Pre Celtic Tiger Ireland

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

Where's the Isle of Sheppey?

 

[The High King]

The 90s as a decade was way better then the bollox of the last 20 odd years and way better then the early 80s.

 

[Roundyfield]

Balance is the key. The 80s was an enjoyable time to be a child but my father had a decent job and we owned our own house. We had no telephone, central heat, or cable television until 1986 or so. The house cost cost $7,000 to buy in 1978; however, many of my classmates were hungry, lacked basic services and had clear undiagnosed developmental issues. I loved going for walks with my father and brother in the Glen but there were teenagers sniffing glue all over the place after dark and unemployment was rampant. Today many people are priced out of the housing market and our consumerism has become uncontrollable.

 

[Roundyfield]

Also, JT, you are a waster now and would have been one in the 80s too. Some things never change.

 

[PussyinBoots]

Also, JT, you are a waster now and would have been one in the 80s too. Some things never change.

There's absolutely no cause for that sort of comment m8.
I'm just going to rise above it.

 

[The High King]

Yes.
That's why the 90s was the best.
Crime wasn't rampant. Drugs use was all soft in Cork. The church's influence was waning but we still had a more caring and I suppose spiritual society. It was ok to be gay but we still were miles away from the cancel culture we have now. Socialising was great, still good pubs and not too dear. Clubs and music was pretty good, live music scene in Cork was hopping. People were able to get jobs so young people stayed.

90s in Ireland was similar in its ground breaking effect on the country to the 60s here for a lot of the same reasons.

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

Also, JT, you are a waster now and would have been one in the 80s too. Some things never change.

An come on, no need for that shit

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Also, JT, you are a waster now and would have been one in the 80s too. Some things never change.

Say what you will about JT, he never walked out on his country.

You bum.

 

[The High King]

The teacher who can't spell, has dodgy grammar and shits all over a country he doesn't even know anymore has a go off a Cork hero like JT. Go home Yank.

 

[Bwana_Dik]

Aw, JT is sound