With Ireland, this was intentional by the EU to bring the then new member closer to the rest, economically. Now that Ireland has passed most of the rest of the

With Ireland, this was intentional by the EU to bring the then new member closer to the rest, economically. Now that Ireland has passed most of the rest of the EU in GDP per capita, it's time to pull that back, and that's starting to happen. The UK...well... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯