Dysfunctional, disastrous, horrendous, crushing, treacherous. Those are some of the more polite words used to describe the Irish construction market over the past two weeks. Against the backdrop of the most high-profile financial meltdown since Greece, in which the once-mighty Celtic Tiger was forced to accept a €90bn (£75.7bn) bailout from the EU and the IMF, the country's construction industry is now but a shadow of its former self.
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