The last two articles in the Innovating Ireland series have been on development hubs for flying things and building things. This week we return to some first principles for the economy and discuss education. Sadly, there is no way of dressing this up: our education system does not represent the modern world and seems decades away from doing so.  The 20-year target this week is for us to have the world’s best education system for life-long learning. Believe me, this is a Herculean task and arguably our greatest challenge as an economy. Thankfully, it comes with the greatest upside if…

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