Metamorphosis

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The story of how Ireland succeeded in transforming itself from the bleak situation of 1987 to the success of the Celtic Tiger years has many ingredients, originating domestically, in the EU, and on the world stage. METAMORPHOSIS is an account from the perspective of one insider, based primarily in the Confederation of Irish Industry (CII), who played a key role in national economic initiatives during the critical years of 1979 to 1993. There are consistent and recurrent themes throughout the CII campaigns from 1979 to 1993 that remain relevant in Ireland to-day. There is a continuing need for the generation of economic awareness on a broad basis within the community, and for social partnership to unite all stakeholders in the common objective of sustaining growth and ensuring equity in resource distribution. There is a continuing need for vigilance in the management of the public finances, and to guard against community expectations and aspirations outstripping economic reality. Associated with this is the need for vigilance about the level of inflation, especially Government-generated inflation. In relation to promoting an environment for enterprise, there is a need for a balanced approach to business legislation, business taxation, and employee issues, including employee shareholding and participation. Education and training needs to be up-dated constantly in line with, and even ahead of, international best practice. Challenges remain in infrastructure development, balanced regional development, and environmental protection and enhancement. Putting together all of the elements, there is a requirement for a dynamic in identifying national business growth sectors in the light of international developments and of the ongoing international reallocation of product and service specialisations. Much was learned in Ireland in this regard in the decade and a half prior to the Celtic Tiger era. It is vital that these lessons, then learned the hard way, are not forgotten, they remain relevant not only for Ireland, but for the new and aspirant Member States of the EU and for developing economies throughout the world.