Comments on: the best place to be? http://www.janinedalton.com/blog/archives/2004/the-best-place-to-be/ Random ramblings from the home office of a web developer in Dublin, Ireland Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:50:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: daithi http://www.janinedalton.com/blog/archives/2004/the-best-place-to-be/#comment-30 daithi Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://janinedalton.com/wp/?p=24#comment-30 WRT to gender equality thing, although it's regrettable that full equality hasn't yet been achieved, it was a comparative study and (according to the article you linked to), we're only behind Luxembourg and Norway in that regard (and we surely have a better climate than Norway!). We're a fair bit ahead of France and *way* ahead of the UK and Germany. WRT to gender equality thing, although it’s regrettable that full equality hasn’t yet been achieved, it was a comparative study and (according to the article you linked to), we’re only behind Luxembourg and Norway in that regard (and we surely have a better climate than Norway!).

We’re a fair bit ahead of France and *way* ahead of the UK and Germany.

]]> By: janine http://www.janinedalton.com/blog/archives/2004/the-best-place-to-be/#comment-31 janine Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://janinedalton.com/wp/?p=24#comment-31 yeah i know i know , it's just my hobby horse! :) also, while the survey i linked to highlighted income, there are of course many other components of gender equality and i haven't researched it but it's a sad day if ireland comes out favourably in EU studies of proportion of women in management positions or childcare facilities and the like! my first instinct when i heard ireland was the best place to live was to think of what's wrong with it, without considering that perhaps it could be the best of a bad lot :) and apologies for the delay in approving this comment, it got lost in the slew of spam for a while! yeah i know i know , it’s just my hobby horse! :) also, while the survey i linked to highlighted income, there are of course many other components of gender equality and i haven’t researched it but it’s a sad day if ireland comes out favourably in EU studies of proportion of women in management positions or childcare facilities and the like!

my first instinct when i heard ireland was the best place to live was to think of what’s wrong with it, without considering that perhaps it could be the best of a bad lot :)
and apologies for the delay in approving this comment, it got lost in the slew of spam for a while!

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