If Ireland was a soccer league team.

[Norfolk Enchants]

I guess that given the money that the global economy has put into our hands over the last 15 years, we would have to consider ourselves as a Chelsea in terms of funding.

In terms of where we are in the league tables though we would be a Leeds United bottom or close to bottom of the tables for education, health, public transport and on the environment, rock bottom.

In terms of our Manager, a man with Mourhino's funding, Allardyce's way of doing business, Dennis Wise results and Steve Staunton's excuses.

Would Mourhino keep his job if Chelsea performed so badly and his line was "well we are doing better that when Ken Bates was here" ?

[freedomlover]

EIU Quality of Life Indices for EU-15 countries in 2005:

[ 1] Ireland 8.333 <<<<[IRELAND]
[ 2] Luxembourg 8.015
[ 3] Sweden 7.937
[ 4] Italy 7.810
[ 5] Denmark 7.796
[ 6] Spain 7.727
[ 7] Finland 7.618
[ 8] Neth'lands 7.433
[ 9] Portugal 7.307
[10] Austria 7.268
[11] Greece 7.163
[12] Cyprus 7.097
[13] Belgium 7.095
[14] France 7.084
[15] Germany 7.048
[16] Slovenia 6.986
[17] Malta 6.934
[18] U. Kingdom 6.917
[19] Czech Rep. 6.629
[20] Hungary 6.534
[21] Slovakia 6.381
[22] Poland 6.309
[23] Lithuania 6.033
[24] Latvia 6.008
[25] Estonia 5.905

[freedomlover]

UN Quality of Life Indices for EU-25 countries in 2004:

[ 1] Ireland 0.956 <<<<[IRELAND]
[ 2] Sweden 0.951
[ 3] Neth'lands 0.947
[ 4] Finland 0.947
[ 5] Belgium 0.945
[ 6] Luxembourg 0.945
[ 7] Austria 0.944
[ 8] Denmark 0.943
[ 9] France 0.942
[10] Italy 0.940
[11] U. Kingdom 0.940
[12] Spain 0.938
[13] Germany 0.932
[14] Greece 0.921
[15] Slovenia 0.910
[16] Portugal 0.904
[17] Cyprus 0.903
[18] Czech Rep. 0.885
[19] Malta 0.875
[20] Hungary 0.869
[21] Poland 0.862
[22] Estonia 0.858
[23] Lithuania 0.857
[24] Slovakia 0.856
[25] Latvia 0.845

source(s): UN Human Development Report 2006 - Table 1 (pages 283-286)

[freedomlover]

male life expectancy in EU-25 countries in 2005:

[ 1] Sweden 78.40
[ 2] Malta 77.70
[ 3] Italy 77.60
[ 4] Spain 77.40
[ 5] Neth'lands 77.20
[ 6] Ireland 77.10 <<<<[IRELAND]
[ 7] Cyprus 77.00
[ 8] U. Kingdom 76.90
[ 9] France 76.80
[10] Austria 76.70
[11] Belgium 76.70
[12] Greece 76.60
[13] Germany 76.20
[14] Luxembourg 76.20
[15] Denmark 75.60
[16] Finland 75.50
[17] Portugal 74.90
[18] Slovenia 74.10
[19] Czech Rep. 72.90
[20] Poland 70.80
[21] Slovakia 70.10
[22] Hungary 68.60
[23] Estonia 67.30
[24] Latvia 65.60
[25] Lithuania 65.40

EU-25 75.80

source(s): Ireland CSO Measuring Ireland's Progress 2006 (Table 6.4)

[Defeated Romanticist]

freedomlover Posted:

male life expectancy in EU-25 countries in 2005:

[ 1] Sweden 78.40
[ 2] Malta 77.70
[ 3] Italy 77.60
[ 4] Spain 77.40
[ 5] Neth'lands 77.20
[ 6] Ireland 77.10 <<<<[IRELAND]
[ 7] Cyprus 77.00
[ 8] U. Kingdom 76.90
[ 9] France 76.80
[10] Austria 76.70
[11] Belgium 76.70
[12] Greece 76.60
[13] Germany 76.20
[14] Luxembourg 76.20
[15] Denmark 75.60
[16] Finland 75.50
[17] Portugal 74.90
[18] Slovenia 74.10
[19] Czech Rep. 72.90
[20] Poland 70.80
[21] Slovakia 70.10
[22] Hungary 68.60
[23] Estonia 67.30
[24] Latvia 65.60
[25] Lithuania 65.40

EU-25 75.80

source(s): Ireland CSO Measuring Ireland's Progress 2006 (Table 6.4)

WHAT!!! we are only 5th! Well I'm off to canvass for Alam Shatter.

[freedomlover]

%age of population aged 25-34 in EU-25 countries in 2006 3rd level education:

[ 1] Cyprus 43.8%
[ 2] Belgium 40.5%
[ 3] France 40.4%
[ 4] Ireland 40.2% <<<<[IRELAND]
[ 5] Lithuania 39.3%
[ 6] Denmark 39.3%
[ 7] Spain 39.2%
[ 8] Sweden 39.1%
[ 9] Finland 38.4%
[10] Luxembourg 37.0%
[11] U. Kingdom 36.5%
[12] Neth'lands 35.0%
[13] Estonia 34.5%
[14] Poland 27.9%
[15] Slovenia 26.5%
[16] Greece 25.9%
[17] Malta 22.3%
[18] Germany 22.1%
[19] Latvia 21.7%
[20] Hungary 20.7%
[21] Portugal 19.8%
[22] Austria 19.2%
[23] Italy 16.4%
[24] Slovakia 16.3%
[25] Czech Rep. 15.2%

EU-25 28.6%

[Norfolk Enchants]

I guess that given the money that the global economy has put into our hands over the last 15 years, we would have to consider ourselves as a Chelsea in terms of funding.

In terms of where we are in the league tables though we would be a Leeds United bottom or close to bottom of the tables for education, health, public transport and on the environment, rock bottom.

In terms of our Manager, a man with Mourhino's funding, Allardyce's way of doing business, Dennis Wise results and Steve Staunton's excuses.

Would Mourhino keep his job if Chelsea performed so badly and his line was "well we are doing better that when Ken Bates was here" ?

Interesting and quite pathetic that the only tables that are being dug up where we are anywhere near top are subjective ones like "quality of life" ! but on the the ones mentioned...NOTHING.

[freedomlover]

mean score in student performance on reading scale in EU countries in PISA 2003:

[ 1] Finland 543
[ 2] Ireland 515 <<<<[IRELAND]
[ 3] Sweden 514
[ 4] Neth'lands 513
[ 5] Belgium 507
[ 6] Norway 500
[ 7] Poland 497
[ 8] France 496
[ 9] Denmark 492
[10] Iceland 492
[11] Austria 491
[12] Germany 491
[13] Latvia 491
[14] Czech Rep. 489
[15] Hungary 482
[16] Spain 481
[17] Luxembourg 479
[18] Portugal 478
[19] Italy 476
[20] Greece 472
[21] Slovakia 469

[KeithM]

[quote=Norfolk Enchants]

I guess that given the money that the global economy has put into our hands over the last 15 years, we would have to consider ourselves as a Chelsea in terms of funding.

In terms of where we are in the league tables though we would be a Leeds United bottom or close to bottom of the tables for education, health, public transport and on the environment, rock bottom.

In terms of our Manager, a man with Mourhino's funding, Allardyce's way of doing business, Dennis Wise results and Steve Staunton's excuses.

Would Mourhino keep his job if Chelsea performed so badly and his line was "well we are doing better that when Ken Bates was here" ?

Interesting and quite pathetic that the only tables that are being dug up where we are anywhere near top are subjective ones like "quality of life" ! but on the the ones mentioned...NOTHING.[/quote:2adqllww]

The Quality of Life polls are not subjective, but rather based on a series of financial, medical, infrastructural etec indicators.

One thing they don't take into consideration is the one subjective element that SHOULD be mentioned: the ************************ing weather, especially here on the west coast.

[freedomlover]

I think you'll find that life expectancy is related to health.

I think you'll find that scores in the PISA test are related to education.

The EIU scores are a mixture of the subjective and the objective. The book in which they're published describes them thus:

Described in THE WORLD IN 2005 as:

"an index based on a unique methodology that links the results of subjective ife-satisfaction
surveys to the following objective determinants of quality of life across countries:

(1) material well-being
(2) health
(3) political stability and security
(4) family life
(5) community life
(6) climate and geography
(7) job security
(8) political freedom
(9) gender equality".