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What should be done to bring workers back from Australia?

Nearly €450,000 was spent on an ad campaign to entice Irish builders to come home. Ads were pos...

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12.27 30 Oct 2025


What should be done to bring workers back from Australia?


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12.27 30 Oct 2025


Nearly €450,000 was spent on an ad campaign to entice Irish builders to come home. Ads were posted on billboards and on social media with tag lines like ‘You’ve built Sydney, now come and build back home’.

Is this money well spent? Or an enormous waste when housing targets here aren’t being met?

Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss.


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