Introduction At the end of the 1990s, Ireland remained top of the OECD growth league and had the largest current account surplus in the world. Since 1994, the unofficial birth date of the "Celtic Tiger,"" growth has proceeded at a historically unprecedented 8.6 per cent per year. " ... Independence (in 1922) to 1985. During that period, national income per head had grown by an average 1.8 per cent per year. The fact that we were bottom of the growth league in comparison with our neighbours suggests under-achievement in this interlude. However, GDP data in the 1950-1998 period as a unit sugges...

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... started to return to normal, the European nations decided they had seen enough blood-shed and slaughter, which is why they began to think of preventative's, rather than cures. The League of Nations was proven useless, so to ensure collective security in Europe and through out the world, organisations like the Brussels Pact was established to contain communist aggressors. More importantly ... ...

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