Ireland experienced high rates of immigration post-EU expansion in 2004 when eastern European countries joined the EU, which was not accompanied by material social strife, conflict, or challenges seen in other parts of the world, creating a cultural appreciation for open borders and facilitating opportunity.
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“ireland has had very high rates of immigration um particularly post the expansion of the eu in 2004 a very large number of eastern european immigrants moved to ireland when those countries accessed to the eu and that was really not accompanied by any any material social strife or conflict or a lot of the sort of um challenges that we've seen in other parts of the world”
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Patrick Collison: Philosophies for Running Stripe, Hiring, Decision Making, and Reading— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:17:01 PM
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