We've terrible schools compared with the likes of France, Germany, Austria etc etc etc.
We've a health care system that is a joke compared to almost any other nation (not in terms of access but in terms of available procedures in a GP etc).
We've insanely high young unemployment (24%)
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/irel...mployment-rate
Our government are a bunch of idiots, let's not go there because it's demonstrably a 3 ring circus.
Go to any rural area, like Mayo, and see the access they have to healthcare etc.