Ireland among Europe’s happiest nations, finds report

THE Irish are among the happiest people in Europe and are more satisfied with life than the average European, except for our health services.

Ireland among Europe’s happiest nations, finds report

A European survey to discover how people across the continent viewed their lives found although there were serious concerns about some areas of life in Ireland, particularly the health service, people were more optimistic about the future than many other nations.

The survey of 26,000 people from the 25 EU countries and the three candidate countries (Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey) for the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions found Danish people are the happiest, most satisfied and most optimistic people in Europe.

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