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Originally Posted by Shasown

Very true, Irelands economic boom from the mid 90's through to 2007 was envied around the world, a great pity that recent governments didnt have a forward thinking economic policies and profits werent wisely re-invested to buffer the economy.

We never kicked Fianna Fail out and it has come back to haunt us. They couldn't capatalize on what they helped start and the small mindedness of the voting majority refued to realize alternatives existed instead of good old reliable Fianna Fail.

Of course this is all meaningless to ILoveTRW who has not even factored in the idea of multiple parties, ideologies and systems of regulation. It's either 'Ireland' runs Ireland ... some abstract shadowy force of control ... or England runs Ireland.