Rural brain drain
Here in Glanmire we’re barely stuck in the countryside, yet even we are struggling to attract new people to move in, and even to keep hold of the youngsters who have lived here all their lives! The lure of the bright lights of Cork and even Dublin are proving too string a temptation – and I can’t really blame them. I never got the chance to go to university, but I’m sure if I’d just turned 18, I wouldn’t want to hang around too long in sleepy Glanmire. I’d be straight on the train to town to have some fun…
But that doesn’t do much to help those of us who have chosen to stay in our beautiful home. The phrase “brain drain” is one that is usually applied to the number of graduates who choose to study abroad because of better opportunities, but it fits our own dilemma perfectly too. After all, we haven’t had a permanent doctor in Glanmire for several years. We’ve had plenty of great people in the village on GP locum jobs – and we thank them for their hard work – but it’s not the same as having a doctor who looks after you and your kids over the years, almost becoming part of the extended family. And don’t even mention the dentist shortage! I think the closest clinic still accepting patients is over ten miles away. It’s no wonder oral health is so bad in Ireland if that’s the best that the health bosses can do.
It seems that our politicians are willing to sacrifice us rural communities in order to make sure the cities survive and flourish. That’s all well and good, but our country was built on the hard work of rural folk, and if the population out here continues to fall, then a whole way of life that has existed for centuries will be lost. And I’m sure even the young folk running off to Dublin wouldn’t want to see that happening!
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