Ireland's History, Government and Economics, and their influence on Global and Local Issues

Ireland's History, Government and Economics, and their influence on Global and Local Issues

Introduction

The Republic of Ireland is preponderant in constituting the island of Ireland, being an independent nation. The total are covered by Republic of Ireland is 70282 km square. The Irish Sea is located in the east of the Republic of Ireland and in the west is Atlantic Ocean. The only land border shared by Republic of Ireland is with Northern Ireland, which located in bother-east part of the island in United Kingdom. In 1955, Ireland became a member of United Nation, where initially Ireland was denied for its membership for its neutral stance during the period of World War II, along with denied the support for Allied cause.

Discussion

Ireland has faced economic crisis in 1970s, which was the result of Fianna Fail's budget. The budget led to instability in global economy, elimination of taxes on cars, and immense borrowing. Since 1989 and onwards, there were significant reforms undertaken by the government of Ireland, which includes ban on borrowing from funding of present spending of state, cuts in taxes, and competition increase. After the amendments and reforms, Ireland was able to stand the position in the world for the country achieving fastest economic growth, and in late 1990s, Ireland was given the title of Celtic Tiger. This title was retained by country till the 2007 -2010 global financial crisis started (StatCentral, 2011).

Ireland has been engrossed in usage of drugs since the independence, where in 1985 the study demonstrated that there were 85% of the clients, who had mark on of needle on their bodies, and 27% of them were resulted in having positive HIV result. The major source of transition of HIV in people was intravenous drug. However, the patients of AIDS are low in Ireland as in comparison with other European countries. When data was compared of Ireland and other European states, it was noted that user of intravenous drug were indulged in AIDS, and the result was six times higher in comparison to other states.

Ireland was reported to fall in to recession during the global financial crisis in 2008. The rate of unemployment reached 11% in 2009 in Ireland. To respond to the phase of recession the government of Ireland started to implement policies of increasing taxes and cutting in spending were brought. However, ...