‘Being flash is seen as something from the world of Conor McGregor’ – how Ireland’s super-rich spend it

On a 2023 episode of Succession, the drama series that parodied the uber-wealthy in its depiction of four adult children fighting to take over the media empire of patriarch Logan Roy, Tom Wambsgans heaps a savage ridicule on Bridget, cousin Greg’s unexpected date to Roy’s birthday party, for carrying a Burberry tote bag.