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Tue 10 Oct 2008Untouched by the Celtic Tiger years
GIVE ME A BREAK:'I DIDN'T BENEFIT from the boom, so I'm hoping I won't suffer from the downturn." If only I had €1,000 for every PAYE worker that has said that to me in the past week. The Celtic Tiger is dead, long live the Celtic Tiger, says Kate Holquist.
I don't know about you, but I'm sure going to miss those hot-stone massages and weekly manicures and two or three holidays a year and €1,000 handbags and big black traffic-stalling SUVs that I never had.
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