Ireland in 11th place? these guys obviously didnt get out very often! medical costs over horrendous- €60 to go see your GP, and then prescription medication on top of that and you're quickly into a small fortune! there's no end to stories about patients lying on beds in corridors, so much so that now if you're on a waiting list for so long, they send you abroad for treatment!
Dont even get me started on this "celtic tiger economy" crap the government is still shoving down our throats 5years after the economy's gone belly up and yet they still see a need to artificially inflate it with any excuse, then blame the same people they hope will elect them at the next general election, so when there is a general election around the corner they do a give-away budget and joe "short memory" soap thinks they're great so re-elects them.
The education system in this country is also a joke- sub-standard schools, an outdated curriculum, and a ridiculous assessment system that puts a tremendous amount of pressure on young people to "perform", rather than to be educated! The government has bleated about education in this country being free, also a load of nonsense, you have to take out a loan to buy schoolbooks, a uniform, pay for school activities, lunches, the list goes on, and god help you if you have more than one child because you could only afford to on a politicians wages!!!