At the bottom of the hole eight years ago, the Celtic tiger roared. Ireland shows the best growth in Europe in 2019. However, its voters could dismiss without fuss its young (41 years) and dynamic Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, in office for only two and a half years. His bet to provoke legislative elections this Saturday risks turning against him. His party, Fine Gael (right), was at the start of the week in third position in the polls, behind Fianna Fail (center right) and Sinn Féin (left), at the head.
"The economy is booming, after a spectacular recovery for eight years, but the government does not touch the benefits in public opinion," said Fergal O'Brien, economist of the employers' organization Ibec (Irish Business and Employers Federation).
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After the agreement reached in November between London and Brussels on the Brexit, which has removed, provisionally at least, a black cloud over the Irish economy, the Dublin government has reviewed
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