There's no secret that Ireland's youth are struggling to make ends meet. There's a ridiculous pressure to get your life under control from your late teens/early twenties, but no one ever seems to talk about it. Well that is, until now. There's a documentary airing tonight on RTE that every young person must see.
It's called Generation F'd and it follows the lives of everyday twenty-somethings in Ireland who have not yet felt the positive effects of the so-called economic boom our politicians and older generations keep talking about.
It's a much-needed and raw look into the lives of people who can't afford to eat, keep a roof over their head and live well in a country that prides itself on prosperity and growth. As one girl says in the trailer: "They're preaching to the world that we're in a recovery - come to Ireland, come to Dublin and see the 1916 celebrations, but step on the homeless people while you're doing that".
Others in the trailer say they can't plan a future, that they don't have someone in government who understands the plight of people who can't put food on the table. It's all true and it really hits home.
