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Eimear Cunningham

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183 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

It's turning into a population crisis.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

The population pyramid is totally inverted.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

because our government has failed us for so long.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

Since the second that the bus hit, we have been failed time and time again.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

And young people can't afford to have kids.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

And they're the ones that will be suffering.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

You know, like, it's incredibly difficult.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

The birth rate was declining before the crash now.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

Yeah, that's fair.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

But you know what?

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

The government actually almost admitted it themselves when they brought in the free IDX scheme.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

Behind that, there's a paranoia about the likes of myself and my friends who can't afford to have kids yet and won't be able for another seven or eight years.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

And it may be too late for us then.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

And that is why the free IVF scheme was brought in.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

So it's not just the cost of living crisis is incredibly difficult for us.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

When you zoom out and look at what we've been hit with over and over and over again our whole lifetime, no let up.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

No let up at all.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

Not one

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

year or two years of being able to properly save.

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"We are dipping into savings now that we haven't touched in 3 years"

And, you know, it's just it's I I really felt for the hauliers and the farmers who were protesting last, you know, last week.