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The Irish have an attachment to owning their own land/house/home that's sort of scary, combined with historically very poor protection for renters both theoretically and in practice. The laws were/are weak and the enforcement was almost non-existent. Renting is something you do because you're too poor to buy anything.

As a result it's hard to find good rental properties, and most come fully furnished because there is/was a clause that reduced a tenants rights if the flat was furnished.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 11:30:11 AM EST
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Things were improved in 2004. I don't think that measures up well to the countries that have a tradition of renting though.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 11:41:21 AM EST
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There's a similar story to that among people descended from the Irish, Scots and Scots-Irish in the states.  Owning land has historically been a very big deal in my region of the country, as well as in the Midwest, and -- perhaps not surprising -- home ownership rates have been, and continue to be, significantly higher in those two regions.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 01:02:04 PM EST
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