Reversing Dependence on England & Financial and other Entanglements

What I wrote is not xenophobic and it’s not meant to be xenophobic. Xenophobia means hostility, fear, or prejudice toward people from other countries. My posts are not xenophobic. They’re nationalist in tone, but nationalism and xenophobia are not the same thing. 

My two posts are focused on Ireland’s economic dependence on London and Europe, the risks of Brexit and far‑right politics in the UK, and the idea of encouraging Irish emigrants to return home. I explicitly say I’m not suggesting hostility toward families or individuals from abroad.

You’re  saying “make Ireland livable and we’ll consider returning” that’s part of what I’m getting at. Maybe taking back a bit of control from London in finance. 

In terms of our nurses I was at a staff Xmas party in one of the hospitals recently and the respect I have for those people is just immeasurable. They work 12 to 15 hour days some of them, give up their Christmases and love Ireland a fiercely.

To bring the Sydney and uk swathes of emigrants, who are nurses, home, would be a big win for us, but I would like to see us to step up the campaign, such as sending out scouts and union reps to physically meet them and male them come back. 

It needs an intensity and ferocity to move them back that they feel there is urgent need now like an emergency. There isn’t, but that sort of urgency is needed. The environment has to be right here also. Housing, water and electricity etc. 

”who is and selling what”

The Irish times is selling off Waterford WLR fm to Daily Mail group. I didn’t like the idea of British media known for sensationalism and political manipulation drawing Irish listeners into its orbit.

I’m trying to make sense of something that’s been bothering me for a while about identity and belonging. I lived in England for about five years, roughly twenty years ago, and I have close family members who’ve been there for over fifteen years. What I’m wondering is: does that kind of long-term exposure compromise us in any meaningful way—ethically, nationally, culturally, or even spiritually?

Does time spent living in another country, especially one with such a complicated historical relationship to Ireland, change us by default? Does it make us “less Irish” in some way, even if we have no English ties through marriage, blood, or close friendships? Under older, more rigid ideas of loyalty—where crossing to “the other side” was treated as betrayal—would we be seen as having defected simply by living there too long?

I’m asking whether people in that situation are considered fully reintegrated when they return. Are we viewed as somehow tainted or influenced, or is that an outdated way of thinking? Can someone who has lived abroad be “brought back into the fold,” so to speak, without suspicion or stigma?

There’s also a broader question about how different cultures treat this. In some places, leaving and returning is normal and accepted. In others, it’s seen as a kind of disloyalty. I’m trying to understand which mindset applies here today, and whether political parties especially by Sinn Fein who may have deemed being gone for so long, punishable by death people for leaving the country for such long periods, and being under suspicion by merely disowning any part in the struggle, or cultural groups in Ireland still view long-term time in Britain through an older, more adversarial lens.

Ultimately, I’m asking how Irish society sees people who have lived in England for significant periods. Are we simply returning emigrants, or is there still a sense—however subtle—that we’ve crossed an invisible line?

So I just want to reiterate all this stuff above about banks - it's not me. I want to lessen their influence not increase it. And I certainly don't want more headquarters here. It's not what we are. I want to stress I am more the unions and nurses.

I don't want to divulge too much information but I was good at Economics and sort of fell sideways into it. My priorities have changed where I want to place my energy into that and into entrepreneurship. That is and always was my goal.

Having said that, I will never seek to prevent or withhold through political means or thought processes, any justified compensation or income any worker or business owner is owed. What I mean, is that, I don't resent or want to limit anyone else’s success. People deserve fair pay for the work they do, at every income level. Hope that clarifies.