Are we "The Dirty Irish"

Fulton Crown

Just returned from a trip to a major European city - was struck by the overlaa cleanliness of the place and apart from some graffiti the absence of litter.

Back to Dublin....Jeeze the contrast.....litter everywhere...dirty roadsigns...poor faded road markings.

But the litter...especially around Croker...apalling.

Heard a chappie on Gerry Ryan show yhe other day ...had been dunned for €150 fine after leaving a cardboard box at the bottle bank.

"Why don't the put receptacles for boxes near the bottle banks for the cardboard boxes" ? Asked our fat presenter.

Well Im not sure..but at a guess i would say that if people thought they could leave their cardboard boxes they would do by the skipfull ..inevitable followed by old bikes,washing machines and of course the fly tippers favourite.... the old stained mattress...plenty of them....

Yes we surely are the dirty Irish

thomond2006

We're the fighting Irish. :P

Bandit12

Was in Orlando with the kids this year for a few weeks and when i returned to Dublin airport it was a real eye opener cleanliness wise.

Mossy Monk

This country really is a kip.

mikemac

Do cities have an equivalent of the Tidy Towns competition?

It's huge in rural areas.
You know, areas where you don't have council workers picking up rubbish every day....
People repaint houses, the school gardens are redone and so much more.

Does this exist in towns and cities. Doubt it!

Aidric

How apt that Ryan should be discussing rubbish given the garbage that comes out of his stretched gob.

Ross_Mahon

Yeah i know what you mean, I was in Alicante a few weeks ago, Not a spot of rubbish to be found anywhere, The only graffiti to be found was the nice artistic kind done by the locals.

TPD

We have the tidy towns thing. Dont think we've ever won though. Damn Malin :mad:

AnonoBoy

Oh yeah we're a nation of filthy muck savages, haven't you heard?

jumpguy

This is a Dublin/large city thing. I find smaller towns to be very clean, rural roads also. You'd have to go a long way to find litter.

Slumlion

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Oh yeah we're a nation of filthy muck savages, haven't you heard?

Speak for yourself.

Sea Sharp

"They should get the people on the dole to clean up"
:rolleyes:

That_Guy

Ireland is Europe's dump.

Orizio

That_Guy wrote: »

Ireland is Europe's dump.

After about two dozen other countries you mean.

thomond2006

If anyone wants to see the clean side of Ireland, go to Westport is my advice.

ttm

I live near a very small beach and every day there is new litter, most days a minimum of a couple of Pizza boxes and McDonalds boxes + paper cups dumped on the road, then we get a weekly dump of someones black bins on the beach not to mention beds TV's etc that are dumped over the cliff.

yep Dirty Irish!

A Primal Nut

"Far away hills are greener".........bla bla bla

I've been all over the world, on average, Dublin isn't any dirtier than everywhere else. Cairo, for example doesn't even have bins so everyone has to litter!

As for litter around Croker, same with any stadium after a major event.

Like any other population, some of us are dirty, some of us aren't.

K-Ren

Considering the weather this summer I'm suprised it's not cleaner.

Four-Percent

I dunno, some bits of Paris are meant to be filthy, and the west of Ireland is usually pretty clean...

AnonoBoy

Slumlion wrote: »

Speak for yourself.

This was what we call on the interweb - the funnehs.

You are familiar with it, no?

El Siglo

It coule be worse, look at these folks littering all over the place, you think they had just been through a war!

Nodin

El Siglo wrote: »

It coule be worse, look at these folks littering all over the place, you think they had just been through a war!

Germans...lazy drunken yokes, sponging off Europe while they dance around in some love parade 9 months of the year...Get out of them rubber ledierhosen and get a feckin Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sofiztikated

thomond2006 wrote: »

If anyone wants to see the clean side of Ireland, go to Westport is my advice.

Just keep your eyes closed on the way there.

PaulieD

That_Guy wrote: »

Ireland is Europe's dump.

It sure does feel like a dumping ground for parts of europe alright.

anonymous_joe

Ever been to Italy?

We're far from Europe's dirtiest. Spain's fairly dirty too I find.

Rented Mule

I love how everyone knows of one or two places that are as dirty/dirtier than Ireland.

That makes everything all better.

Biggins

thomond2006 wrote: »

We WERE the fighting Irish. :P

Corrected.
Now we are just the too complacent Irish.

In answer to the quest: Seen much worse and seen better.
Wouldn't call us the worst.

Dr_Phil

Fulton Crown wrote: »

Yes we surely are the dirty Irish

It's not that bad. Sure it could be better, but there is absolutely no reason for calling yourselves "dirty".

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

I was out in Galway duing race week, the state of the town around 4am was disgusting. Same any place I've ever been. People are dicks when they're drunk, no respect for their environment. Seems to be a phenomenon consistent with Irish and Brits, the only places I've ever seen dirty abroad was in tourist resorts that are full of us!

Not easy to compare Galway with New York, but that place is pretty dirty too.

Jesus Juice

Has anyone ever been to Paris?
The fcuking filth of the place!!!

Unpossible

thomond2006 wrote: »

We're the fighting Irish. :P

The fighting dirty irish?