Happy New Year to all readers of Ireland from a Polish perspective. I am still in Poland and I am leaving behind very hard time of my life being almost homeless (due to the almost never lasting renovation of our apartment) and ill (long lasting bronchial tubes infection). One of the most important promises for the forthcoming 2008 year is coming back to writing about Ireland and spending in Ireland at least the same time like in Poland. After I came back to Poland where I spent last 2,5 months I must admit I miss Ireland very much. Of course when I am in Ireland I miss Poland, so I will be always somewhere in between. Anyway… there is many things to describe so stay tuned!
What should I wish Ireland? I wish better economy and everlasting economical growth without loosing cultural heritage, and without turning Ireland into the land of glass, concrete and steel. I wish Ireland to stay green with fields of barley. I wish Ireland to have more prosperous Gaeltacht regions. I wish Irish people to get rid of crime, shotguns, cocaine. I also wish you and us… to open for each other. To learn more about us, and Polish emigrants learn at least something about Ireland. I wish us to be part of one community and the ghetto walls once collapse.
Good luck with those things!