Born in 2021

Ireland's vaccine rollout was efficient and well-organised, and the country emerged from the most severe lockdowns relatively quickly. The hospitality sector opened and closed in waves of anxiety and hope. The housing crisis was severe and growing — rents in Dublin were among the highest in Europe, and young workers couldn't afford to buy.

Remote working, normalised by the pandemic, was changing where people could live and how they worked. Ireland's cities were rethinking themselves.