Dr Barra Roantree discussed whether younger generations really are on course to be poorer than their parents with podcast host Sean Defoe.
From the housing market to pensions, from post-crash recovery to pandemic aftershocks, the conversation explores how policy choices, timing and demographics have combined to leave so many younger Irish people struggling to get a foothold.
Are millennials and Gen Z staring down a future of renting into retirement? Could Ireland be heading for its own “intergenerational apartheid”? And what does it mean for social cohesion if young people see stability as permanently out of reach while older generations defend vast reserves of housing wealth?