How will the country go on, now that Des isn’t proud of it anymore?

I am not as proud to be Irish as I once was

I always put my best foot forward while remaining upbeat, but while watching international news coverage on Ireland for the first time I am not as proud to be Irish as I once was. I wanted to stay and begin working my way up the “corporate ladder”; however, with almost 30pc of people under 25 unemployed, the situation was austere.

I had to make the decision to leave Ireland, and in many ways I feel guilty. The Irish taxpayer had paid for my education but I am not paying into the Irish tax system.

Many Irish people are leaving their families behind in the quest for suitable employment. Now that I have begun my job here in London, it’s onwards and upwards, it’s just a shame that I am not in Ireland.

Isn’t it a terrible shame? Des forgot to add “I’m crying as I write this.”