Truly astonishing research results have found that Ireland is the fourth happiest place in the world to live!

Professor Ruut Veenhoven of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam drew up a World Database of Happiness and reports this morning said Ireland was tied in fourth place with Iceland.

Denmark,Malta and Switzerland,who were all tied for first place,were the only countries ranked as being happier places than Ireland.
This morning's reports said the findings were based on surveys conducted in 112 countries between 1946 and 2004,but the reports did not reveal what factors were used to determine happiness levels.

Someone must have made a mistake!I find it hard to believe that Ireland is the fourth happiest place in the world to live.As a Dub,I've seen what life is like and if you were on a bus and were to open up a conversation with someone next to you they'd probably think you were trying to mug them!Dublin doesn't appear very happy to me.Perhaps they missed out us Dubs?

I bet the real answer lies in the fact that it was not revealed what factors were used to determine happiness levels.I'm sure these results are based on alcohol!That's the only explanation I can come up with!