New book looks at how we can build a 'better and happier Ireland'

With a general election looming, now is our chance to help build a better and happier Ireland. Creating a happier country is also one of the themes of a new book by top psychologist Dr Keith Gaynor, writes Ailin Quinlan

It could be worse.

Eight out of 10 people in Ireland and 70% of young people regard themselves as happy, observes clinical psychologist Dr Keith Gaynor, whose new book on happiness and the Irish is published later this week.