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As far as I know Ierland is quite well devloped. 
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The relevant date:Originally posted by Heraclitus
As far as I know Ierland is quite well devloped.
Ireland had yet to experience the social revolution of the 80s, the exposures of Church misdeeds and hypocrisies, the revelations about orchestrated child abuse and subsequent Church and government cover-ups, child neglect in Catholic orphanages and the corruption scandals surrounding people like Charles Haughey (not to mention the gun running claims).The only place I ever visited that resembled Ireland in the 70s was Franco's SpainVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
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Spain has just passed Italy in GDP pre capitaOriginally posted by Dauphin
Maybe there would be less EU funding, but that is debatable on whether they would a) not get the funds and b) the funds made all the difference. Spain and Portugal got shedloads of money and aren't showing the gains Ireland got.
IMHO Spain has used efficiently the funds, it is just that Spain had some severe disavantages. Just compare Spain with Portugal, Greece and Italy, which were very similar countries to see the progress (specially Portugal).
I wish Portugal would have fared better
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That's great, but Ireland is only beaten by Luxembourg in GDP per capita.Originally posted by yaroslav
Spain has just passed Italy in GDP pre capita
It wasn't a disparaging comment of Spain, but more a comment that there is more to Ireland's success than throwing money at the situation.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Now what would Spain be without Germany, on whose tit she has been hangin ever since she joined the EU?!
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Well, I dunno, but I'm thinking the civil war might've gone differently...
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