What is the quintessential 'Irish solution to an Irish problem'?

BeardyFunzo

I was reading a blog by a writer who reposted a column that he wrote about a visit to Ireland back in 1995.

He mentioned that the newspapers of the day were filled with comment about the big issue of the day- Divorce. He (as an American) wasn't so much taken aback by the fact that divorce was prohibited here but that the proposal was that in order to divorce you would have to be separated for four years before it happened.

It bought to my mind the phrase 'Irish solution to an Irish problem'. What do you think is the quintessential I.S.I.P.?

py2006

A pint!

bijapos

Vote FG in to replace FF
Vote FF in to replace FG
repeat as many times as necessary........

Stained Class

Drink & Moar Drink!

Mickeroo

Amount of pints correlates with the severity of the problem I find

Mickjg

Blame it on everyone/everything else put themselves rather than own up to problems they created themselves. Oh, and blame the British.

mikemac

Oppose nuclear power, hold protests at Carnsore Point and refuse to even discuss it

Import electricity from the UK and so Sellafield over the inter-connector

Kylo Ren

Vaseline.

Wait wut?

ronnie3585

Abortions for some.

BeardyFunzo

the same writer also made reference to a chance encounter with some drunken sombrero wearing Irishmen in JFK airport before boarding his aerlingus flight...

To alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of Ireland's problems....

megaten

Fcuk it it'll be grand.

krudler

cuppa tae

noxqs

Do it late, over budget and really really half-assed if at all.

mattjack

krudler wrote: »

cuppa tae

and a "hang sandwich".

markc1184

Ignorance

x in the city

BeardyFunzo wrote: »

I was reading a blog by a writer who reposted a column that he wrote about a visit to Ireland back in 1995.

He mentioned that the newspapers of the day were filled with comment about the big issue of the day- Divorce. He (as an American) wasn't so much taken aback by the fact that divorce was prohibited here but that the proposal was that in order to divorce you would have to be separated for four years before it happened.

It bought to my mind the phrase 'Irish solution to an Irish problem'. What do you think is the quintessential I.S.I.P.?

drink.

mikemac

Our leaders solution to unemployment is emigration

"We can't all live on a small island."
Brian Lenihan

Kylo Ren

"Few Cans? It'l be grand shureeeee....."

milehip1

ignore it and hope it goes away

or as earlier poster put it ''feck it it'll be grand''

bleg

Drinking Guinness after spirits at wedding "to sober up"

castletownman

Is there anything to be said for saying another mass?

coolbeans

Emigration.

mikemac

EEC bans import tax
Overnight the government introduces vehicle registration tax
The tax isn't on importing, it's on registering it

Cute hoors up in the Dáil

My name is URL

Blast it with tea

Stained Class

Naggins!

zyxwvu

Sweep the problem under the carpet and pretend there's nothing wrong in case the neighbours find out

coolbeans

Certain SF types professing to hate "the Brits" and then heading over there to find work. ****ing hypocrites.

Sunnyisland

Sure it could be worse :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Riddle101

I'm surprised this thread has gone on for two pages, without someone saying Money.

So I'll say it now. Money.......

mikemac

Neighbour objecting to your planning permission application?
Threaten to turn your land into a halting site so
Objection withdrawn

Seen it done, it works

the keen edge

Then: A scatter of pints down the pub.

Now: A scatter of can's bought from your local German discounter.

hidinginthebush

Riddle101 wrote: »

I'm surprised this thread has gone on for two pages, without someone saying Money.

So I'll say it now. Money.......

But we don't have any so how can it be a solution? Ah sure it'll be grand

Dravokivich

Declare ourselves the greatest football team...

...come in 8th place.

EvesBlogg

bijapos wrote: »

Vote FG in to replace FF
Vote FF in to replace FG
repeat as many times as necessary........

True!!

BeardyFunzo

mikemac wrote: »

Neighbour objecting to your planning permission application?
Threaten to turn your land into a halting site so
Objection withdrawn

Seen it done, it works

That's actually genius.

jill_valentine

Exporting all our problems to the UK and feeling smug about it.

Panty_thief

If this question was posted on a German forum you'd have well written, researched examples and suggestions and co-operation between posters by now.

but back to pint jokes for us ...YAAAY



oh jesus christ what the **** are we going to do

Dravokivich

Panty_thief wrote: »

If this question was posted on a German forum you'd have well written, researched examples and suggestions and co-operation between posters by now.

but back to pint jokes for us ...YAAAY



oh jesus christ what the **** are we going to do

yeah... but it'd be in German.

Tubsandtiles

Recession/Australia

Riddle101

hidinginthebush wrote: »

But we don't have any so how can it be a solution? Ah sure it'll be grand

It was basically a joke. Money would solve our problems, if we had it. We don't, hense why we have problems.

GY A1

have a drink, go on

OPENROAD

mikemac wrote: »

EEC bans import tax
Overnight the government introduces vehicle registration tax
The tax isn't on importing, it's on registering it

Cute hoors up in the Dáil

Or increase tax, introduce new charges and then expect that we will go out and spend in the retail sector :rolleyes:

Voodoomelon

Looking to introduce a new law. Work out the fine points ourselves? Ha! Copy the English system.

alphabeat

going for a cure

Chuck Stone

It's such a pity that people automatically seek out negatives when it comes to our nation. Chin up people.

An Irish solution to an Irish problem?

Rather than banning the hijab, muslim girls in Irish schools can wear a headscarf as long as it's in the school colours.

I like that one it's kinda pragmatic and not making a problem out of something where it doesn't really exist.

Erin go Bragh.

Amhran Nua

Chuck Stone wrote: »

It's such a pity that people automatically seek out negatives when it comes to our nation. Chin up people.

Erin go Bragh.

Hear hear, Ireland has a lot to recommend it, although you wouldn't think so from watching English soap operas. Funnily enough when you start looking into things, you find out that people around the world have had the same problems and made the same mistakes, often several times over.

OPENROAD

Amhran Nua wrote: »

Hear hear, Ireland has a lot to recommend it, although you wouldn't think so from watching English soap operas. Funnily enough when you start looking into things, you find out that people around the world have had the same problems and made the same mistakes, often several times over.

Of course it does, but to be honest if we carry on the path we are on at the moment in terms of Economic policy, it will be a very long time before this country returns to Economic health.

Bodhisopha

Talk to Joe.

Amhran Nua

OPENROAD wrote: »

Of course it does, but to be honest if we carry on the path we are on at the moment in terms of Economic policy, it will be a very long time before this country returns to Economic health.

Agreed. But we have the same dithering wafflers here that they have everywhere else in Europe, trying to bring back the good times when they could borrow money to pay for spendthrift electorate bribery policies, still fantastically unaware that the markets have cottoned on to their game and aren't buying it any more.

Fix expenditure, face the unions. Try to replace borrowing with taxes, ruin free enterprise and your entire economy. The free riders who make up the political parties of Europe are so far out of their depth that they think up is down, and so continue to dig themselves into ever deeper holes.

Recession part deux, Don't Mention the Depression, coming to a town near you.

dsmythy

bijapos wrote: »

Vote FG in to replace FF
Vote FF in to replace FG
repeat as many times as necessary........

This is Irish?

United Kingdom - Labour or Conservative

Germany - Social Democrat or Christian Democrat

We be not alone.

charlemont

Too many people involved in what should be simple projects.
Ignoring the person with sense.
Ah Sure it'll do.