Wales has gone from ‘indy curious’ to ‘indy plausible’, and nationalists should look to Ireland for inspiration, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Ireland was pulled round by EU membership in 1973 and by International Monetary Fund aid. More crucial was its switch from a fierce Anglophobia to a brash internationalism. The Irish government slashed taxes for immigrants and foreign companies, welcomed tourists and managed to reverse the curse of emigration. By the 1990s the Celtic Tiger was born.
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