Ireland’s Southern Powerhouse the third richest region in the EU

Rhys Essien

It’s Cork really but they included Limerick and Waterford to make them feel better .

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/southern-part-of-ireland-third-richest-in-eu-but-west-lags-behind-1.3811364

Rhys Essien

Rhys Essien wrote: »

It’s Cork really but they included Limerick and Waterford to make them feel better .

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/southern-part-of-ireland-third-richest-in-eu-but-west-lags-behind-1.3811364

Stick Apple and DellEMC in any region in Ireland and it would be “Wealthy”.

Your Face

This is obvious enough for me when Im driving from Galway City to our offices in Limerick and Cork.

Rhys Essien

Your Face wrote: »

This is obvious enough for me when Im driving from Galway City to our offices in Limerick and Cork.

Do elaborate.

Your Face

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Do elaborate.

Infrastructure etc.

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Silentcorner

Galway would have a heap of international companies in the lucrative med tech sector...I think the difference is the wealth generated by the Golden Vale...probably the most fertile land on this island...I might well be wrong...but the amount of wealth that has created is a phenomenal...the amount of very very wealthy land owners from Counties Limerick, Tipperary, Cork remember the Kerry Group is based on North Kerry) would surprise many...I know you can see a lot of mcmansions...but a lot of these wealthy land owners live in very ordinary houses...this wealth is well hidden from view...

This region has replaced the North, which used to be the provincial powerhouse back in the day!

kneemos

It's based on GDP. Doesn't really mean anything regarding people's wealth.

El_Bee

How do wealthy people live outside dublin? literally mad max territory, no gardai, 7 out of 10 houses burgled on a weekly basis, and you could wake up one morning with a several families and their caravans crawling all over your land.

Ten of Swords

Jesus would it kill the Irish Times to link to the actual report? Maybe they figured it detracts from the article once you see that these stats relate to 2017 and that the 3 Irish regions are estimated figures (other EU nations in the report have actual figures)

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/9618249/1-26022019-AP-EN.pdf/

Franz Von Peppercorn

West London has a GDP which is 626% of the EU.

These are all distorted by a few industries I think.

Harry Palmr

Ludicrous fluff piece. Southern powerhouse is producing feck all kilowatts in Waterford.

kneemos

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Ludicrous fluff piece. Southern powerhouse is producing feck all kilowatts in Waterford.

Hard to understand how it could be ahead of the major industrial and banking regions across Europe.

kneemos

kneemos wrote: »

Hard to understand how it could be ahead of the major industrial and banking regions across Europe.

Apple.

Aegir

Aegir wrote: »

Stick Apple and DellEMC in any region in Ireland and it would be “Wealthy”.

True, the volume of "money" flowing through the area has little bearing on the general wealth of the average person who lives in that area.


Reminds me of the old joke about union leaders in the 1970s,
Five shop stewards having a meeting, each represent a separate union and the first subject up for debate is "tea or coffee?"
First man raises his hand for tea, (65,954 members)
second man raises his hand for tea, (17,645 members)
Third man raises his hand for tea, (85,916 members)
Fourth man raises his hand for tea, (10,984 members)
Fifth man raises his hand for Coffee, (206,944 members)


They drink coffee!

Lirange

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

West London has a GDP which is 626% of the EU.

These are all distorted by a few industries I think.

Sure Slough is a hybrid of Singapore and Zurich haven’t you heard!

Rhys Essien

Rhys Essien wrote: »

It’s Cork really but they included Limerick and Waterford to make them feel better .

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/southern-part-of-ireland-third-richest-in-eu-but-west-lags-behind-1.3811364

Limerick is extremely unusual in that the areas right outside the city centre are amongst the wealthiest in the state, and the estates within the city centre are amongst the poorest.

MyStubbleItches

What amazes me is that Ringaskiddy is a massive contributor to the region and state yet Carr’s Hill is still a fúcking joke. And the bloody Tanaiste is from the area.

Tea drinker

Any link to the money these people owe to bailed out banks?
Any link to suicide stats
Link to poorer medical outcomes
State services available , special needs, or not letting old people rot?
Are Irish in general not one of the most obese in EU, surely must be a health and longevity issue there.