1) Baked beans are NICE! You’ll basically be living the student dream. You’ll be a student, albeit with a mortgage and a family. It’s the easiest (and cheapest) possible way to feel young again.

2) Any D4 eliteness could disappear, resulting in a sounder population.

3) We had fun before we had no money, all those hundreds of years with lots of craic and Gay Byrne and Zig and Zag and farming. We love farming!

4) Education could become more important, which would mean a lot for all those 15 year olds currently spending far too much time on fake tan, blonde hair and alcopops. God help that they actually think about growing up, getting jobs and contributing to the economy.

5) Less money for porn means more time to spend with the family.

6) Less money for heroine means fewer scumbags, scumming up the place. Then again, it might mean more people saying “Gimme yer wallet or I’ll stab ya with AIDS”.

7) Less money for knives means Limerick becomes safer. In theory.

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