It is not just Ireland. Millions of houses have been built on floodplains in England. It has been done on purpose as it is "proof" of Climate Change/Rising Sea Levels.
Same reason they no longer clean gutters and dredge rivers.
Showing up to meet a friend before we had smartphones required a different level of trust than we have now. You simply said you were going to be there and you would be there. You didn’t need to confirm it several times. You trusted your friend would be there too. And they always were.
How do you think this need we now seek to have for constant reassurance by text has affected people’s sensitivities today? Has it weakened our trust in life?