1930s: Limerick, Ireland, is economically depressed, with pockets of extreme poverty. Unemployment is high.
Today: Helped by a growth in tourism and high-tech industries, Limerick flourishes. "Combat poverty" groups have been set up, using funds from the European Union.
1930s: A common cause of death in Limerick, and Ireland as a whole, is tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is prevalent because living conditions are unsanitary and malnutrition is rife.
Today: Advances in medicine have made tuberculosis a curable, rather than.....
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