completedit wrote: » Hahahahahaha I remember in the episode, the lad was from Blackrock, Co. Louth and I think I recall the teenagers in the episode making a deal how it wasn't the ''real Blackrock'' as if Blackrock in Dublin was ****ing Beverly Hills.
CrankyHaus wrote: » There was an Episode of MTV's Super Sweet 16, a celebration of retarded excess like that, set in Ireland during the period. Most Episodes were in places like Bel-Air or Malibu. This one was in Dundalk :pac:. I knew a girl who was at it. She said the production company had Myrmidons going around instructing the girls to act like complete airheads on camera, and getting arsey when they said its not the sort of thing they do.
Motivator wrote: » I worked in a Mercedes dealership Friday’s and Saturday’s when I was in second year in college. I took the first two weeks of January off college because the dealership was so busy, all I was doing was registering the new cars and sorting the warranty’s all day every day. January 2005 if I remember correctly the main salesman in the dealership made €100,000+ in commission alone that month. It was unbelievable, I remember factory workers and Hairdressers coming in to buy his and hers Mercs. That summer, 4 of the mechanics rented a helicopter to go to the Derby at the Curragh. €2,000 each!
Couple who epitomised the Celtic Tiger mingled with rich and famous AT HOME in Ireland their neighbour was Bono, while on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, it was the President of the United States who lived next door. Solicitor Brian O'Donnell and his psychologist wife, Mary Pat, together with their four adult children - Blaise, Blake, Bruce and Alexandra - had what is often called "a lifestyle". They are now an unlikely cause célèbre, doggedly supported by the self-styled Land League - despite being, perhaps, the most unlikely victims ever to be served with an eviction notice. And they are garnering little sympathy from the public at large, despite the new Land League's protestations that an eviction from lofty Vico Road equates to the same as an eviction in Finglas. The O'Donnells' master bedroom in Gorse Hill at 600 square feet, is the size of an entire shoebox city apartment - though with sweeping views across Killiney Bay. They have an outdoor pool, a tennis court, a sauna, snooker room and pool room - all the trappings of wealth. When they first moved in, in the early Noughties, they threw a house-warming party that one impressed guest described as "extravagant beyond imagination", with gold-embossed invitations, caviar, and champagne for 150 guests. By 2005, they had well and truly made the house a home, decorating it with a well- chosen collection of art and antiques valued by Deloitte at €7.5m. All these glittering possessions, along with the house, were merely the rightful gongs for a solicitor whose career seemed to strike not one false note. In 2007, he ranked 91 on the Rich List of Ireland's wealthiest, worth a reported €144m. Brian O'Donnell was one of only a handful of Irish lawyers included in the International Who's Who of mergers and acquisitions. He was once lauded for his pro bono work on the Blaise Gallagher case, where a quadriplegic boy received what was then the largest damages ever achieved in Ireland. After graduating from NUI Galway in 1976 with an LLB, he went on to work with one of Ireland's most prestigious law firms, William Fry, serving as managing partner until 1999. He then set up his own practice. At NUI Galway he met Mary Patricia O'Beirne, a fellow student from a wealthy Galway family, and they married. She was glamorous and notoriously private - until recently no known picture had ever been taken of her. Blake O'Donnell is a solicitor, representing the family in court. At a hearing in 2012, he was described as a student, along with sister Alexandra, while Blaise was described as a jobseeker, and Bruce as a non-practising solicitor. They told the court then that they did not have the resources to fight a case in the big business division of the High Court. In 2012, the High Court in London heard Alexandra "had the misfortune to experience serious illness" in earlier years. Their glamorous forays to the Four Courts, in stylish black ensembles, have done little to secure recognition they were the beneficial owners of Gorse Hill.
mikemac2 wrote: » Disagree Even the Lux residents find it boring. Now Cologne, best city in Europe!
Ipso wrote: » Still, it was d’banks fault
FixdePitchmark wrote: » BUT - was there any real consequences for people who bought into it all in the end. They all seem to be nearly going for it again ? Some just want the big life.
Unknownability wrote: » Aer Lingus never had a regular service to Las Vegas.
FixdePitchmark wrote: » I've always been very careful with money - but the pressure from people to "get in on the property game" - "to get on the ladder" - "don't waste your time in a public sector job" - " drive a proper car" - " get a small place in wexford" - "get a place in Spain". Bulgaria the next place - Eddie Hobbs and Cape Vede - like how the **** do you even get there. You were either " a player" or not. It was a strange time - and so much of the above pressure was coming from people much older like parents or uncles. Outdoor hot tubs and decking - and completely unsuitable gas heaters and outdoor furniture - were the final throws. Strange times - the parties were fantastic , once you were not the clown (in the PINK shirt) paying for them. Many of the relationships and marriages were built on things as opposed to good foundations. Very fake situations were the norm. It was sort of a Lad culture - except the women were onboard and as bad. I enjoyed a good bit of it , but thank God I wasn't a player in the property area. BUT - was there any real consequences for people who bought into it all in the end. They all seem to be nearly going for it again ? Some just want the big life.
FixdePitchmark wrote: » I remember champagne and strawberries - was at a few house parties and they had actual caterers and lads going around asking you what drink you want. Actual service. Going to Vegas / New York for a long weekend - wasn't totally out of the question. Aer Lingus put on a direct flight to vegas.
2lazytogetup wrote: » inflation was rampant, everytime i went to the shops, the cost of everything was going up. i think alot of the spending was because everyone else was spending. if the jones were buying a bulgarian property, why werent you. if they were going to new york for a shopping trip, you felt left out if you didnt do the same. herd mentality. i think there is a deep psychological element to it. i feel jealous when i see them all going to electric picnic every year. and i know if i go, i would hate it.
dotsman wrote: » Luxembourg is one of the best cities in Europe for a lad's weekend. Absolutely nothing boring about it.
Sheep Shagger wrote: » Nightlinks during the day?
Better Than Christ wrote: » At the height of the madness, the Nitelinks ran all day, every day.
