According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Spanish Flu of 1918 was the deadliest in which one-fourth of world’s population got sick and 40 million people died (2 per cent of global population) (WHO, 2003).
Of course, Ireland has not yet overcome all of its problems – every country is different and challenges are never exactly the same. But I believe we all can learn a great deal from the Irish way of handling the crisis: As goes Ireland, so goes Europe.