As the saying goes, opinions are free but facts are sacred. You can get any number of opinions on Celtic Tiger Ireland and whether it has improved life here or made it worse. But it is always interesting to look at the hard facts and make up your own mind.

To get a real handle on how Ireland has been changed by the ongoing boom, you need to look not just at figures for the last a year or two, but over a longer period, say the last decade.

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