Ireland is doing well economically. We have a (very) relatively stable and secure economy. We have decent rights for our population. Generally, few people go without food, housing, education and medical care. We have attracted a lot of people to our shores, while our "domestic" population continues to grow. This is us reaping the rewards of what a prosperous nation we are.Shinnerbots first
Could it be handled better? Absolutely.
Would we be better off if we were less properous? That's for some of the opposition political parties to answer.
The reality is that there's a very, "Ireland first," mentality with a lot of people. They don't care about our growth and our natural responsibility that comes with growth. What about "our poor?" What about "our homeless?" What about "the common Irish man or woman?" As if we can turn our backs on the nation we've grown into.
So it goes back to would we be better off if we had less people here, less valuable people here (a huge amount who are migrants, and a huge amount educated through our universities), if we had less of what was built here in this country.
And the answer is maybe. Maybe we would? Maybe we'd be better off staying an irrelevant country with the depravation and closer communities of the 80s. Maybe we'd be better off if we rebelled against the dominant push of the global economy? Maybe we'd even feel better, and be doing the right the thing, talking the stand as a small nation in our rightful world of irrelevant small nations?
Also, maybe we'd be worse off. Maybe more "Irish people" and "Irish men, women and children" would be struggling. Maybe the struggles people have faced in the past would continue. Or maybe we'd somehow stand up to the US, and Britain, all without the EU, and without the big MNCs in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. Maybe we'd feel better.
