One of the interesting things about Ireland is that parents have up to a dozen children - the Catholic Church reigns supreme. It's also interesting that they have the lowest IQ in the EU. Also, there was a study that Ireland was the most productive country in the EU. Then they separated the results of the local people and the people who worked for the IT companies (Google, Dell, Apple, etc.) and it showed that the people who worked for the IT companies were the most productive, but the people in the other countries were the least productive.
Religion is not a good thing.