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Founding essay: To reach its potential, Ireland must face outwards - Progress Ireland

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Today we are delighted to announce the launch of Progress Ireland, a think tank whose mission is to connect Ireland to ideas that will help unlock its potential. Ireland has come a long way. In 1988, The Economist dubbed Ireland “The poorest of the rich”; today its average net earnings are the third-highest in the EU. In 1990 the UN’s Human Development Index ranked it 25th in the world; today it is ranked 8th. The success of the Irish economy belies important problems. Ireland doesn’t feel as rich as it is on paper. Despite the third-highest incomes in the EU, Irish consumption is ranked 15th in the EU, behind Romania, Slovenia, Lithuania and Cyprus. The quality of Irish infrastructure is ranked 12th in Europe by company managers. Ireland’s problems are those of growth. Since the Economist’s survey in 1988, Ireland’s population has grown faster than any EU country, bar Luxembourg. That trend is not slowing. Ireland’s population is forecast to grow at the third-fastest rate in the EU th

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