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Ireland: opportunities

• Ireland is a largely homogeneous country.

• Over 65% of the population are social media users

(Statcounter.com, n.d.)

• It is a highly educated workforce (IdaIrealand.com, n.d.)

• One in five adults (20%) wants the government to improve the

country’s refugee policy (RedCross.ie, 2016).

• Young, educated and English-speaking population (IdaIrealand.com,

n.d.)

• Ireland has the highest proportion of people under 15 in the EU and

the lowest proportion of people over 65 (IdaIrealand.com, n.d.)