Irish too optimistic?

RESILIENCE is a wonderful quality, it helps us cope with today. Optimism, however, is a horse of an entirely different colour.
Irish too optimistic?
Sat, 12 Mar, 2016 - 00:00
Editorial

It helps us cope with today by allowing us to hope that tomorrow might be better.

This trait has been identified as particularly strong in this society by a Eurobarometer poll.

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