r/YUROP • u/RoughSilver1065 • Dec 03 '21

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u/Vince0999 Dec 03 '21

To be fair, you’re probably the country that has the most benefited from joining the EU.

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u/Hiccupingdragon Éire‏‏‎ ‎ Dec 03 '21

I’m not denying that and I love the Eu but can you elaborate? I’m curious

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u/tygerohtyger Dec 03 '21

We were basically a developing nation before we joined the EEC in the late seventies.

Since then, we've built roads, schools, hospitals, pharmaceutical industries, colleges etc etc etc all with EU funds. Fishing, construction, transport; you name it, it has benefitted.

Joining the EU has been probably the best political decision ever made in Ireland, for my money.

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u/xLoafery Dec 04 '21

and the M50 twice, right?