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Credit where credit is due. Ireland.

Mr. Incognito

We have a habit of begrudgery in Ireland. Its good in some ways as it keeps people humble but it can be a bit much with Joe and his ilk and the incessent winging and whining. Mary Lou for example is a 20 year professional moaner who goes on every soap box going and gives out about what the topic of the day is without any sort of constructive criticisim.

In 2014 Ireland was ranked 1st in the good country index. The result was a cohort of Irish people writing in to complain.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ireland-is-no-longer-the-goodest-country-in-the-world-1.2670538

We are currently second.

https://www.goodcountryindex.org/results

Anyway to combat some normal Tuesday AH negativity I am proposing a thread where we give credit for something in Ireland.

I renewed my Driving Licence this morning online. It took ten minutes and will be in the post in 3 to 5 days. I think that's fantastic.

Okay I had to get a public services card last summer and go hang around the social welfare office for half a day to do it but it's still a fantastic service so I will give credit where credit is due there.

EDIT
Current List from Boardsies -great things about Ireland

Friendly people
Death and Funerals
Sausages and Rashers
Beautiful Green Scenery
Access to Money if required
The community spirit
You can walk into most pubs and strike up a conversation with someone
No really dangerous animals
Safe schools
Decent education system
Very little gun crime
We have the GAA, whilst it has it's faults, is a fantastic organisation that gels the community together
The types of cuisine available in Ireland is much better nowadays
Great selection of beers in a lot of pubs now - not the usual ****e
Best crisps in the world

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Ush1

I recently renewed my passport online and it was very quick and painless. Impressed.

[Deleted User]

We're not overrun with

*******

yet.

Cina

Omackeral wrote: »

We're not overrun with
*******
yet.

Squirrels??

RoboRat

Deleted User wrote: »

Asterisks?

Don't forget about obelix

Baggly

Ah sure we are grand like.

ohnonotgmail

Johnnio13 wrote: »

SBSP, This is a dying art. Now everyone is stuck in their phones. If you tried talking to someone stuck in their phone they just tut and walk away. A community of loners will replace what we have now.

Ireland should be proud of good bar-tenders. That can serve more than one pint and one customer at a time. This is also a dying art. Flabbergasted that this is not basic training. It was when I worked the bar game.

You dont realise how good they are until you go abroad. Ordering a round of drinks in an english pub can be a painful experience.

Bigbagofcans

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

You dont realise how good they are until you go abroad. Ordering a round of drinks in an english pub can be a painful experience.

Not to mention the tiny measures of spirits.

Grayson

We're very green. I mean the colour of the countryside. I remember one sunny summers day being almost blinded by how green we are. It's just dazzling on a day like that. And that's a good thing btw, I'm not complaining

We're a very friendly, welcoming country. There's some racism but in general we're very good and don't care where someones from so long as they are sound and don't badmouth cheese and onion crisps.
I have foreign friends who are just amazed that when you go out for a night you end up talking to random strangers.

Grayson

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

You dont realise how good they are until you go abroad. Ordering a round of drinks in an english pub can be a painful experience.

Ordering rounds here confuses the crap out of foreigners sometimes.

Baggly

Grayson wrote: »

We're very green. I mean the colour of the countryside. I remember one sunny summers day being almost blinded by how green we are. It's just dazzling on a day like that. And that's a good thing btw, I'm not complaining

We're a very friendly, welcoming country. There's some racism but in general we're very good and don't care where someones from so long as they are sound and don't badmouth cheese and onion crisps.
I have foreign friends who are just amazed that when you go out for a night you end up talking to random strangers.

Yep the algae will do that alright.

King of Kings

Our dairy products, our rasher and sausages

Cant beat them.

Winty

Death

No one does death better than the Irish.

People come along to support the family and show great community spirit.

In London a person will die and only the very close family with attend the funeral.

I love that about the Irish.

ohnonotgmail

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

Not to mention the tiny measures of spirits.

they would barely wet your lips.

Boom_Bap

Fair play to Ireland for having daylight savings.

patmahe

We live in one of the most beautiful countries on Earth if we'd only stop to look.

[Deleted User]

patmahe wrote: »

We live in one of the most beautiful countries on Earth if we'd only stop to look.

Stop you will only be annoying the cynics.

gibgodsman

Foreign people over here are generally pleasant people to talk to and there is no real issues with crime or racism unlike our neighbors over the pond in England. Just reading the other day about 2 teenagers stabbed to death for no reason by other teenagers of African decent.... I am glad I do not have to worry about something like that over here.

mad muffin

God giveth and god taketh away.

On one hand we have Leo Varadkar. But on the other hand we have Leo Varadkar…