 days straight cos I had no food. On the 5th day I caved in and opened the tin of John West tuna that was in my cupboard.

Plates

oceanman wrote: »

maybe because very few people are feeling better off in their pockets!

Really? So the people who used to be on the dole who now have jobs are worse off? You do accept that the unemployment rate is reducing right?

Jaysus lads, God help ye if you think this is hard. Try living in Greece!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I have to say I would have had much rougher times in the late 70s and early 80s compared to the past few years - now that was a recession!
This short blip was a cakewalk by comparison.

Massimo Cassagrande

We had to let the third car go - it was tough, but needs must. And the kitchen hasn't been remodeled since all this madness began. We just toughed it out. The shaker Maple has really begun to grate though.

LaVail

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

buried

The recession is over until the election results next year, and then, by some magical and fantastical turn of events/spin, it will return. Bigtime.

retalivity

LaVail wrote: »

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

I've only recently started buying double quilted bog roll again so yes, its over

the evasion_kid

LaVail wrote: »

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

Yeah it is in dublin we've started snorting coke with €50 euro notes again and throwing them away

blackcard

LaVail wrote: »

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

The Bailout is finished at least for the moment so the Bailout Years are over

Mongfinder General

Locking into a fixed rate mortgage at 5.59% in 2008. ****ing painful

Wanderer78

LaVail wrote: »

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

far from over im afraid. dublin and a few other places dont seem to be doing too bad but other smaller towns, villages and even cities aint doing great. dont think irelands economy will be great for a while. deeply concerned of the amount of people in arrears with their mortgages. have a funny feeling the whole euro zone is gonna stagnate for a while. very interesting to watch the whole greece thing. at least somebody is sticking it to the imf but i have a funny feeling greece are gonna get shafted here.

LaVail

retalivity wrote: »

I've only recently started buying double quilted bog roll again so yes, its over

Unless it's andrex quilts with plush cushiony layers then we're not out of the woods yet!

Greentopia

Wanderer78 wrote: »

far from over im afraid. dublin and a few other places dont seem to be doing too bad but other smaller towns, villages and even cities aint doing great. dont think irelands economy will be great for a while. deeply concerned of the amount of people in arrears with their mortgages. have a funny feeling the whole euro zone is gonna stagnate for a while. very interesting to watch the whole greece thing. at least somebody is sticking it to the imf but i have a funny feeling greece are gonna get shafted here.

Yeah unemployment rate was 19% down here in Waterford last year. It has decreased since but not by much. Dublin might be picking up, not so much in some other parts.

SEPT 23 1989

Wanderer78 wrote: »

far from over im afraid. dublin and a few other places dont seem to be doing too bad but other smaller towns, villages and even cities aint doing great. dont think irelands economy will be great for a while. deeply concerned of the amount of people in arrears with their mortgages. have a funny feeling the whole euro zone is gonna stagnate for a while. very interesting to watch the whole greece thing. at least somebody is sticking it to the imf but i have a funny feeling greece are gonna get shafted here.

Greece will not be allowed win

LaVail

Wanderer78 wrote: »

far from over im afraid. dublin and a few other places dont seem to be doing too bad but other smaller towns, villages and even cities aint doing great. dont think irelands economy will be great for a while. deeply concerned of the amount of people in arrears with their mortgages. have a funny feeling the whole euro zone is gonna stagnate for a while. very interesting to watch the whole greece thing. at least somebody is sticking it to the imf but i have a funny feeling greece are gonna get shafted here.

That's what I was thinking. I have many friends in trouble. No jobs, no money and mortgages to pay. I'm lucky enough to be debt free and in work but 75% of my mates are on the dole, not by choice though I might add. In my opinion Ireland as a whole wont recover for another few years yet.

SCOOP 64

Massimo Cassagrande wrote: »

We had to let the third car go - it was tough, but needs must. And the kitchen hasn't been remodeled since all this madness began. We just toughed it out. The shaker Maple has really begun to grate though.

I feel your pain.

Wanderer78

Greentopia wrote: »

Yeah unemployment rate was 19% down here in Waterford last year. It has decreased since but not by much. Dublin might be picking up, not so much in some other parts.

jebus is that what we were? greece's 25% is scary though. dublin seems pretty strong to me. seems to be bouncing back but then again clerys brings it back to earth.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Greece will not be allowed win

yea i think its game set and match

LaVail wrote: »

That's what I was thinking. I have many friends in trouble. No jobs, no money and mortgages to pay. I'm lucky enough to be debt free and in work but 75% of my mates are on the dole, not by choice though I might add. In my opinion Ireland as a whole wont recover for another few years yet.

yea its not nice to watch people in trouble. its been very difficult to watch all this unfold

thebaz

blackcard wrote: »

The lowest point for me was the day of the Bailout itself, our leaders slumped without hope or leadership, watching little old Ireland making headlines international headlines on Sky, BBC, CNN, Bloomers. I wondered whither Ireland. That was the day I stopped watching the news. That was the lowest point of the Bailout Years for me. What was your lowest point?

The lowest point for me was realising that the party (Fianna Fail) who caused the mess that forced the bailout were once again the largest party - how quickly the Irish public forgave , and made them once again the largest party in the land.
Hopefully they will never get into power again

Wanderer78

thebaz wrote: »

The lowest point for me was realising that the party (Fianna Fail) who caused the mess that forced the bailout were once again the largest party - how quickly the Irish public forgave , and made them once again the largest party in the land.
Hopefully they will never get into power again

dont be surprised if they walz back in. i was recently talking to a chap thats up to his eyeballs in debt(mortgage), lost his job, moved and got a new job, which isnt exactly stable, and said, he cant wait for them to get back into power! scary people in this country.

MRnotlob606

I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that the Labour party are finished due their betrayal of the common folk.Pat rabitte and Joan Burton are going to set up as a duet and sing "unchained melody" to raise funds for the next election campaign.