"average Dublin house prices should fall to ‘the €300,000 mark" according to Many Lou McD.

If the multinationals are not paying 100k averages, then how are people able to buy houses? Unless most buying have rich parents handing them 50 or 60k?

Also;

if the state essentially nationalizes the construction industry to provide social housing, what does that do for those people who don't qualify for social housing?

In places like Austria, the cut off point for social housing is over 80k for a single person. So anyone who cant afford to buy now lives in a cost rental social home, the rich can still buy the private homes

That doesn't make sense. People are not getting married or having relationships at the ages they used to, its all changed a lot. Would you say more people in their late 20s - early 30s live at home then own a home? If even the techies cant buy, how can anyone justify the current system

Per the suggestion above to drive down the cost of construction, the poster is talking about compulsorily purchasing development land, then contracting builders directly to the state to cut out the "developer" and his profit margin from the process.

If you cannot develop land and sell houses at market rates, then that is the end of private housing development.

What doesnt make sense if that if tech workers cant buy single then basically no one can. So it must be less than 1/4 of people in their 30s who actually own a house

I have been really anxious about this because I feel ashamed of renting as my family refer to it as "dead money". But according to you Im not doing badly and should not feel ashamed. I thought I was on a very low wage because of the stories you read and the cars etc I see on the road. I was feeling like I had destroyed my life by not studying tech, but your saying single techies cant own either, Was xmas shopping last week and walking around every second person had a Brown Thomas bag which had me thinking I was falling behind

That's an extreme example but I guess you can appreciate things now more.

The beaches in Kerry were thronged with Irish people back then.

It was actually good craic. The likes of Ballybunion were hopping.

There was plenty of middle class families who went abroad also back then.

No,I dont think they are a pre requisite. Im saying when I was young it was normal and living standards have dropped a lot. I've not been outside of Europe since I was last in America 7 years ago

Ive zero debt, and did 3 holidays last year. A week in the med, a weekend in London and a few days in Kerry. You can get them cheap without having to take credit for them. I got a week in Gran Canaria for 550, weekend in London for 250 and Kerry in a b and b for 350. No need for loans for a holiday, you can do it from the monthly wage, its not the big expense people seem to talk about, and going abroad with the cost of food and booze you make it back in what you would spend in Ireland

You can live a simple and cheap life and be happy.

Things like consumer goods and trips to NY are just temporary dopamine hits.

Get involved with your community, volunteer with something, team sports, hiking etc. These are all basically free.

Financial security though is important for mental health, so affordable housing is still important.

It's perfectly normal to live in a house share.

We still have very few apartments in Dublin.

I think you've unrealistic expectations and are impossible to reason with.

It's normal to sacrifice for a better future.