Reeling In The Years returned to our small screens on Sunday night, however, some viewers felt it was ‘too soon’ to remember 2010 as it brought back bad memories of the recession.

Reeling In The Years returned to our small screens on Sunday night, however, some viewers felt it was too soon to remember 2010 as it brought back bad memories of the recession. 
On the first show of RTÉs new series, clips of then-Taoiseach Brian Cowen were shown as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived into the country to help with the aftermath of the financial crash.
As Rihannas Love the Way You Lie played, videos of half-built apartment blocks and people queuing for the dole scrawled across the screen, narrating the devastation of the financial crisis.
Many viewers took to Twitter to say it was too soon to look back at 2010 as it was an extremely hard year.
One person wrote: Lads I have PTSD watching #reelingintheyears… I will never, ever forget watching the news about the IMF. The bizarre secondhand shame of it.
While another said: #ReelingInTheYears Review: for millennials, it’s gone from a friendly, short-attention-span history lesson to a high-velocity ripping-open of old wounds, tbh.
And a third commented: 2010 wasnt much craic #ReelingInTheYears
RTÉ 2FMs Doireann Garrihy also weighed in on the show, writing: I wasnt ready for the stunning nostalgia / recession ptsd #ReelingInTheYears
IMF coming to town, freak weather incidents, Unemployment at 15%, no air travel for a period and Cork winning the All Ireland in football. Maybe 2020 was not that bad after all. #reelingintheyears #2010
Mark Behan (@MarkBehan20) April 11, 2021
Uh Rihanna ‘Love The Way You Lie’ – you’d strut around with that on the iPod Nano after your man you scored in Crawdaddy didn’t text you back x #ReelingInTheYears
James Patrice (@JamesPatrice) April 11, 2021
Lads I have PTSD watching #reelingintheyears… I will never, ever forget watching the news about the IMF. The bizarre secondhand shame of it.
Deirdre O’Shaughnessy (@deshocks) April 11, 2021
However, it wasnt all doom and gloom, and viewers were reminded of the infamous man who slipped on ice on the news during the 2010 big snow.
The show opened with the clip as Maroon 5s Misery played in the background.
Some of the highlights of the show were looking back at the Chilean miners finally being freed, the opening of the Aviva and the completion of the M8.
“It was a great day. Motorways are brilliant,” my girlfriend just now watching the opening of the M8 #ReelingInTheYears
Orlaith Condon (@OrlaithCondon) April 11, 2021
Nothing makes you feel old quite like being in bed at 8.30 pm on a Sunday evening. Except being in bed at 8.30 pm on a Sunday evening and your mother texting you to say you were on Reeling in The Years.
Amy Huberman (@amyhuberman) April 11, 2021
Viewers also enjoyed looking back at rugby legend Brian ODriscoll and Amy Hubermans wedding, and Amy herself commented on hearing she was featured on the much-loved show.
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