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David McWilliams: Irelandâs tax and welfare system must change to keep up with migrant workforce (opens the original)
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Ireland is experiencing a surge in immigration. Last year, the total population rose by 66,900, bringing it to 5,525,600 â the highest level in the Republic since the Famine. In terms of who was coming and going, 110,600 immigrants arrived and 62,500 emigrants left, putting net migration at 48,100. The natural increase in the population, which is births minus deaths, was 18,800, implying that immigrants accounted for 72 per cent of the increase in the Irish population last year. This is not an
David McWilliams: The Irish urge to control is killing our night-time economy (opens the original)
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Did you know that 2,205 pubs closed between 2005 and 2025? In 2000, there were 522 nightclubs across the State for people to ring in the new millennium; today, there are 83. What has happened to Irelandâs once reasonably vibrant night-time economy? If the young population had collapsed, it would be easier to understand. However, in 2000, there were 312,757 people between the ages of 20-24 in Ireland; there are now 339,458, an 8.5 per cent increase, yet nine out of 10 late-night venues have dis
David McWilliams: Why the USâs deteriorating financial health is bad news for Ireland (opens the original)
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Could the United States be going bust? Perhaps this is not the sort of question that people should raise in polite company, but the signs of a gradual erosion of American solvency are there for all to see. To make matters worse there does not appear to be anyone within either the Republican or the Democratic leadership who appears to be concerned about the credibility of the United Statesâs fiscal and debt deterioration. One crowd is happy to keep cutting taxes, while the other lot are promisi
David McWilliams: Huguenotsâ legacy written across fabric of Ireland (opens the original)
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Next week marks a particularly grotesque anniversary. On August 24th, 1572, Huguenots in France were massacred in an orchestrated reign of terror, kicking off a process that would lead to the mass migration of French Calvinists to Ireland. The other day, tucked away up a side street in Aix-en-Provence, I spotted a tiny Huguenot temple. Beside the enormous theatrical cathedrals, abbeys and monasteries that adorn this beautiful part of France, the easy-to-miss temple is an example of pared-back pu
David McWilliams: Socialism is happening in Ireland under a so-called centre-right Coalition (opens the original)
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Twenty years ago this month, the Celtic Tiger died. It was not until two years later, August 2008, that the full depth and horror of the crisis became apparent with a run on the Irish banks. But the damage was done two years previously. This is how bankruptcies happen: at first slowly, and then very quickly. August 2006 was the first month that house prices failed to rise. Once that occurred, it was all over, but most people, even Irish bankers, didnât have a notion about what was going on. In
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