Things are not great at the moment. The housing and cost-of-living crises have dovetailed together into something we don’t have a word to describe. Omnishambles? Permacrisis?
The threat of artificial intelligence (AI) looms. Rent has gone up. House prices have gone up. Graduates can’t find a job or a place to live. We are up the creek without a paddle, wearing wet socks.
Things are particularly bad for young women. But we cannot let them get so bad that they believe the only solution is marriage. Young people are up against it from every angle. They can’t rent their own place when single rooms in Dublin cost more than €1,000. Entry level jobs seem harder to get.
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