2004 February | David McWilliams

February 23rd, 2004
Video: Jack Welch

Retired CEO of General Electric Jack Welch on the state of the Irish economy
February 22nd, 2004
Young victims of property tyranny

Tomorrow afternoon, Newstalk 106 will give away €40,000 to the winner of a very generous competition called Time to Move.

The money is earmarked for a deposit on a house. Not surprisingly, with this much cash involved, the competition has generated huge interest.
February 15th, 2004
Achieving rock stardom the economical way

Did you ever want to be in a band? Of course you did. Every self-respecting teenager wants to front a tight four-piece, blasting out three minute wonders.
February 9th, 2004
The middle-class myth of affluence

Have you noticed the size of fridges these days?

The “walk-in” fridge – where did that come from? Who is it for? Last weekend, I happened to be in the showhouse of a new estate.There was a huge gaping hole in the kitchen, through which you could have driven a Humvee. I asked the smarm-meister estate agent what was missing. He replied, indignantly: “Why, the fridge of course.”
February 1st, 2004
Magic Bus generation holds key for Ryanair

The Ryanair Generation – remember them? Well, they’re still around.Those born in the late 1960s who had a “made for export” stamp for a birthmark and who emigrated in their hundreds of thousands in the late 1980s.They were the first of the Ryanair generation.