Modern Ireland and the Preservation of the Class System | homophilosophicus

Modern Ireland and the Preservation of the Class System homophilosophicus: "The ruling authorities in Ireland have tenaciously held onto notions of class, whether it be in the division between the rich and the poor, the ruling over the ruled or the clergy over the laity. In all instances it reflects the same relationship to power. As recently as 2008 it was written of the Irish class system"?