I'm born (1996) and raised in Cork. In my experience, Ireland was class to live in between 2012-2018. Then before, during and after COVID it really all changed and cracks that were warned started to gape, including the lack of accommodation built to keep up with the rise of foreign investment and interest. Our health service now suffers, all my doctor friends have left to Australia because of the better working conditions and of course the weather and vibes. I've emigrated to Switzerland because right now, there is no career opportunities in my field open (art historian). It's a massive shame how the government negleted the rising youth for money in the coffers of this so called rainy day fund. We're actually more on par with Italy for GDP; 106k is an inflated value due to corporate tax, we're really at 45k. Is brea liom Eire, but not right now.
For people who want to learn more, I recently saw a video "How America Bought Ireland" which is longer than this one, but it goes into a lot more details of the Irish economy and was very informative.
Only 10% of the workforce here work in multinationals, including Irish multinationals. Ireland collects 75% more taxation per capita than the UK even when the percentage of tax paid on income is pretty much the same. Why? Because we have more money per capita. We pay more income tax, more VAT and more everything really because we just have more. In short yes the multinationals bloat our GDP, but that doesn't affect GNI which also puts us in the top 6 in the world. Yes we're definitely a wealthy country but we still have our problems, mainly around housing supply which was a hangover from the global financial crash.
To be fairly honest, Dublin is also suffering from its thriving economy. Average Irishmen cannot afford a home, infrastructure is definitely not cutting edge with daily major traffic james across the city. The government should invest the surplus wisely and build a lot of new housing
I understand that your series is about cities, but its weird when you make a video about Ireland as a country, while referring to "Dubliners" or naming the video about Dublin while almost all facts relate to the rise of Ireland and not directly Dublin.
Good point, I agree. It's definitely a challenge to strike the right balance between discussing the cities themselves and the countries that these Prime (Primate) capital cities have such a massive impact on. It comes down to trying to give the most true and accurate sense of the place in the most efficient way.. Your point about the Dubliners/Irish reference is also true. I often do that so I'm not just saying Dubliners over and over. I know it can be confusing so I try to use them in their proper context, but I'll be more mindful of that going forward. Thanks!
I've lived in Ireland since 2019 and it's not quite so rosy. Our medical system is among the worst in Europe. The "trolley crisis" (people in hospitals left in the hallway on a trolley because there weren't enough beds) predates the pandemic and has only gotten worse. Sláintecare died with the pandemic. We just had an election and no party was talking about it. What they were talking about was the cost-of-living crisis because we've had so many immigrants working at the FDI (Foriegn Direct Investment) companies and not enough housing has been built, espeically in Dublin and Galway. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I moved to Ireland and like living here. And I share your optimism about the exports of wind power via the Celtic Connector and hopefully future interconnections. One of the things I like is Irish politics. As a dual US/Irish citizen, the elections were night and day. One lasted 2 years, and was scary. The other lasted 3 weeks and no one I voted for won, but I'm OK with the results because there were only a handful of loons running and almost all of them lost.
@@TheDailyConversation I‘m back to Germany now. While it’s also no perfect I get more money, keep more of it and I also have functioning public transport and streets, less crime, working hospitals and doctors… the list goes on.
@@Neckoya wouldn’t say that’s the case. You get shanked by your politicians who sell you a economic miracle, but in reality not a lot of the countries citizens benefit from it. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the people, the natural beauty and the Guiness, but Ireland could be a much nicer place if it didn’t only cater to a few multi national companies. I’m not saying that part is better in Germany, but living here is a bit easier then in Dublin.
30 seconds in and 2 very fundamental mistakes. The majority may speak English but native language is Irish/Gaelic. Ireland did not fight a war with 'it's neighbour, the north" Did you consider running this content past an actual Irish person first? - Will keep watching for the craic.
OK I just can't, I like the footage, the editing and the narrator works well but the information presented needs to be entirely revised. I realize our situation is a complex one and it's hard to fit that into a short video without some loss of pertinent detail but this is not a video I could recommend for anyone with an interest in Ireland/Dublin.
All of your points are very good - this video is shocking but everyone in this comment section does not understand what a native language is, it's the language you speak from birth. When 98% of the population is born and lives outside of a Gaeltacht we can presume at least 95% of the population grew up speaking English and it frankly is our native language.
a few corrections here, the vikings were already well established in ireland prior to the 9th century and in the 11th century the battle for clontarif was when we expelled the Vikings from ireland. British landownership of ireland did deplete from the 15th century onwards but nearly 40% of ireland was still owned by the irish until the famine at which point nearly 2 million, not 1 million people lost their lives or emigrated. This is very much considered to be a genocide in the eyes of many irish people. This left British landlords to grab all of irish land, a pinnacle event that led to the 1916 rise. social services in Ireland are incredible but they are extremely ineffective. A point you don't make in this video is the fantastic tenant and employee rights that the Irish have, it is very hard to fire Irish people and no cause evictions are pretty much banned. But being a very new state they have a promise to give pretty much all public sector worker a job for life. But very few are good at them. Government spending is still extremely wasteful and when this boom does dry up it will be because of money squandered on QUANGOs. Wealth distribution is also extremely irregular with the average income in Dublin being nearly 15% more than the rest of the country. But the largest issue that i believe you should have mentioned in this video and would find it hard to recommend is because of its omission is a stark issue Ireland has suffered with since the start of time: and that's its Brain Drain, the Irish are extremely well educated people but if you're not employed by a large multinational in some form of business or STEM work you pretty much will never make enough money to own a house. Corporation tax at 12.5% comes at the average salary taxes of nearly 48%, where if you make anywhere over minimum wage you do get to avail of any of these public services for free. Like many other European countries Ireland also flirted with the idea of public housing estates since the late 80s with the idea of creating public housing outside of large scale private housing estates to not devalue the properties, which has done nothing but create an extremely anti social element across the country that is very concentrated in Dublin.
The first time I've ever heard someone call Ireland's infrastructure "well designed" and "first class". Also take a look at the EU's stats on median disposable income on a cost of living adjusted basis. You will see Ireland is a laggard in Europe - which as a Dubliner myself feels about right.
As a Dubliner, I appreciate your feedback. I was only in the city for a couple days - Ireland for a little over a week - but every piece of infrastructure throughout the country (from smooth roads and highways and good signage, to street lamps and sidewalks) seemed well placed and maintained, as good as what we have here in the states and what I remember of Europe. Obviously the scale of things is smaller than much larger cities and countries... Your point about the income being a bit inflated by the corporate offshoring of profits is fair and something I was going to discuss, but didn't want to get too in the weeds considering I was already spending a couple min of the vid on taxes. I appreciate you pointing it out here!
The whinging Dub that has never lived outside of Ireland, thinks everybody in the World gets to live in a corporation house rent-free and can stay on the Dole for life ..........while complaining how the country is a kip.
Um Ireland is Celtic 😅I’m not sure how I subscribed to this channel but the first line is technically wrong. They do speak English but um it’s not actually the native language 😅
He is correct. He said “only native English speaking country”, which is true. Native speaker means someone who has spoken a particular language since they were a baby, rather than having learned it as a child or adult. You are confusing first versus native language. Good luck trying to communicate with the majority of Ireland using Gaelic.😂 I know you sound like you have trouble with new tech like UA-cam but if you hit the big button that says: Subscribe, that technically subscribes you.
I'm born (1996) and raised in Cork. In my experience, Ireland was class to live in between 2012-2018. Then before, during and after COVID it really all changed and cracks that were warned started to gape, including the lack of accommodation built to keep up with the rise of foreign investment and interest. Our health service now suffers, all my doctor friends have left to Australia because of the better working conditions and of course the weather and vibes. I've emigrated to Switzerland because right now, there is no career opportunities in my field open (art historian). It's a massive shame how the government negleted the rising youth for money in the coffers of this so called rainy day fund. We're actually more on par with Italy for GDP; 106k is an inflated value due to corporate tax, we're really at 45k. Is brea liom Eire, but not right now.
Thanks for sharing your perspective, what do you think of Switzerland?
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I moved to Ireland in 2019 and really enjoyed it before the pandemic. And even then, I was glad I was here and not back in the US.
For people who want to learn more, I recently saw a video "How America Bought Ireland" which is longer than this one, but it goes into a lot more details of the Irish economy and was very informative.
Thanks, I’ll check it out!
Just because Fortune 500 companies are based their making GDP very high doesn’t mean people there are actually that rich like u make it out to be
Only 10% of the workforce here work in multinationals, including Irish multinationals.
Ireland collects 75% more taxation per capita than the UK even when the percentage of tax paid on income is pretty much the same. Why? Because we have more money per capita. We pay more income tax, more VAT and more everything really because we just have more.
In short yes the multinationals bloat our GDP, but that doesn't affect GNI which also puts us in the top 6 in the world.
Yes we're definitely a wealthy country but we still have our problems, mainly around housing supply which was a hangover from the global financial crash.
To be fairly honest, Dublin is also suffering from its thriving economy. Average Irishmen cannot afford a home, infrastructure is definitely not cutting edge with daily major traffic james across the city. The government should invest the surplus wisely and build a lot of new housing
Excellent content
Glad you enjoy it, Bangkok next!
I understand that your series is about cities, but its weird when you make a video about Ireland as a country, while referring to "Dubliners" or naming the video about Dublin while almost all facts relate to the rise of Ireland and not directly Dublin.
Good point, I agree. It's definitely a challenge to strike the right balance between discussing the cities themselves and the countries that these Prime (Primate) capital cities have such a massive impact on. It comes down to trying to give the most true and accurate sense of the place in the most efficient way..
Your point about the Dubliners/Irish reference is also true. I often do that so I'm not just saying Dubliners over and over. I know it can be confusing so I try to use them in their proper context, but I'll be more mindful of that going forward. Thanks!
They go hand in hand Einstein. Can you not just enjoy something. You're defo not a dub
I've lived in Ireland since 2019 and it's not quite so rosy. Our medical system is among the worst in Europe. The "trolley crisis" (people in hospitals left in the hallway on a trolley because there weren't enough beds) predates the pandemic and has only gotten worse. Sláintecare died with the pandemic. We just had an election and no party was talking about it. What they were talking about was the cost-of-living crisis because we've had so many immigrants working at the FDI (Foriegn Direct Investment) companies and not enough housing has been built, espeically in Dublin and Galway.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I moved to Ireland and like living here. And I share your optimism about the exports of wind power via the Celtic Connector and hopefully future interconnections.
One of the things I like is Irish politics. As a dual US/Irish citizen, the elections were night and day. One lasted 2 years, and was scary. The other lasted 3 weeks and no one I voted for won, but I'm OK with the results because there were only a handful of loons running and almost all of them lost.
"Dublin streets are clean", lad, are there two Dublin cities out there?? Because I'd never say that of the Dublin I know
There are two Dublins. South city and suburbs are cleaner, safer, wealthier. Shouldn’t still be that way but it is
Fantastic series
Glad you think so!
Ireland is not a native English-speaking country! It's native language is Irish - a Celtic language.
Came here to say this
True, but legally English and Irish are both the official languages and it's not like most of us can even speak Irish.
@soundkode doesn't understand what native means. 🤥
Unless you live in a gaeltacht region (2%) you'll likely grow up speaking English.
@@lahusahah1994true
World class public transit is a factual error
Now imagine the potential Edinburgh will have in an independent Scotland
That is unlikely to ever happen 😅 because ever time they try, the vote to stay being a part of the U.K. happens 🤷♀️
Lived there for two years. Couldn’t be happier that I’ve left…
Where'd you land?
@@TheDailyConversation I‘m back to Germany now. While it’s also no perfect I get more money, keep more of it and I also have functioning public transport and streets, less crime, working hospitals and doctors… the list goes on.
Good to hear you're happy with the move.
@@AsgardVenturewe didn't have the yanks Brits and Russians build our country for us. that's why your services are so good.
@@Neckoya wouldn’t say that’s the case. You get shanked by your politicians who sell you a economic miracle, but in reality not a lot of the countries citizens benefit from it. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the people, the natural beauty and the Guiness, but Ireland could be a much nicer place if it didn’t only cater to a few multi national companies. I’m not saying that part is better in Germany, but living here is a bit easier then in Dublin.
30 seconds in and 2 very fundamental mistakes. The majority may speak English but native language is Irish/Gaelic. Ireland did not fight a war with 'it's neighbour, the north" Did you consider running this content past an actual Irish person first? - Will keep watching for the craic.
OK I just can't, I like the footage, the editing and the narrator works well but the information presented needs to be entirely revised. I realize our situation is a complex one and it's hard to fit that into a short video without some loss of pertinent detail but this is not a video I could recommend for anyone with an interest in Ireland/Dublin.
All of your points are very good - this video is shocking but everyone in this comment section does not understand what a native language is, it's the language you speak from birth. When 98% of the population is born and lives outside of a Gaeltacht we can presume at least 95% of the population grew up speaking English and it frankly is our native language.
In the last few years, Ireland's HDI human developent index has soared to the top, tied with Norway for number 1.
Truly impressive.
I LIVE HERE IN DUBLIN AND LOVE IRELAND SOOOO MUCH ❤❤❤
Great, I loved it too!
a few corrections here,
the vikings were already well established in ireland prior to the 9th century and in the 11th century the battle for clontarif was when we expelled the Vikings from ireland.
British landownership of ireland did deplete from the 15th century onwards but nearly 40% of ireland was still owned by the irish until the famine at which point nearly 2 million, not 1 million people lost their lives or emigrated. This is very much considered to be a genocide in the eyes of many irish people. This left British landlords to grab all of irish land, a pinnacle event that led to the 1916 rise.
social services in Ireland are incredible but they are extremely ineffective. A point you don't make in this video is the fantastic tenant and employee rights that the Irish have, it is very hard to fire Irish people and no cause evictions are pretty much banned. But being a very new state they have a promise to give pretty much all public sector worker a job for life. But very few are good at them.
Government spending is still extremely wasteful and when this boom does dry up it will be because of money squandered on QUANGOs. Wealth distribution is also extremely irregular with the average income in Dublin being nearly 15% more than the rest of the country.
But the largest issue that i believe you should have mentioned in this video and would find it hard to recommend is because of its omission is a stark issue Ireland has suffered with since the start of time: and that's its Brain Drain, the Irish are extremely well educated people but if you're not employed by a large multinational in some form of business or STEM work you pretty much will never make enough money to own a house. Corporation tax at 12.5% comes at the average salary taxes of nearly 48%, where if you make anywhere over minimum wage you do get to avail of any of these public services for free.
Like many other European countries Ireland also flirted with the idea of public housing estates since the late 80s with the idea of creating public housing outside of large scale private housing estates to not devalue the properties, which has done nothing but create an extremely anti social element across the country that is very concentrated in Dublin.
also, that is not where cork is
Your video is riddled with errors. “The Troubles” occurred in Northern Ireland which is part of the UK, not Ireland
I'm sorry, are you implying that the troubles didn't affect everyone across the island?
@@mqxogames As much as any conflict/unrest would affect a neighbouring country. It still doesn’t change the location where it actually occurred.
Man, 10% of our workforce work in multinationals including Irish multinationals.
No idea where you got 25%.
Are you looking for a video editor
What? Rich? LOL that's what people say who don't understand economics.
Let's not also forget about the ethnic cleansing done by the English.
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The first time I've ever heard someone call Ireland's infrastructure "well designed" and "first class".
Also take a look at the EU's stats on median disposable income on a cost of living adjusted basis. You will see Ireland is a laggard in Europe - which as a Dubliner myself feels about right.
As a Dubliner, I appreciate your feedback. I was only in the city for a couple days - Ireland for a little over a week - but every piece of infrastructure throughout the country (from smooth roads and highways and good signage, to street lamps and sidewalks) seemed well placed and maintained, as good as what we have here in the states and what I remember of Europe. Obviously the scale of things is smaller than much larger cities and countries...
Your point about the income being a bit inflated by the corporate offshoring of profits is fair and something I was going to discuss, but didn't want to get too in the weeds considering I was already spending a couple min of the vid on taxes. I appreciate you pointing it out here!
@@TheDailyConversation Thanks - and yes the roads & highways are pretty good. Unfortunately trains and public transport, not so much.
The whinging Dub that has never lived outside of Ireland, thinks everybody in the World gets to live in a corporation house rent-free and can stay on the Dole for life ..........while complaining how the country is a kip.
Um Ireland is Celtic 😅I’m not sure how I subscribed to this channel but the first line is technically wrong. They do speak English but um it’s not actually the native language 😅
He is correct. He said “only native English speaking country”, which is true. Native speaker means someone who has spoken a particular language since they were a baby, rather than having learned it as a child or adult. You are confusing first versus native language.
Good luck trying to communicate with the majority of Ireland using Gaelic.😂
I know you sound like you have trouble with new tech like UA-cam but if you hit the big button that says: Subscribe, that technically subscribes you.
How is Ireland the 'only' native English speaking country? What about England? @@swimmerboy172
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Eire 🇮🇪 native language is not first English. Its Celtic. English is spoken for efficiency and tourism.
Celtic isn't a language, and Irish is not the native language of 98% of the population, English is.