We’re among worst for quality of life

IRELAND offers its people the second-worst quality of life in Europe after Britain according to a “quality of life” index compiled by a British consumer website.

The Uswitch.com survey, conducted in September of this year, looked at 10 countries, examining a range of 17 factors which it considers to have an effect on the population’s quality of life.

Those factors included health spending, consumer costs, education spending, life expectancy and retirement age. Hours of sunshine and number of holiday days per year were also looked at.