Eimear Cunningham

And that's never been the experience for young people in Ireland.

What struck me listening to, you know, Adam in particular, or Alan, sorry, earlier in the week was...

was just the sense that it's getting a bit harder every year.

You know, when you're young as well, you're not expecting massive disposable income every month.

You know what I mean?

You don't start off halfway up the ladder or near the top of it.

But the point is, it is a ladder.

You're meant to kind of slowly be climbing it.

And things get that bit easier every year.

And there's a few more quid to spend.

all the time and instead it's going the other way and it's just, I mean, you can kind of, you can put up with any degree of hardship if you think it's going to get better.

But if you're putting up with hardship and the next thing that comes is worse and the thing that comes after that is worse, I'm not sure how you're meant to deal with it.

And the thing is as well, Ciarán, of like, you know, it's been statistically proven that we're the lost generation, that we're the first generation in a long time that has less opportunities than our parents.

because things have gotten harder and harder and we've gone through so many, you know, different crises as kids and adults, as all of us have.

But usually there were two or three years of kind of austerity within that where people could, you know, enjoy the money they're making.

But that just feels to be gone.

There's a dark cloud over the young people in Ireland, I feel.

And it's just so difficult for working families and for young people and

You know, I really do feel the government are working for the economy and not for the people, let alone the young people.

What do you mean by that?