[SeekAndFind]

SIGNS OF THE TIMES:

* Around 1,000 Irish head for the exits every week.

* Australian visa applications from Dublin in the past 12 months are up 60 per cent.

* The Irish banking system became three times bigger than the gross national product of the country

* Those who leave the country no longer have a say in Ireland’s future.

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“Those who leave the country no longer have a say in Ireland’s future.

But they are not responsible for paying back any of the debt any more, either!

[Red Badger]

The Irish Voter Famine of 2011...............

[Boogieman]

“Those who leave the country no longer have a say in Ireland’s future.”

I don’t think that’s true. I believe Ireland grants citizenship to anyone who can prove at least one of their grandparents was born in Ireland. My friend was born in the US, but has Irish citizenship as well, and can vote in their elections if he wanted to.