RevokeNice 15 | 1854
27 Feb 2010 / #1
Europe, many Poles are still choosing to come here simply because they like the way we live. Have they not heard that Ireland is in a state of collapse? asks KATHY SHERIDAN
THE NUMBER of foreign nationals registering to work in Ireland fell by half last year. Hardly startling news, given the international coverage of our economic collapse. But what is startling, you might think, is that anyone would want to come here at all. Poland's ambassador to Ireland, Tadeusz Szumowski, believes the figures reflect a growing realisation that Ireland is "no longer the land of milk and honey".
THE NUMBER of foreign nationals registering to work in Ireland fell by half last year. Hardly startling news, given the international coverage of our economic collapse. But what is startling, you might think, is that anyone would want to come here at all. Poland's ambassador to Ireland, Tadeusz Szumowski, believes the figures reflect a growing realisation that Ireland is "no longer the land of milk and honey".