What foreign business or service would you like to see in Ireland?

Demonique

Any businesses or services you've experienced abroad that you'd like to see in Ireland?

Faith+1

H.E.B Supermarket. They're all over the state of Texas.The choice of food is amazing plus they practically have a whole tobacco section that would equal the size of Petersons and JJ Foxes.

Remember buying cartons of Marlboro for 40 dollars and boxes of King Edwards for only $2! God I miss that place.

Yes I know! My life is that empty.

Mallagio

Legal prostitution.

MightyMandarin

Getting back deposits for returning bottles like you do in Germany, Holland and a few other European countries. I think it's a great idea as bottles get re-used (obviously after cleaning in a factory) and it encourages recycling in society.

Plus it's handy to get a few euro back after returning a crate of bottles to the shops.

Cool_CM

Swiss Federal Railways

mahamageehad

In Germany there's a tax (pfand) on most bottles and cans you buy to encourage recycling. You bring the bottles/cans/crates to the shop and a special machine gives you a voucher for cash. I think it's 25c for a plastic bottle or can and 9c for a glass bottle and about €4 for a crate. (Open to correction on those prices though.)

Added bonus, in the student place where I was living, people would call to your house the morning after a house party offering to clean the living room in exchange for the empty bottle and cans. Added extra bonus, (one for the students!), you could exchange 16 empty coke bottles (or water or whatever as long as it was plastic) for a 700ml bottle of vodka. Sure it was ****e vodka, but vodka nonetheless!

Seriously though, overall it's a great idea. No cans or bottles littered around the streets either as the homeless guys collect them and exchange them for food.

Ah, MightyMandarin, you are indeed mighty, you beat me to it!

bodice ripper

International House of Pancakes.

Kevin McCloud

Money for returning bottles like they do in Germany.

Faith+1

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Money for returning bottles like they do in Germany.

Didn't we do something like that until the 80's?

Tearin It Up

Allowing dogs on buses and trains here, that would be great.

The Backwards Man

Banks open at lunchtime and weekends

ProudDUB

Drive through Starbucks.

shruikan2553

Water ice. Loved that stuff in america.

diomed

Rickshaws. Loads of them. Enough to clog up the streets.

Custardpi

Here's one US company that I reckon could be very successful if they opened a franchise over here. Subject to regulations, planning approval etc of course!

The Backwards Man

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Water ice. Loved that stuff in america.

You ever in a bar that served beer below freezing? Mmmm frothy ice running down the glass over your fingers on a 100 degree day! Heaven. Makes you pish like a motherfcuker though.

Witchie

bodice ripper wrote: »

International House of Pancakes.

Agree....nom.

But even better.........The Cheesecake Factory..... if only for their deep fried mac'n'cheese. Glorious.

murpho999

I wish shops in Ireland did gift wrapping like shops did when I lived in Holland.
Also their local government. Much more efficient than here and no potholes in the road.

policarp

Water Works.

johnny osbourne

i would like to see an atom bomb dropped on this sh1thole

Lord PuppyMcSnuggle of Cuddleshire

Abortion clinics, whore houses, hash bars, euthanasia, those crazy Japanese game-shows, and Gladiator fights from Ancient Rome.

JupiterKid

I second IHOP (International House of Pancakes). Divine.

In N' Out Burger. HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lanes on our busiest sections of road.

Dutch style "coffee" shops.

Oranage2

Bars full of Thai girls.

padd b1975

Left turn on red lights.

Cookie_Monster

The German Government

Kauto0709

IHop

spurious

Credit card points.

TheBeardedLady

Wanker alert but the only thing I miss about Spain business-wise when I visit home is the strength of the coffee, so places that serve stronger coffee.

JONJO THE MISER

Tim Horton.

shanec1928

Chipotle

Frynge

Breadtalk

P_1

The currywurst stands they have at most German train stations

Buona Fortuna

Lord PuppyMcSnuggle of Cuddleshire wrote: »

Abortion clinics, whore houses, hash bars, euthanasia, those crazy Japanese game-shows, and Gladiator fights from Ancient Rome.

OK. I was just going to say a Waitrose would be nice.

kupus

Dennys. Mmm. grand slam. Mmm

Desolation Of Smug

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Tim Horton.

If you went out and spent a few bob you'd know he's here already with his odd coffee.

Shenshen

More variety of fruit and veg, and more varieties of the fruit and veg already available.

conorhal

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

The German Government

Thanks, but we've already got that :rolleyes:

Dr Strange

conorhal wrote: »

Thanks, but we've already got that :rolleyes:

Bollocks, you've got nothing like that. You have a government with politicians that can hardly run a country with a population of 4+ million let alone 80+ million.

keano_afc

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Tim Horton.

Seconded. I know they are in some Spar shops but the real thing would be great. I miss Canada where there was a Tim's on every corner.

anncoates

Faith+1 wrote: »

Didn't we do something like that until the 80's?

Yup. As kids, we used to go around all the neighbours collecting their empty bottles and bring them back to the shop and collect the money.

Cookie_Monster

conorhal wrote: »

Thanks, but we've already got that :rolleyes:

how do you figure that, big bad EU overlords:rolleyes:

Maybe the system they had would be a better description, and you know, non sleeveen politicians

ucd.1985

Krispy Kreme Donuts

Einhard

Fe*k Tim Hortons and all those chain stores, we have enough of them popping up all over the place already.

What we need is more street food of every kind. There should be food vans, and stalls, and vendors in every city and large town, selling everything from burritos and tacos to fried insects and German sausages.

Mmmmmm, nyom nyom nyom...

Cookie_Monster

Einhard wrote: »

What we need is more street food of every kind. There should be food vans, and stalls, and vendors in every city and large town, selling everything from burritos and tacos to fried insects and German sausages.

Mmmmmm, nyom nyom nyom...

competing against the spice burger, good luck to them

TheBeardedLady

Oh and a tapa served of some sort served with drinks and I don't mean snazzy ones they charge you for in fancy restaurants, I'm talking about what they serve here. A plate of crisps, a bit of stew or some cheese and bread sticks would provide soakage and maybe cut down on extreme drunkenness and it'd cost next to nothing.

fleet_admiral

A big decent supermarket like carrefour

Laois_Man

Disney Paris
Disney California
Disney Florida

....Disney Kilmuckridge???

posy2010

Dunkin' Donuts!

Shenshen

Laois_Man wrote: »

Disney Paris
Disney California
Disney Florida

....Disney Kilmuckridge???

Disney Dingle?

murpho999

With all the variety of foods available now why on earth would people be longing for Dunkin Donuts or Tim Hortons?

Shudder to think what the rest of the diet is like!

Tiddlypeeps

I'd love if there was a Dennys or an iHOP. It amazes me that we don't have anything like them here for a country that is pretty fond of breakfast foods.