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Mon 11 Nov 2002Young Irish are hoping we can get our house in orderRITE AND REASON: Almost five years ago, Cardinal Desmond Connell described himself as "an unrepentant socialist" where the housing crisis, particularly for young couples, was concerned. The young Irish are now thinking on similar lines, as Toner Quinn illustratesA few  weeks before the new millennium, my girlfriend and myself moved back to Ireland from Scotland. In our mid-20s and expecting our first child, we were tempted home by the thought of having family support and friends around us. And at the back of our mind was all this talk of something called the Celtic Tiger, which we thought, at the very least, wouldn't do our chances any harm.