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Fri 10 Oct 2009Policy - The Irish Diaspora
OPINION:Ireland's diaspora represent a significant resource. However, we must first agree what we are trying to achieve
IRELAND IS home to about 0.06 per cent of the planet's population of 6.7 billion people. There are about 1.2 billion people living in India, about 300 times as many as in Ireland. Our national pre-occupations may at first sight appear quaintly parochial, just a small closet at the back of the global stage. But are we as insignificant as these numbers suggest?
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