Whingy Returning Emigrants

MrAbyss

I am absolutely sick of these people getting media attention. Comes back to Ireland after being away and just horrified that we no longer meet their new found tastes and standards. They seem to be unable to grasp the notion that their decision to both leave and return was a personal choice they made. Yet somehow have decided everyone else in Ireland has to answer for this.

Ireland is not like New York...whodathunkit!


https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/i-have-cried-every-day-since-i-returned-to-ireland-1.4062785?mode=amp

road_high

Belfast isn’t New York? Someone should have warned her before she moved back

Irish Praetorian

MrAbyss wrote: »

I am absolutely sick of these people getting media attention. Comes back to Ireland after being away and just horrified that we no longer meet their new found tastes and standards. They seem to be unable to grasp the notion that their decision to both leave and return was a personal choice they made. Yet somehow have decided everyone else has to answer for this.

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/i-have-cried-every-day-since-i-returned-to-ireland-1.4062785?mode=amp

Im just glad that none of these hurdles are so high as to dissuade her from coming home to have the state pay for her further education, poor thing.

thenumber3

What a g€€bag

milehip

What do you expect when you call a child Nollaig? Notions from the offset!

bfclancy

Jasus I thought she was holding down some high flying role in New York the way she was talking and she can't even cut it waiting tables. She's some dose

happyoutscan

Irish Praetorian wrote: »

Im just glad that none of these hurdles are so high as to dissuade her from coming home to have the state pay for her further education, poor thing.

I didn't see any mention of the state paying her education.

nthclare

Just because she's mildly pretty they decide to give her a platform.

It's either the journalist is taking the piss, or else it's just ****ty standards on what to write about.

Hopefully she'll be rubbing shoulders with the z list elites of Ireland soon, get a front cover of Vogue and free designer clothes, after all she's a classy burd lol

Give my head peace

PokeHerKing

I'm pi$$ed off I've given that tripe a 'hit' by clicking the link. Do society a favour OP and delete this thread.

patmac

Apparently she has ‘Cried everyday since she came home to Ireland’ Maybe if she came home to Ireland instead of Belfast she might not be such a miserable Bollix.
Jaysus the Irish Times has gone to fcuk altogether.

Irish Praetorian

happyoutscan wrote: »

I didn't see any mention of the state paying her education.

The provision of education in the Republic as in the UK is greatly subsisded by the governments of both countries. Even at a postgraduate level the cost is considerably less, so whereas you might pay e7,000 for an MA in Ireland in the US it can be anything from e30,000 to e120,000.

whisky_galore

Is this what counts as journalism these days, self absorbed, navel gazing tripe.

No one cares about your life, Christmas.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

“all-round interesting human beings”. Guess Ireland has none of those?

Church on Tuesday

MrAbyss wrote: »

I am absolutely sick of these people getting media attention. Comes back to Ireland after being away and just horrified that we no longer meet their new found tastes and standards. They seem to be unable to grasp the notion that their decision to both leave and return was a personal choice they made. Yet somehow have decided everyone else in Ireland has to answer for this.

Ireland is not like New York...whodathunkit!


https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/i-have-cried-every-day-since-i-returned-to-ireland-1.4062785?mode=amp

Apart from that gob****e (and make no mistake, she is a gob****e) alot of people had to leave this country to try better themselves.

The recession ain't that long ago.

Be right back

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

“all-round interesting human beings”. Guess Ireland has none of those?

Guess they can only be found in the States! Poor Nollaig.. What's a girl to do?!

MrAbyss

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Apart from that gob****e (and make no mistake, she is a gob****e) alot of people had to leave this country to try better themselves.

The recession ain't that long ago.

Yes and I was one of them. Ten years in New York. Unlike her I came home not expecting the A and F subway train at the end of the road in Finglas. I also didn't howl in convulsions because Collins Ave wasn't Fifth Ave.

Fr_Dougal

patmac wrote: »

Apparently she has ‘Cried everyday since she came home to Ireland’ Maybe if she came home to Ireland instead of Belfast she might not be such a miserable Bollix.
Jaysus the Irish Times has gone to fcuk altogether.

Don’t think the average Irish Times reader would be all that concerned about her, she came back to go to college in Queens in Belfast.

A snowflake called Nollaig, makes sense.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

I started reading the article with an open mind. I didn’t know if I’d side with the OP or not. Well, I’m siding with the OP. What a whiny, arrogant, lacking-in-self-awareness eejit that writer is. If she can’t find interesting people in Ireland, I feel sorry for her.

It can be tough returning to Ireland but when I came back, there were lots of thing I missed about where I returned from but there were so many things I was happy to return to. No country is perfect so you just need to adjust to the differences and move on.

bucketybuck

MrAbyss wrote: »

I am absolutely sick of these people getting media attention.

So why the fuck are you giving that badly written shite even more attention?

nthclare

Wait until June comes back, and April behind her, not forgetting Fiacra, he's a right knob.

Don't mention Oisin either, he's coming home because he broke up with Fin, supposedly Fin ran off with Rodriguez

Montage of Feck

Self entitlement much?

riemann

nthclare wrote: »

Just because she's mildly pretty they decide to give her a platform.

Eh what?

Face like a slapped arse, with a personality to match.

uck51js9zml2yt

I stopped reading after getting to the part where she was expected to do her job and be entrusted to do it on her own.

ChikiChiki

Being a recently returned emigrant there is a lot to give out about. There is also a lot that makes Ireland such a special place. It balances out.

That article burned my eyes.

ArnoldJRimmer

As an emigrant, who is friends with a lot of emigrants, I'm going to lump her in with whingy milennials rather than whingy returning emigrants. Don't think I've ever met anyone with a more self centred view of life than she seemingly has.

And also, New York is an overrated sh!th0le full of pretentious @ssh@ts who think their smelly, expensive and rude city is great. I'm not surprised she has this attitude having lived there for so long

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

happyoutscan wrote: »

I didn't see any mention of the state paying her education.

She mentioned the education costs in the US being too high to consider doing her Masters there. We can read between the lines that she is paying a lot less over here to further her education. It might not be free but it’s probably a lot less.

Better Than Christ

"I’m ashamed of sounding culturally insensitive about my own country..."

If I was ashamed of sounding a certain way, I'd avoid sounding that way in a national newspaper.

whisky_galore

riemann wrote: »

Eh what?

Face like a slapped arse, with a personality to match.

A slapped arse would have a bit of colour.
She's like one of the creepy twins from the Shining.

Jonybgud

She can always rent out billboard space on her forehead, gimp.

AlphabetCards

LOL, tenner says she wrote this to get the outrage bus fired up. She will be the new Una Mullaly in no time.

blueshade

If her life in New York was as wonderful as she claims it was then she wouldn't have returned to Ireland, simple as. Was it a slow news day when someone decided her whiny nonsense was worthy of column space? More likely story is that she wasn't pretty enough or talented enough to be successful so she came back. Her attitude isn't going to do her any favours.

Jim 77

patmac wrote: »

Apparently she has ‘Cried everyday since she came home to Ireland’ Maybe if she came home to Ireland instead of Belfast she might not be such a miserable Bollix.
Jaysus the Irish Times has gone to fcuk altogether.

Eh? Belfast is in Ireland. She probably would've a problem in any part of Ireland if she enjoys big cities like New York.

I read that article yesterday and I was fuming ! Couldn’t believe it was in the Irish Times. Talk about immature snowflake .

Philo62

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Being a recently returned emigrant there is a lot to give out about. There is also a lot that makes Ireland such a special place. It balances out.

That article burned my eyes.

That’s it exactly, no place is perfect. She should start a go fund me page to pay for her US masters 😂😂

Bellbottoms

This is a semi regular column in the Irish Times. Returning immigrants giving the low down on how life is now they have returned. Or they might have someone abroad writing about how different things are.

Its generally just fluff. And nothing substantial.

This one is very odd. She appears to have very little in the way of self awareness. But to be far to her, why isnt Belfast just like New York. Belfast needs to do better. Its definitely Belfasts fault, and not hers.

I am curious about what type of visa she availed of. She points out she lived in the US for over six years meaning that she would be eligible to apply for citizenship.

I am also very curious as to what she worked at while in the US. A cursiory google show she was a contestant on The Voice Ireland and very little else.

She should of moved to London.

the beer revolu

Imagine how devestated she will be at the backlash from that drivel article?
Everyone is being so mean!

Reviews and Books Galore

I like Ireland The meats better and I like the cuisine. The weather's great and, as strange as this sounds, I get very nervous in foreign skies. The only other similar skyline seems to be in Japan tbh.



But, I am happy to keep it as a fond memory (holiday desitination) and not a bitter present.

One of the funniest articles I've read, a tearful ode to narcissism gone awry. The Irish Times is emulating the Indo, whoring out its credibility for cheap clickbait.

Woke Hogan

riemann wrote: »

Eh what?

Face like a slapped arse, with a personality to match.

whisky_galore wrote: »

A slapped arse would have a bit of colour.
She's like one of the creepy twins from the Shining.

Check out the big men slagging off her appearance.

Reviews and Books Galore

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I started reading the article with an open mind. I didn’t know if I’d side with the OP or not. Well, I’m siding with the OP. What a whiny, arrogant, lacking-in-self-awareness eejit that writer is. If she can’t find interesting people in Ireland, I feel sorry for her.

It can be tough returning to Ireland but when I came back, there were lots of thing I missed about where I returned from but there were so many things I was happy to return to. No country is perfect so you just need to adjust to the differences and move on.

Imo, the Irish are the most interesting people around. Reserved, yes, but very individualistic imo.



Walking around and checking out the houses could be a full time hobby in the west.

Professor Genius

MrAbyss wrote: »

I am absolutely sick of these people getting media attention. Comes back to Ireland after being away and just horrified that we no longer meet their new found tastes and standards. They seem to be unable to grasp the notion that their decision to both leave and return was a personal choice they made. Yet somehow have decided everyone else in Ireland has to answer for this.

Ireland is not like New York...whodathunkit!


https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/i-have-cried-every-day-since-i-returned-to-ireland-1.4062785?mode=amp

She has a puss that would turn milk. Anyway she’s moved to the UK so dunno what that story is even about ?

whisky_galore

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Check out the big men slagging off her appearance.

Confirms to username.
Stay woke, buddy.

Better Than Christ

blueshade wrote: »

More likely story is that she wasn't pretty enough or talented enough to be successful so she came back. Her attitude isn't going to do her any favours.

Her looks are irrelevant and whether someone is attractive or not is a matter of opinion anyway. But based on that article alone, there doesn't appear to be an awful lot of writing talent there. One pretentious cliche after another.

Reviews and Books Galore

Can a returning expat get free education in Ireland as a matter of interest to do a masters?

endainoz

Some of these returning immigrants should have stayed gone. But the Irish times articles have gone below quality alright. Constantly putting out the same click baity crap that all the rest of them do, it's the way of journalism now, at least in the online versions. Get a reaction, good or bad.

Grandeeod

MrAbyss wrote: »

I am absolutely sick of these people getting media attention. Comes back to Ireland after being away and just horrified that we no longer meet their new found tastes and standards. They seem to be unable to grasp the notion that their decision to both leave and return was a personal choice they made. Yet somehow have decided everyone else in Ireland has to answer for this.

Ireland is not like New York...whodathunkit!


https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/i-have-cried-every-day-since-i-returned-to-ireland-1.4062785?mode=amp

What an imbecile person she is. All that drama.:eek:

Not sure how she would have handled Bainbridge Avenue, North Bronx, circa 1989/90. Cold cold winters. Long commutes on the D Train under Harlem to a ****ty job somewhere in Manhatten. Only the Village Pub to get pissed and forget your woes on days off. A depressed Ireland often looked more appealing:D

How times have changed.:rolleyes:

is_that_so

Read this the other day. Yeah, it's an adjustment and some people feel like a fish out of water. You take stock of where you are and figure out what you want to do, where it's study, new skills or a different path. Gonna take time anyway and giving up on the first day as appears in this article is not the path to anything.

Bellbottoms

Ah ok, it looks like she was trying to make it as a musician in the US. I can see why that didn't work out.

She has a pleasant voice. But nothing remarkable.

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A bit mediocre really

I am guessing she was on a O-1B visa. Which is supposed to be reserved for individuals with extra ordinary ability in the arts. Its a little hard to see how she qualified given that performance and the quality of her writing. With that said, it seems that there is a lot of abuse with this visa. I believe its the same visa Meave Higgins has. Make of that what you will.

Galwayguy35

She could tip across to chat the lads over on the Shankill, they might be interesting enough for her.

Had to laugh aat the bit where she was whinging about having to wash the cutlery, right little spoiled princess.

Grandeeod

This time next year she'll be heading back there looking for work.:D

riemann

Bellbottoms wrote: »

Ah ok, it looks like she was trying to make it as a musician in the US. I can see why that didn't work out.

Serious shortage of singers in the world at present.

Singers and outrage merchants.