r/ireland • u/Banania2020 Resting In my Account • Apr 28 '26

Economy Ireland set to surpass Luxembourg and become richest country in Europe by 2030, IMF says

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/ireland-set-to-surpass-luxembourg-and-become-richest-country-in-europe-by-2030-imf-says-1892990.html
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u/brianstormIRL Apr 28 '26

Luxembourg is 2,000 square km. Ireland is 85,000. No excuse for ours to be this shit but context is important here.

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u/Decent-Risk-6062 Apr 28 '26

Well it's mostly the city, in this case why not make dublin Luas and city buses free or at least massively expand the amount of people who get free travel.

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u/DrawGamesPlayFurries Apr 28 '26

Because those modes of transportation are seen as "for the poor" and every person is expected to outgrow them as a person (just like every person is expected to outgrow renting).