Ireland is in boom times. In a delicious irony that's surely not lost on the Irish, English laborers are crossing the Irish sea to find work. Projections are for an additional 200,000 workers needed in the next 7 years if Ireland is to maintain its growth rate. That's 200,000 more than what the Irish population can supply. Ireland is on the brink of profound change.
Traditional pessimism abounds.
A woman at the Carraroe coral beach had binoculars, which led me for a moment to hope that she could help me puzzle out a pipit that I saw. Oh no, I'm not keen on the birds. I wish I were though. She's sure a depression is around the corner. Ireland's changed so much, just in the last 5 years.