Preventing the future

"Between the years of the mid thirties through to 1960, independent Ireland suffered from economic stagnation, and also went through a period of intense cultural and psychological repression. While external circumstances account for much of the stagnation - especially the depression of the thirties and the Second World War - Preventing the Future argues that the situation was aggravated by internal circumstances." "The key domestic factor was the failure to extend higher and technical education and training to larger sections of the population. This derived from political stalemates in a…