dubviking Forum Posts (1)

RE: How do you rate Ireland?

I agree with Losty on a lot of this.

This country has its good and bad points like any other. My English friend cannot look at the news without hating everything that England has become.
So, it is never going to be perfect.

Saying all that, we have a stable wealthy country here. A country that many of our neighbours would like to have some parts of. We don't (as far as I'm aware!) have a problem with extremists, and we don't have a huge demographic problem coming down the tracks in a short time frame.

We can take the positives and use them to our advantage.

And to those that say thay our prosperity is based on just tax or location...I have to say that I have been in the room when an Irish person has stood up and spoken to executives (from the US or Europe) and the reception has been wonderful. We are underselling ourselves if we believe that it is all smoke and mirrors. It is a combination of all of what makes this country great.
However, we are also deluding ourselves if we believe that it will all be right just because we are Irish.


Just my tuppence worth!..