Too many threads about emigration, how about immigration?

Reindeer · 21-01-2013 07:17PM

Leftist wrote: »

i feel sorry for immigrants in ireland. There is so much festering animosity from cretins just jumping at the chance to moan about 'polish' or 'blacks'.

I can't say I've seen too much racism. Most folks have been very friendly. I'm part Japanese, Cherokee, and German myself.

I have been coming here off and on since the late 90's. I have about 4 years in Ireland altogether. While it certainly is expensive, I like it enough I may stay a while longer this time. Being an American, I can not simply move here like Europeans can(or like millions of Irish have done with the US...). It's a lot more complicated for us Mercans. Work permits have become very difficult to acquire both for the economy and the fact they have raised the salary threshold for qualifying. I am going the volunteer visa route this time. But, I think it's worth it. Irish people at their best are lovely folk. And Irish people at their worst aren't nearly so shooty as Americans are when they are at their worst.

biko · 21-01-2013 07:20PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Took all the jobs.

Took yer wimmens.

Magically sent every penny of my earnings home without paying rent, buying food or anything.

Diluted your culture and way of life.

Well since I moved to Galway I took one job and one woman.
Sure it's one step at the time...

starlit · 21-01-2013 07:22PM

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0121/breaking33.html

What about this as mentioned in the Irishtimes today. There must be something wrong, either its down to lack of money, not enough job creation not enough investment and its all borrowed money, not giving people the right skills or companies not bothering to train people up expecting them to take up courses/training else where to fill the void in jobs that are difficult to fill due to skills shortages.

It still costs money to create a job not just hire someone and pay them. So what good are unpaid internships going to help slow job growth. We are not going to magically go out of the recession like we did back in the 90's blame the celtic tiger for the mess we are now in if we stuck with what the mid 90's stayed at say we might be financially stable. Are we better off than we were in early noughties compared to now or is it any different?

Galwayguy35 · 21-01-2013 07:31PM

MadsL wrote: »

+1 milion. Houses which will make the country even poorer as they expect the cost of their septic tank remediation work to be paid by the taxpayer.

:rolleyes: