'For all its genuine friendliness to the Irish state, some of the British establishment still hasn’t managed to shake its stereotypical thinking. Ireland occupies a place in their mind of the small, poor and dependent economy, no matter that anyone can technically witness its largesse.
And so a totally incoherent view has emerged: Ireland got rich by accident (how else could the oik potato farmers be better off than us?) but also by nefarious means (cash-grabbing tax-haven, EU-impoverishing harpies).'
Well, if you will read the Times, Finn.
The people you describe are the people they write for.
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/01/30/michael-d-higgins-is-expending-the-goodwill-that-was-once-held-in-huge-reserves-for-ireland/?
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