The news that young adults have suffered the worst economic impact from Covid-19 is no surprise to those living with this reality.
For Dublin woman Liane McCarthy, today's report from the ESRI contained much of what she already knew. ''I'm not surprised by it.
Certainly for people in my own age group, it's very difficult to save when you're renting especially in Dublin city centre," said the 32-year-old. "The rents are extremely high, so if you're trying to pay your rent and trying to save, it's near impossible.
And obviously with Covid hitting, it's worse again.'' Up until the pandemic, Ms McCarthy worked in theatre as a lighting engineer.