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Stories from the Celtic Tiger Years Mod Warning in OP PLEASE READ

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Does anyone have any good (or bad) stories from the Celtic Tiger years?

You always hear phrases about how people partied etc., was there just a constant flow of credit available to people and people actually taking the money e.g. was there actually teachers on circa €30k a year buying a house and car and an apartment somewhere.

I was in school and college during these years, graduated into the recession, so I didn't really see what was fully going on at the time bar the fact everyone was working and had money. My dad was working on the buildings on great money and my mam was working away also, we were never stuck really money-wise, also rent seemed to be a lot cheaper back then and fuel and also my college fees were only around €800 a year along with wages being fairly similar to what they are now (from what I can remember anyway, will stand corrected if I am wrong)

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freshpopcorn

A 6th class went to Paris in my town in 2005 for a few days!

One More Toy

L1011 wrote: »

To make it even worse, wagyu is not even vaguely worth it. Conspicuous consumption as I'd bet every one of those steaks will be photographed extensively for social media between cooking and eating.

Precisely

Just my opinion, but I think the boom is back for upper-middle classes. I'm seeing a lot of shiny new cars, including electric ones even teslas in Dublin with charging stations at their house.

I think people are seeing their property values increase and are feeling richer. Definitely more lending too I know a guy at work more senior than me got a loan to get his kitchen redone. And my bank and avant card are pushing loans on me hard, which I will probably acquire as I'm looking for a mortgage in the next year and want to leave a trail of good credit history

L1011

To make it even worse, wagyu is not even vaguely worth it. Conspicuous consumption as I'd bet every one of those steaks will be photographed extensively for social media between cooking and eating.

One More Toy

RasTa wrote: »

This was posted an hour ago and is now sold out(40kg) so we are definitely back

https://twitter.com/higginsbutchers/status/1276868851158974464

Lord above...

RasTa

This was posted an hour ago and is now sold out(40kg) so we are definitely back

https://twitter.com/higginsbutchers/status/1276868851158974464

PhilOssophy

I never heard of him (before my Google search!) but why the begrudgery? We all did stupid things when we were young. He learned from it. Good on him for turning his life around, no?

For Forks Sake

Deleted User wrote: »

Went on a date to a well known cafe bar with notions in Dublin in 2005 and went to the jacks only to find a socialite who has since dropped off the face of the earth - double barrel surname, first name rhymes with Wavin and second name like a young sheep - snorting the devil's dandruff off the toilet bowl. It was a wet Tuesday night, door wasn't locked and he wasn't even doing it off the cistern or the toilet roll holder. Yuck.

Even wrote a book about it. Think he's living in Spain these days.

https://www.independent.ie/life/a-tigers-tale-party-boy-gavin-lambe-murphy-on-penning-tell-all-book-of-cocaine-fueled-party-years-34377853.html

freshpopcorn

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Went on a date to a well known cafe bar with notions in Dublin in 2005 and went to the jacks only to find a socialite who has since dropped off the face of the earth - double barrel surname, first name rhymes with Wavin and second name like a young sheep - snorting the devil's dandruff off the toilet bowl. It was a wet Tuesday night, door wasn't locked and he wasn't even doing it off the cistern or the toilet roll holder. Yuck.

Going by my googling skills he doesn’t hide it!

[Deleted User]

Went on a date to a well known cafe bar with notions in Dublin in 2005 and went to the jacks only to find a socialite who has since dropped off the face of the earth - double barrel surname, first name rhymes with Wavin and second name like a young sheep - snorting the devil's dandruff off the toilet bowl. It was a wet Tuesday night, door wasn't locked and he wasn't even doing it off the cistern or the toilet roll holder. Yuck.

Ginger83

McGaggs wrote: »

Capped at E254 a month.

per account

The J Stands for Jay

John_Rambo wrote: »

So true, excellent observation. I've said it before, I reckon Gerry Ryan's death was a wake up call for a lot of men in his situation and in his bad state of health.

It was always strange seeing him doing the Operation Translation weigh ins.

John_Rambo

JupiterKid wrote: »

The coke casualties were sort of like the horrible comedown after the party was winding down, Katy French and Gerry Ryan’s deaths can be seen as a metaphor of the crash and burn after the property/credit bubble.

I am a recovering alcoholic and dabbled in quite a few recreational drugs over the years - cannabis, LSD, mushrooms, E and speed once or twice. I still smoke a bit of the happy baccy now and then, but the one drug I steered well clear of over the years was cocaine.

I had many, many chances to take it at parties, knew the right people to get it from if I wanted and some friends were into it - but I always felt it would not be a great idea to get into coke.

Glad I never tried it, in hindsight...

So true, excellent observation. I've said it before, I reckon Gerry Ryan's death was a wake up call for a lot of men in his situation and in his bad state of health.

The chan chan man

buried wrote: »

Yeah you are right, but at the same time you have to remember, most of the media hoors were well on that stuff at the same time, still are probably. I was in a place the height of the shyster tiger and I seen a well known, obnoxious, media moralising, sycophantic pisswallet burst out of a toilet cubicle looking like he french kissed a frying pan of talcum powder

Ahhh Lillies...

The chan chan man

I drove a 3 series at the time and paid monthly repayments to AIB. When the new model came out a guy from AIB phoned me asking if I’d seen it and fancied upgrading my car loan!!

(I felt so cool...but didn’t do it...)

The J Stands for Jay

PhilOssophy wrote: »

They were capped though, so it wasn't unlimited. I think it was capped around 25k but can't remember.

Capped at E254 a month.

JupiterKid

The coke casualties were sort of like the horrible comedown after the party was winding down, Katy French and Gerry Ryan’s deaths can be seen as a metaphor of the crash and burn after the property/credit bubble.

I am a recovering alcoholic and dabbled in quite a few recreational drugs over the years - cannabis, LSD, mushrooms, E and speed once or twice. I still smoke a bit of the happy baccy now and then, but the one drug I steered well clear of over the years was cocaine.

I had many, many chances to take it at parties, knew the right people to get it from if I wanted and some friends were into it - but I always felt it would not be a great idea to get into coke.

Glad I never tried it, in hindsight...

L1011

anplaya27 wrote: »

It's all online. Just google it. Am from Waterford city, was huge news at the time.

That's no use, as both theories come up equally

anplaya27

L1011 wrote: »

Well, if it had been in a bale in the sea, I'd expect it to be clumped.

Only going on what I heard, which did involve one Waterford person but nobody actually involved with it.

It's all online. Just google it. Am from Waterford city, was huge news at the time.

L1011

Deleted User wrote: »

To best my knowledge it was damp/clumped together and lads scooped it.with finger and ate it

Kinda like speed (which was popular locally at the time)?

Well, if it had been in a bale in the sea, I'd expect it to be clumped.

anplaya27 wrote: »

Was 'supposed' to have been buried in the ground by someone. Dug up by someone who saw them putting it there six months later.

Only going on what I heard, which did involve one Waterford person but nobody actually involved with it.

anplaya27

L1011 wrote: »

Was it not meant to be from the bales that washed off that boat in Cork, basically many, many times purer than normal and the regular uses that took large lines massively ODed as a result.

Was 'supposed' to have been buried in the ground by someone. Dug up by the person who supplied it at the party six months later. Google it, plenty of articles about it online.

[Deleted User]

L1011 wrote: »

Was it not meant to be from the bales that washed off that boat in Cork, basically many, many times purer than normal and the regular uses that took large lines massively ODed as a result.

To best my knowledge it was damp/clumped together and lads scooped it.with finger and ate it

Kinda like speed (which was popular locally at the time)?

buried

L1011 wrote: »

Was it not meant to be from the bales that washed off that boat in Cork, basically many, many times purer than normal and the regular uses that took large lines massively ODed as a result.

If they came out of the sea off the west Atlantic in winter they were probably fairly damp too though

L1011

anplaya27 wrote: »

Happened in the housing estate of Ballybeg in Waterford City in 2007. Damp coke is cocaine that got wet basically. It was hidden in the ground and got dug up. Was put away and stored for the party. Was too damp to snort so it was eaten. 11 people were rushed to hospital and two guys ( not brothers) died from overdoses. The guy that supplied it got 6 years I think.

Was it not meant to be from the bales that washed off that boat in Cork, basically many, many times purer than normal and the regular uses that took large lines massively ODed as a result.

lulublue22

Motivator wrote: »

No it happened in a house down the road from my parents. Drugs were bought by a family member for one of the guys that died as a birthday present as far as I can remember. One of the poor lads that died wasn’t even meant to be there, didn’t hang around with any of those that were at the session but got offered to go to a party when he was in town and tagged along. Very sad story.

Thanks - I googled to see if I had remembered correctly but couldnt find anything.

anplaya27

gmisk wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but what is "damp" coke?

Happened in the housing estate of Ballybeg in Waterford City in 2007. Damp coke is cocaine that got wet basically. It was hidden in the ground and got dug up. Was put away and stored for the party. Was too damp to snort so it was eaten. 11 people were rushed to hospital and two guys ( not brothers) died from overdoses. The guy that supplied it got 6 years I think.

gmisk

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There a 21st after party at roughly same time in waterford where lads eat damp coke and 2 died (rip)

.....a lad in works brother was at it,and by all.accounts it was like a scene from exercist with lads lurching/jerking out of control,puking blood/out of nose etc.....story was enough to stop.me from ever trying it

Forgive my ignorance but what is "damp" coke?

Electric Sheep

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Big time. Whatever else died with the tiger, wedding wanker still lives on strong. Attention seeking *****.

I hope the Corona virus finally kills off the Irish love affair with trying to have the wedding that outdoes all others. **** inviting every Tom Dick and Harry with whom they have a nodding acquaintance in the hope of making enough in presents to fund the extravaganza.

Motivator

lulublue22 wrote: »

As far as I remember they were from Waterford but it happened in a house in Kinsale. I remember being really annoyed at the time - there was so much fuss made of Katy French’s death with calls for whoever gave her the drugs to be prosecuted etc . It was like she had no personal responsibility for her actions yet the two brothers got a brief mention and then nada. It was as if they or their familes grief didn’t matter.

No it happened in a house down the road from my parents. Drugs were bought by a family member for one of the guys that died as a birthday present as far as I can remember. One of the poor lads that died wasn’t even meant to be there, didn’t hang around with any of those that were at the session but got offered to go to a party when he was in town and tagged along. Very sad story.

buried

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

None of the 3 individuals should have gotten any positive / fawning media coverage. They were not victims, they died as a consequence of their own ill advised actions.

Yeah you are right, but at the same time you have to remember, most of the media hoors were well on that stuff at the same time, still are probably. I was in a place the height of the shyster tiger and I seen a well known, obnoxious, media moralising, sycophantic pisswallet burst out of a toilet cubicle looking like he french kissed a frying pan of talcum powder

Rodney Bathgate

lulublue22 wrote: »

As far as I remember they were from Waterford but it happened in a house in Kinsale. I remember being really annoyed at the time - there was so much fuss made of Katy French’s death with calls for whoever gave her the drugs to be prosecuted etc . It was like she had no personal responsibility for her actions yet the two brothers got a brief mention and then nada. It was as if they or their familes grief didn’t matter.

None of the 3 individuals should have gotten any positive / fawning media coverage. They were not victims, they died as a consequence of their own ill advised actions.