title: Celtic Meltdown: Why Ireland is Broke and how We Can Fix It
author: Cearbhall O Dalaigh
description: 'Deserves attention for its clarity, factual depth and an ability to pull together differing points of view and proposals into a coherent structure' Irish Mail on Sunday 'O Dalaigh might just have the credentials to show us the way to go, having worked with the states released by the break-up of the USSR' --RTE Guide<br /><br />There's a certain populist glee to O'Dalaigh's slash and burn recommendations that's sure to resonate. --Irish Voice
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  Ireland and the Home Rule Movement
  
  
  [PREFACE.](Ireland%20and%20the%20Home%20Rule%20Movem_split_001.html#filepos4239)
  
  [INTRODUCTION.](Ireland%20and%20the%20Home%20Rule%20Movem_split_001.html#filepos8726)
  
  [CHAPTER I. THE EXECUTIVE IN
  IRELAND](Ireland%20and%20the%20Home%20Rule%20Movem_split_001.html#filepos13783)
  
  [CHAPTER II. THE FINANCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN GREAT
  
  
  BRITAIN AND IRELAND
  
  [CHAPTER III. THE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF
  IRELAND](Ireland%20and%20the%20Home%20Rule%20Movem_split_001.html#filepos84556)
  
  [CHAPTER IV. THE LAND
  QUESTION](Ireland%20and%20the%20Home%20Rule%20Movem_split_001.html#filepos119966)
  
  [CHAPTER V. THE RELIGIOUS
  QUESTION](Ireland%20and%20the%20Home%20Rule%20Movem_split_002.html#filepos201291)
  
  [CHAPTER VI. THE EDUCATIONAL
  PROBLEM](Ireland%20and%20the%20Home%20Rule%20Movem_split_002.html#filepos267029)
  
  [CHAPTER VII. UNIONISM IN
  IRELAND](Ireland%20and%20the%20Home%20Rule%20Movem_split_002.html#filepos321016)
  
  [CHAPTER VIII. I