The only question that remains for me now — is it Fine Gael ... or Oz?

THIS is the country I have inherited. Left in a will from by a dying breed of politician that tried to squander everything on its death bed before leaving the estate to its foreign mistress.

I was brought up as a Celtic Tiger child — born into relative privilege to west of Ireland parents who had immigrated during economic troubles at the age of 16 on a ship to England, only to return in better times. Not a lot seems to have changed, except that I will be emigrating on a plane.

From a family of seven with a rural agricultural background, I am a benefactor of Europe and like many of my generation I am in third level education in order to secure a job that I love.