Ireland is changing. How are we changing, and where are we going as a nation? This series of articles will attempt an answer. Let’s start with expectations people might have of a good life, for them, and for their children. Opportunities that were obvious and natural for the majority of the previous generation such as housing and pensions are dwindling. As Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said in a recent interview with The Currency’s Ian Kehoe, “the big risk that’s always on my mind is what happens if in 20 or 30 years time we have a generation of Irish…