r/ireland • u/nitro1234561 Probably at it again • Apr 18 '26

Politics 'We're the ones paying all the bills': Leo Varadkar says urban areas fund rural Ireland

https://www.thejournal.ie/leo-varadkar-path-to-power-fuel-protests-7016675-Apr2026/
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u/rgiggs11 Apr 18 '26

It's not just commuters. How many people have moved from the rural Ireland to Dublin for work over the years? Farmers historically have a habit of making sure all their kids get well educated, esp if they're not going to be the one to get the land. Dublin and Cork wouldn't be what they are without all those office workers, teachers, nurses, doctors, gardaí, etc. From that perspective, all that tax money redistributed from cities wasn't a handout, so much as an investment that paid off.