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18 worrying signs that the Celtic Tiger is back

RAARRRRRRR.

Apr 28th 2015, 1:17 PM 17,937 Views 13 Comments

1. Nobody can afford anywhere to live

Source: DailyEdge

2. Even MiWadi is priced at gourmet levels

Source: Enda Boland

3. And you can get stuck in a yacht jam

4. Probably on your way to buy this

5. Parking your helicopter is a total ‘mare

6. Gerald Kean and Lisa Murphy are a thing again

Source: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

Source: Goss.ie

7. Conversations like this are a reality

8. Supermarkets are actually raising prices to attract customers

9. But look, a rising tide lifts all boats

Source: Irish Independent

10. Even the graffiti is middle-class now

Source: richiemccormack

11. The headlines would raise your blood pressure

Source: Lovin Dublin

12. *throbbing*

13. The world is in love with Ireland again. We’re even on Countdown.

14. Dublin’s giant new ‘Nespresso Boutique’ doesn’t sell coffee…

… it sells ‘Grands Crus’.

15. Not that you’d be drinking them anyway. What is this, 2007?

16. Even the smallest purchases will send you to the cash machine

17. Oh.

18. But on the plus side, at least small businesses are taking advantage of the recovery

Enjoy it everyone!

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