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How A Generation Is Still Paying The Price For Ireland’s Financial Crash

How A Generation Is Still Paying The Price For Ireland’s Financial Crash

Update: 2025-09-23

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Journalist and author, Adam Maguire, joined Matt to discuss the release of his new book “The Bailout Babies”.

In it he details how people who were children during the financial crash are still feeling the effects of it a decade and a half later.

Matt spoke to Adam on Tuesday’s The Last Word.

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How A Generation Is Still Paying The Price For Ireland’s Financial Crash

How A Generation Is Still Paying The Price For Ireland’s Financial Crash