The Jaker

Twenty-five years ago, the idea of a cosmopolitan Ireland that would need more than the pubs to keep its musical heritage alive might have seemed far-fetched. But now waiters in Dublin seem to come from anywhere but Ireland, and Filipino nurses walk the hospital halls. For the third year in a row, A. T. Kearney and Foreign Policy magazine have picked Ireland as the world's most globalized country. So the Irish are investing time and money to hang onto their Irish identity.