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I think Ireland has been a banana republic for some years now, it can't become one.

Oh look, an ignorant begrudger. I don't know many banana republics with a well-educated workforce let lone the best educated workforce in the world.

Perhaps you'd like to compare Ireland's position in the Human Development Index with that of its neighbours?

Venezuela, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Cuba.

You mean the neighbors Ireland is defrauding with its corporate tax schemes? Yeah, those neighbors should take note of that.