Half of Ireland's young people have low level of mental wellbeing

Ireland is in a very bad spot right now. They are in a deep recession, over a year of gdp contraction. Later this month we find out last quarter's gdp reduction and if it's -0.6% or worse, Ireland moves from recession to depression. Which I will be shocked to see if they achieve anything better.

Ireland's housing crisis: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/15/world/europe/ireland-hous...

Overall Ireland is in a bad spot and young folks with low work experience are the ones who will hurt the most.

In the article, there's no comparison to other countries though. Is it any different than the rest of the developed world?

We also don't talk enough about the mental impact of living in one of the worst weather on the planet. Every other day is rainy, dark and foggy.

Ireland should be an international study about how a state destroyed itself by running a gigantic welfare state despite all of world's money pouring into it

Almost €300B national debt. Government is giving free houses, money to people who don't work. It's the only relatively wealthy European country with unlimited dole. And people make a lifestyle out of living on welfare forever.

This is despite huge corporation tax receipts and income tax receipts by largely foreign born workforce

One in five people are directly or indirectly employed by the government of a tiny country.. it's just a waste from bottom to top and all are complicit

People do it anyway, but you can't practically make those kinds of comparisons and unearth much of value.

The characterization of mental wellbeing is cultural, not universal, and the methodology of collecting assessments is also sensitive to culture.

But it doesn't really matter because it wouldn't tell you much besides "ah, only Ireland has this problem I guess" or "whelp, this has been rising eveywhere" -- neither of which are especially practical conclusions when it comes to actually doing something about it.