One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Irish life is caution.
We have learned to tread carefully everywhere. It’s probably a legacy
of 800 years of colonialism, which have shown us that you can’t be too
careful in a small country.
It’s caution about what might take its place that prevents much needed social and political reforms from happening in Ireland at the pace they do on the European continent. We seem to prefer being stuck with a host of familiar problems in preference to tackling a host of new ones.
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/Can-Ireland-get-real-and-deal-with-the-legacy-of-the-Magdalene-Laundries.html#
It’s caution about what might take its place that prevents much needed social and political reforms from happening in Ireland at the pace they do on the European continent. We seem to prefer being stuck with a host of familiar problems in preference to tackling a host of new ones.
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/Can-Ireland-get-real-and-deal-with-the-legacy-of-the-Magdalene-Laundries.html#