Celtic Tiger
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Oct 28, 2026
Fionnán SheahanGUEST
For example, in last week, we saw...
Fionnán SheahanGUEST
Drawdowns of mortgages by first-time buyers hit the highest levels since the Celtic Tiger.
Fionnán SheahanGUEST
Still nowhere near what we were in terms of delivery of housing during the Celtic Tiger.
Fionnán SheahanGUEST
But you were looking at that going, OK, is that a straw in the wind that perhaps supply is picking up? Maybe it is, maybe that was a positive.
Fionnán SheahanGUEST
But then you've got these weird indicators coming out from the government then at the weekend telling affordable housing bodies to stop building more houses or stop contributing to more houses.
Colin TobinGUEST
Barry Hole, for argument's sake, and his father, Noel Hole, that owned the top of the hill bar, who I'm leasing from, from the last 14 years, working with 30 years.
Colin TobinGUEST
Barry would have grown up in the Celtic Tiger.
Colin TobinGUEST
And I suppose in the Celtic Tiger, people are throwing money at you.
Colin TobinGUEST
I suppose when I came into my own and when I started to make a few quid, very hard to get money from the banks.
Colin TobinGUEST
But I don't look at that as a negative.
Gavin J. GallagherHOST
This is the one that worries me most.
Gavin J. GallagherHOST
Prices are now more than 25% above the Celtic Tiger peak.
Gavin J. GallagherHOST
The median home costs about eight times the average salary.
Gavin J. GallagherHOST
And the bank will lend you four times.
Terry McMahonGUEST
And how these guys were, again, I'd be sitting in a sauna or sitting in a nightclub or sitting wherever talking to guys who...
Terry McMahonGUEST
These are Celtic tiger cubs, and they're all hyped up on Viagra and cocaine combined.
Terry McMahonGUEST
So they want to fight and they want to fuck, but they can't do either properly.
Terry McMahonGUEST
So they become these kind of crazy characters, caricatures of themselves.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
Now, the delegation met with Irish leaders and also business leaders to discuss trade, research and shared growth challenges such as housing costs.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
Renowned as the Celtic Tiger for attracting tech giants like Google and Apple, Ireland already hosts major Utah-based companies including Qualtrics and Merrick Medical Systems.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
The governor emphasized that subnational relationships are critical during periods of international trade, friction and geopolitical strife.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
Senator Flake, meanwhile, echoed this, highlighting that international trade drives global prosperity and stability.
Gregory FoleyHOST
And we're competitive rates.
Thomas O'MahonyHOST
So my second one, just quickly, and this comes from me thinking a lot about my childhood growing up in Ireland during kind of the Celtic Tiger and then the subsequent financial collapse.
Thomas O'MahonyHOST
is strategic monetary policy and like how strategic devaluations foreign exchange all of these systems act when applied to national and domestic policy amount to a form of violence against the citizens and That's something that like has to be really untangled and figure out how to tell it in a cohesive story, because obviously there are aspects of it that you can grasp and tell a story in and of itself.
Thomas O'MahonyHOST
But to tell it from a really like clinical Schmidian kind of way, like from that perspective, I think is an interesting story.
Catherine LlewellynHOST
Roy, what's your take on this?
Roy CoughlanHOST
kind of looking about more what i've learned in life and kind of changing it my belief system so for example we went through the celtic tiger in ireland i was thinking the government is the best thing since sliced bread they're building better roads they're building hospitals they're building everything and then i realized no they're the worst thing since sliced bread And I had to unlearn what I had believed and kind of hear different information and then kind of put two and two together.
Roy CoughlanHOST
And the same with, like, if we look at what happened in the 2020 when we were all stuck in our houses and they were forcing something.
Roy CoughlanHOST
And just by getting different people on, I unlearned thinking that, say, the poison dart is good for you.
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Its primary aim? Social and economic regeneration in an area more often associated with dereliction and deprivation.
Fionnán SheehanHOST
But as the Celtic Tiger roared, Dublin's docklands became emblematic of property speculation, sky-high largesse and broken promises.
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This area has been downgraded and neglected for many, many years.
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And now the community working together are bringing it back up off its knees.
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Conor FeehanGUEST
And there would be like genuine partnership and open consultation with them on anything that was going to happen.
Conor FeehanGUEST
And actually, because they had been stung before, The locals were sceptical about this because they felt that it was going to be business first and community second.
Fionnán SheehanHOST
If anything, as the Celtic tiger roared, the Docklands became very much emblematic of that property speculation and development.
Fionnán SheehanHOST
And at the center of it, as you say, was the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, which was supposed to act in society's interests.
Stephen KellyHOST
Absolutely.
Stephen KellyHOST
There was more of a community spirit in the 80s and into the 90s before the kind of Celtic Tiger took over.
Stephen KellyHOST
And in some ways it was a lot better, but...
Stephen KellyHOST
Financially, it was a tough time in Ireland.
Sinead RyanHOST
Gardening expert Brian Burke on bringing some colour back into our gardens during the winter months.
Sinead RyanHOST
why trade and apprenticeships are outpacing university education and from 70s shag pile to the Celtic Tiger Gilding, how our homes have evolved over the decades.
Sinead RyanHOST
If you'd like to get involved with us on The Home Show, you can email us at any stage during the week at thehomeshowatnewstalk.com or you can find me over on Instagram at Sinead Ryan 100.
Sinead RyanHOST
Now, owning your own home has been the Irish dream for generations and for a long time it didn't feel so out of reach.
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Sinead RyanHOST
Now, after the break...
Sinead RyanHOST
We're looking at how homes have changed over the decades.
Sinead RyanHOST
Of course, Chadricks have been there a long time, so they've probably seen all the iterations from the dodgy 70s pattern carpets to the flash harries of the Celtic Tiger.
Sinead RyanHOST
See you in a few moments.
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