It is harder and harder to get people to do physically demanding jobs today especially as the economy has improved. This may also partly explain the difficulty in getting houses built even though these jobs are reasonably well paid now. It is also a big issue in the agriculture and horticulture industries although these industries cannot pay high wages. At the same time we have an obesity problem with people eating too much and not doing enough physical tasks.
Then on another point over 50% of irish population is on welfare of some sort and this ratio is increasing all the time. I think we are reaching a tipping point where people are choosing not to work or not to work full time and to fall back on the welfare system. There are less and less people prepared to work full time to finance all this. So we have people on welfare and on the housing list and these people refuse to take up jobs to build those very houses. Somethings gotta change
Then on another point over 50% of irish population is on welfare of some sort and this ratio is increasing all the time. I think we are reaching a tipping point where people are choosing not to work or not to work full time and to fall back on the welfare system. There are less and less people prepared to work full time to finance all this. So we have people on welfare and on the housing list and these people refuse to take up jobs to build those very houses. Somethings gotta change