Madam, – I am a child of the 1980s. I came of age in the 1990s, graduated from TCD in 2005, and left Ireland for what I thought would be a temporary stint.
Unlike previous generations, economic exile was not part of my reality. Our Ireland was supposedly optimistic, forward-looking and entrepreneurial.
I looked forward to gaining international experience and returning to my homeland to contribute to (and benefit from) my nation’s cultural and economic excellence. How naive I was.
Since I left home, Ireland has foolishly rejected the Lisbon Treaty, our economic “success” has revealed itself to be naught but a crude accounting trick, and out of sick desperation, the “Republic” is engaging in kleptomaniac taxation of the underprivileged.
A message for anyone interested in the future of the Irish nation in an era of unprecedented mobility: this is not an Ireland that I, or my peers, want any part of. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – We all know in our hearts that Ireland is the best, most beautiful and blessed country in the world.
However, others worldwide now know this at well, so if we don’t run Ireland properly, competently and honestly, others will be very happy to come here, take the place over and run it for us instead. – Yours, etc,