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Mon 12 Dec 2008Engine room of the boom grinds to a halt
HARD TIMES IN THE COMMUTER BELT:BY HIS own admission, Clive Lumley has only ever seen good times. A chartered accountant, he rose through the ranks of a property development firm in Meath, eventually becoming its financial director. The money rolled in, the business expanded and the only way was up. Then the property market crash-landed.
"I suddenly found myself at home, with no job and nothing to do," the 36-year-old says. "The blow to the ego was probably the biggest thing.
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