Ireland in the 60s Flashcards
In the 1960s political and economic and the modern Irish state was born
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Economic crisis
protectionism high tariffs charges ) on goods coming into Ireland to protect Irish businesses from foreign competition so imported goods were very expensive Irish businesses were quite inefficient and badly run little money available to invest in the economy combined to create high unemployment
Social problems
people emigrated from Ireland -44,000 per year in the 1950s By 1961 lowest levels since the Famine rural depopulation young people left rural areas to find work and increasingly only older people remained
Political instability
led by men such Éamon de Valera and Richard Mulcahy who were v old
A Life in Time : Seán Lemass ( 1899-1971 )
Early life and career born in Dublin in 1899.
Economic change , T. K. Whitaker to produce and implement the First Programme for Economic Expansion in 1959 The main aims were
free trade
free trade
trade and reduce prices would reduce tariffs on imports
Encourage foreign investment
taxes were reduced on foreign companies that set up in Ireland and they were given grants to create jobs .
Grants to business and farmers
£ 220 million was given to help them modernise so they could increase production and be more efficient
What was a succes
The programme was a huge success 4 % per year during the 1960s double its target
New relationship with Northern Ireland
In January 1965 , he travelled to Belfast and met the Northern Irish Prime Minister Terence O’Neill O’Neill visited Dublin too They agreed to cooperate on non controversial matters such as tourism education and agriculture Trade increased between the two parts of the island
Opening Ireland to the world
had joined the United Nations in 1955 but became more active in the 1960s
Leadership change
general He appointed ministers !
Rte
Television was key in changing Irish society over the following decades . It did so in the following ways :
The Catholic Church
In 1962 , Pope John XXIII called the Second Vatican Council to reform the Catholic Church
