Ireland is currently in second place as most globalized western country.  Since 1995, Ireland has never fallen past the top three nations. They have done a decent job holding onto fantastic scores over all five categories. Ireland's area of exchange of technology and ideas has been their strongest link. It has been said that within the last decade, Ireland has added foreign investments to its list. The category of openness to movement of capital and finance has benefited from the foreign investments that have been made. Some negative things that have come up about this is that succeeding in a rapid-growth market is much harder than it sued to be. If one company has different prospects than another company then there may be problems working together. " One size doesn't fit all markets". Business policies have become more important and less predictable. And that good people are hard to find, so you never truly know who is working for you or who you're working for.
  Ireland replaces Singapore as mots globalized western economy. (2011, Jan, 31). retrieved Oct 29 2013, from IDA Ireland Web Site: http://www.idaireland.com/news-media/featured-news/ireland-replaces-singapor/

Irish relationships have changed over the past 50 years or so. In fact, on of the biggest changes in Irish society has been the improving role of women. More females are in the workforce and in professional positions. However, this has caused family dynamics to shift. Central conflict is now around household chores and finances. There are more choices, and more stresses. Even though the roles of women in society have been altered dramatically, it has not been the same for the male roles. Women have to juggle their careers on top of their home lives. Society was once focused on parenthood, but now women have two roles; mother and career woman. However, with more women working, men have not made an effort to take off of working to stay home with the kids. The working lives have changed as well for everyone, people are expected to work harder and for longer hours then ever before. Now, people are having fewer children, so they can try to spend time with them. Ireland likes the "traditional model" of a family, where a couple are both on their first marriage. Nowadays, 1 in 3 families are not "traditional". Never-married couples, cohabiting couples, lone mothers, and first-time marriages are about 92% of families. As recently as 1970 if an Irish woman got married, she could be forced to quit her job.In the Roman Catholic religion, they didn't believe in birth control or abortions, so women stayed home and had children. But since then, social, political, economic, and cultural changes have helped open up opportunities for women. Now, married women could work. The percentage of women in the workforce rose 11% in 10 years. Women in Ireland still get treated unequal to me. Men have many more job opportunities then women, especially in Parliament. Hopefully in the years to come, women get more equality and more options in Ireland.
Wade, Jennifer (2012, Mar, 19). Changing role of Irish women over past 50 years reflected in relationships. retrieved Sep 16 2013, from thejournal.ie Web Site: http://www.thejournal.ie/changing-role-of-irish-women-over-past-50-years-reflected-in-relationships-382725-Mar2012
B., Austin (2009, Aug, 17). Women In Society: Ireland & Turkey. retrieved Sep 16 2013, from edu fire Web Site: http://edufire.com/content/articles/415-women-in-society-ireland-turkey