In other words about the same as the downsized population of countries like Ireland.
As for rumors that some countries (like Ireland) may be vulnerable to expulsion from the Union?
Some, like Ireland's Ryanair and Britain's EasyJet, have even managed to grow their business.
And the bigger mistake has been in places like Ireland and Greece, more than it was here.
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Monks across Europe, in places like Ireland, Belgium and southern Germany, have carefully crafted renowned beers for centuries.
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There is concern that if Greece does default, countries like Ireland, Portugal and Spain may become economically sicker.
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Cyprus, like Ireland and Spain, does have very high private indebtedness (ie, that of households and non-financial companies).
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Some, like Ireland, have uncomfortably high inflation, and for them a relaxation of monetary policy would be unwelcome.
Canada, who like Ireland were already through to the Super Eights, posted 220 with Geoff Barnett top-scoring with 49.
Worse, their standing is now affected by outliers like Ireland, with 4% inflation.
Even as Germany, the biggest euro-area economy, has picked up speed, Spain (like Ireland) is suffering a painful property bust.
Besides debt woes in Greece, countries like Ireland and Spain were deeply exposed to the crash of the housing bubble.
People in fast-growing economies like Ireland, Vietnam and Guyana aren't buying as much jewelry as those in Chile, Brazil or Mexico.
Like Ireland it had a runaway real-estate boom that has left its banking system with a pile of sour property loans.
The solution to the Euro crisis is that lenders will relax and start allowing countries like Ireland and Portugal to start borrowing again.
When Irishman Liam Keane found what looks like Ireland's biggest ever pothole, he couldn't resist pulling on his togs and taking a dip.
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And if Greece falters, it could drag other struggling euro-area members like Ireland down too, even if their fiscal efforts have been braver.
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Much surrounding history an unwinding of the British empire in places like Ireland and India is lost, but such is the telescoping necessary for the screen.
However, if Spain ends up with more favorable terms than other bailed out eurozone countries, then that could cause friction in places like Ireland.
This is of course a great way of sucking revenues out of a high tax jurisdiction like Denmark and into a low tax one like Ireland.
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It does not believe that wage cuts are necessary to restore competitiveness and to reduce unemployment, the accepted wisdom in places like Ireland and, latterly, Greece.
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Like Ireland, Portugal ought to raise interest rates to check inflation, which is forecast at about 2.6% this year, above the original government target of 2.0%.
Countries like Ireland would have to hold a referendum first.
Many argue that this is what is happening in Europe, where a few countries, like Ireland, are experiencing rapid growth while big economies, like Germany and Italy, stagnate.
Spain, like Ireland and Latvia, has been hit hard by unemployment because of the collapse of the construction sector, which has yet to see any clear signs of recovery.
On current form, though, Scotland looks more like Ireland, where governments in the last century spent huge sums vainly trying to revive Irish the third living Celtic language in the British Isles.
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France and Germany, with their expensive welfare states, are loth to cut corporate tax rates to the low levels of countries like Ireland, so they want the Irish to raise theirs.
Taxes aren't the only reason high-tech companies like Ireland.
"Countries like Ireland, or Scotland, the first one or two years, this is a time of struggling, but then in the longer run, things seem to be that the people accept it, " Hieber says.
He pumps billions into university research in places like Ireland and Australia because he believes it creates a skilled workforce and attracts top talent, setting the table for high-tech industry and foreign direct investment.
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