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Your lowest point during the Bailout Years

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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?

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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

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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.

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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.

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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!