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Ireland is an
English-speaking country with close cultural,
economic and educational links with the English-speaking world,
especially with the UK - next door neighbor and with the USA, where
Irish Americans form a high proportion of the population. Part of
the EU family of nations and cultures and of the increasingly
integrated European Education Area. Ireland is Global
in outlook - for several centuries Irish people have emigrated to
and settled in many countries around the globe and today Ireland
welcomes people to Ireland from all over the world. |
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Ireland has one of
the best education systems in the world according to the 2004 IMD
World Competitiveness Report. It has close links to industry and is
characterized by creativity, flexibility, agility, pragmatism and
informality. Education has been a key factor in making Ireland one
of the fastest growing economies in the world over the past decade.
Government policy on investment in research and "4th level"
education as the key to developing Ireland as a knowledge society in
the new global economy. |
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