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AFTER YESTERDAY’S BUDGET, it might be fair to say that not everyone in Ireland is feeling particularly chipper.
But an experiment by Trinity College Dublin’s school of psychology and Science Gallery has determined the country’s average level of happiness – and it’s pretty high indeed.
Rated on a 0 – 10 scale, the experiment found that Ireland’s happiness measures in at 6.8 on average, making it one of the world’s happiest countries, no less.
How happy?
But what does this happiness depend on? Well, the National Happiness Experiment – which launched on 24 May and was led by researchers Malcolm MacLachlan and Karen Hand – measured the moods of 3,309 participants over the course of six weeks to determine just that.
The men and women were tested by text message in collaboration with Vodafone, receiving and answering text messages that measured their happiness levels.
The results have been published in the book Happy Nation? which launches tonight at Science Gallery.
Some of its more notable findings include:
Interestingly, according to the experiment it doesn’t matter what county we live in – where we live has no significant effect on our sense of happiness.
Speaking about the results, MacLachlan said:
One of the things we hope will come out of this project is an enthusiasm for more research around happiness, an annual national survey, and a task force drawing from all sectors of society to look at how we can make Ireland a happier, more prosperous, and more enjoyable place to live in.
Happy Nation? is on sale now and half of the proceeds will go towards supporting the work of St Vincent de Paul. Here are the authors of the book, Malcolm MacLachlan and Karen Hand, talking about their findings:
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Quick , get it out of the ground before some hippy makes a propaganda film about it , then gets all the other scroungers to quote it verbatim as ‘evidence’ of why you shouldn’t do this.
Thank god its not Cavan,it would run away!
They say it was worse than expected but still they are going to mine!!come off it,they found something worth while and want to hide it..
I bet after 10 years it will be “we didn expect as much”
We’re rich, we’re rich, we’re stinking focking rich!!
We’re not rich, we won’t see a nugget I’m afraid. Not a red cent either.
got me pan, me gun ,boots im staking a claim,and ill tell ya .leave me be i tell ya. leave me be
There’s gold in dem hills
Sold off another natural resource to the hands of the wealthy like the oil,gas and fisheries beforehand. No benefit to the states citizens or reducing national ponzu scheme debt.
Actually Conory Gold is an Irish company who employ Irish people.
how do i get there…………..my horse dont know way,,,so he tells me,i think hes after the claim himself he dont fool me
Where’s me shovel and pan!!!
Oil…gold…gas…we’re rich…..rich I tellz ya…
Will be off no benefit to the country – no doubt the minister in charge will have received a brown envelope to create tax loopholes!!
Deres gold in dem dar hillz!
Aw I was going to say that XD
KEY FEATURES of Fiscal Framework for mining
Sole right of working minerals vested in the • State
Royalties fixed by individual agreement. • Currently a percentage of net revenues for base metals, and on tonnage extracted in the case of industrial minerals
Private mineral owners receive • compensation
Corporation Tax at 25% for mines, and • 12.5% on income and chargeable gains from general trading
Capital allowances include exploration and • development expenditure, expenditure on plant, machinery, buildings, up to 100%
Immediate write-off of exploration and • development expenditure
Cost of rehabilitation after closure is tax • deductible
Royalts and dead rent range from 1% – 3.5%
Give it to Shell
The basic facts were not covered by the article were:
(a)How deep is the gold? ( ie: will it be an open pit or underground operation?)
(b) What grams/ton grade is initial drillings
(c) Is it narrow vein or broadcast?
(d) If open pit, what amount of overburden (waste) has to be first removed.
This non-specific type of article gives goldmining a bad name because it
does not critically look at the economic viability of gold mining and makes
the assumption, without adequate facts that a mine is possible.
Mine design and plant details will be obvious once the gold resource is
qualified by JORC drilling. As yet there has been no published results
except hear-say.
Cheers
Moorookamick
Your last paragraph make the first pointless..
What’s the name of the company who hit the contract for the gold that’s actually found, probably ends in Stein or Berger, or maybe even feller or child, heimer. Need I go on?
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