If You Could Change One Thing About Ireland...

IRockUrSocks

What would it be?

No matter how complex or irrelevant it may be...personally, I'd suggest scrapping the Leaving Cert and basing academic performances of students on attendance records and assignments throughout the year and not solely on one weeks exams.

Also, I'd tear up the laws regarding the sale of alcohol at certain times. Perhaps this ruckus we're used to reading about on Saturday nights are outcomes of the crappy nightlife laws.

And, because of Fianna Fails useless and corrupt planning policies, Dublin is now a city of infinite housing estates, instead of an architectural display within inner city skyscrapers that would highlight a modern Ireland.

Your inputs?

qt9ukbg60ivjrn

the weather...it's terrible

GLaDOS

More interest in our football teams

seraphimvc

connect this island to the continent .

thank you for your thanks

Saltour Sossiez

I'd get rid of all the leeching foreigners.

Send them back to Nigeria, Romania or wherever the **** they're from.

ballsymchugh

force all west brits to go away to their motherland and let the rest of us get on with it without ever hearing phrases like "well that's just a bit irish isn't it"

of course it is. that's why we are irish, and live here. now piss off!

kumate_champ07

get the brits out!

have a republic, but let the unionists have their marches, thats about the only culture they have, correct me if im wrong? they'd still be living in their country, they dont have to move, nothing would change for them, the soil would still be the same soil. england doesnt give a **** about them, theyre just holding onto some romantic idea of history, and its all they have to look forward to every year.

and what i mean by 'brits out' is getting the british governments hands of this island.

Daemos

IRockUrSocks wrote: »

What would it be?

No matter how complex or irrelevant it may be...personally, I'd suggest scrapping the Leaving Cert and basing academic performances of students on attendance records and assignments throughout the year and not solely on one weeks exams.

Also, I'd tear up the laws regarding the sale of alcohol at certain times. Perhaps this ruckus we're used to reading about on Saturday nights are outcomes of the crappy nightlife laws.

And, because of Fianna Fails useless and corrupt planning policies, Dublin is now a city of infinite housing estates, instead of an architectural display within inner city skyscrapers that would highlight a modern Ireland.

Your inputs?

That's three things. Stop cheating.

I'd get rid of Jedward.

That is all.

Duddy

Blasphemy laws?

God-damn c**ts

IRockUrSocks

Duddy wrote: »

Blasphemy laws?

God-damn c**ts

I must also, for the record, point out that I'd be 100% against religion being a part of the academic agenda in schools. I read a survey where nearly half of the Irish population believed humans walked with dinosaurs. Evolution is a must, an integral part of our development if we are to advance as a society and I didn't so much as get a whiff of any of it in school.

I thought the days of the Church running Ireland were over?!

Midnight_EG

If I could change one thing, I'd put U and I toge.....


Sorry....what was the question?

flyingoutside

the lazyiness of people who'll never bother to actually try and change things

Pighead

Pighead would change the I to an M so that the country would be called Mreland aka Mysteryland. Mystery is way better than Ire.

zootroid

There's too much that needs to be changed. From the corrupt c*nts we call a government, to the arsehole bouncers and sh!t DJs that ruin a good weekend.

F*ck it, I'm emigrating. There's nothing here for me anymore.

Midnight_EG

Pighead wrote: »

Pighead would change the I to an M so that the country would be called Mreland aka Mysteryland. Mystery is way better than Ire.

O
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Pighead, that is the single funniest and most constructive post I have ever seen you make!

IRockUrSocks

flyingoutside wrote: »

the lazyiness of people who'll never bother to actually try and change things

Yup, but sure, we're Irish, we'll vote Fianna Fail again. The thing is, the opposition aren't really offering anything better except disagreeing with everything the Government are saying...

speedboatchase

ABORTIONS FOR ALL!

flyingoutside

IRockUrSocks wrote: »

Yup, but sure, we're Irish, we'll vote Fianna Fail again. The thing is, the opposition aren't really offering anything better except disagreeing with everything the Government are saying...

true true lets start a new party right now just to spite them

Pygmalion

flyingoutside wrote: »

true true lets start a new party right now just to spite them

After Hours beers in the Dáil?

flyingoutside

sweet the bar is subsidised there. cheap drinks

kumate_champ07

actually this would be it if I was to pick one thing.

ban all religion. if you want to practice religion move to jerusalem.

and Im not bein racist now, but I dont want my grandchildren learning about muhammad in school, they should be reading stories about fionn mc cool!

Intothesea

Most shades of the cute-hoor mentality.

Neonjack

I'd ban people who say things like 'no offence meant', but then insult you, or people who say 'I'm not being racist, but...'.

flyingoutside

Neonjack wrote: »

I'd ban people who say things like 'no offence meant', but then insult you, or people who say 'I'm not being racist, but...'.

Or people who say "it's nothing to do with me but"

ArseBurger

Saltour Sossiez wrote: »

I'd get rid of all the leeching foreigners.

Send them back to Nigeria, Romania or wherever the **** they're from.

I'd deport people like you and rip up your passports.

Oh - and sterilise everyone with an IQ lower than 100.

And use skangers as clay pigeons.

Xavi6

The general grammar and spelling of the population is shocking. I'd address that first and organise a mass cull of text speakers.

seanybiker

I'd hang all them pricks that shook hands with the fella done for sexual assault.

Evolute

If I could change one thing about Ireland I would make every single politican dissappear and let the smart people with a brain run the country atleast then they would probably sort out the poxy recession better then the fat cats who are just taking care of themselves and their buddies.

The_B_Man

I'd bring back the snakes and let them loose on paddys day. it'd be like the bull run in spain, except weith drunken passed out people getting swallowed over the course of 2 hours!

Mackman

speedboatchase wrote: »

ABORTIONS FOR ALL!

BOOOO!!

unreggd

People's attitudes

Almost everyone is negative and pessimistic about every single thing

Irony!
People constantly moan about things, but do nothing to address them

On Paddy's day everyone arses around town off their heads, rantin about bein proud to be Irish. The same people who say fxck Irish, it's a dead language, and prob think Cú Chulainn is a rapper

AnonoBoy

*Rabble Rabble Rabble* something about Listowel *rabble rabble rabble*

hooradiation

ballsymchugh wrote: »

force all west brits to go away to their motherland and let the rest of us get on with it without ever hearing phrases like "well that's just a bit irish isn't it"

of course it is. that's why we are irish, and live here. now piss off!

I'd make using the phrase "west Brit" punishable by a good slap in the chops.

de_mirelurk

I'd round off the points of all those sticky out bits around the coast. Those things will take someone's eye out one of these days.

CreepingDeath

speedboatchase wrote: »

ABORTIONS FOR ALL!

Yes, with a termination available up until the foetus is 16 years old.

g-whizz

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

ban all religion. if you want to practice religion move to jerusalem.

and Im not bein racist now, but I dont want my grandchildren learning about muhammad in school

sectarian is the one you're looking for.

CreepingDeath

The problem with Ireland is there's no fear of the law and the consequences.

Bring back physical punishment for crimes, whipping and the like for anti-social behaviour. Proper punishment reflecting the impact of crimes. Drug dealers, get a death sentence just as they handed out to their customers/addicts.

Do that and everything else falls into place.
Corruption disappears when people fear that they can't buy their way out of justice.

monkeypants

Priscilla Glamorous Paw wrote: »

the weather...it's terrible

+1

This country is just too bleedin' wet and it gets us all down. Not even better weather, just more reliable weather; warmer and drier in the summer in exchange for colder and wetter in the winter. Sometimes we have all four seasons in one day and it's just impossible to plan for.

egan007

Moaners

NothingMan

ABORTIONS FOR ALL!

BOOOO!!

Ok, Abortions for noone!

dreamer_ire

Introduce Sharia Law! FTW!!!!

CrazyRabbit

I'd replace the government with a dictatorship headed by me.

unreggd

MORE WATER

Mackman

ABORTIONS FOR ALL!!!

BOO!!

Ok, Abortions for noone!

BOO!!!!

NothingMan

Ok, abortions for noone

Mackman wrote: »

BOO!!!!

Ok, abortions for some. Miniature American flags for others!

Mackman

NothingMan wrote: »

Ok, abortions for some. Miniature American flags for others!

YAY!!

*waves miniature american flag*

IRockUrSocks

CreepingDeath wrote: »

The problem with Ireland is there's no fear of the law and the consequences.

Bring back physical punishment for crimes, whipping and the like for anti-social behaviour. Proper punishment reflecting the impact of crimes. Drug dealers, get a death sentence just as they handed out to their customers/addicts.

Do that and everything else falls into place.
Corruption disappears when people fear that they can't buy their way out of justice.

I think Irish society are too afraid of the law to be honest. We're robots, programmed to dive for our seat belt if a Gard is spotted (not that I condone not wearing a seat belt, but I was just making an example). We're afraid of everything, Europe is, in general. London is the most watched city in the world - Big Brother style and it's sickening.

There's no privacy, no liberty anymore. In fact, the Illuminati have Ireland high on their lists of successful planning if they are to succeed in fitting the worlds population with chips in the future - sure, we're Irish, we'd volunteer.

walshb

Change Bono and Geldof's citizenship, and let them **** off to Britain and lecture Britain on where their tax money should be spent, oh, but they're doing that anyway!

VinnyTGM

Saltour Sossiez wrote: »

I'd get rid of all the leeching foreigners.

Send them back to Nigeria, Romania or wherever the **** they're from.

That should sort out our problem's.

Nulty

I heard someone on the radio (they must be right!) say that our national psyche is that we feel that this country doesn't belong to us.

Its like back in the day when our (nationalist) politicians went to parliament to grab whatever goodies they could from the brits.
We still feel like were just renting when we actually paid off the mortgage 90 years ago but were still putting holes in the wall and breaking the window to get into our own house.

We've got keys for gods sake! And take responsibility

poisonated

If I could change anything I would change the weather.I would make everyday be like one of the nice summer days we get here ocassionaly.

If I was restricted to natural powers,I would change the drinking laws which we have.I would make it possible to drink at anytime of the day.Bars should be allowed open for a certain amount of time,regardless of what that time period is.