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Are we "The Dirty Irish"

Fulton Crown

Just returned from a trip to a major European city - was struck by the overlaa cleanliness of the place and apart from some graffiti the absence of litter.

Back to Dublin....Jeeze the contrast.....litter everywhere...dirty roadsigns...poor faded road markings.

But the litter...especially around Croker...apalling.

Heard a chappie on Gerry Ryan show yhe other day ...had been dunned for €150 fine after leaving a cardboard box at the bottle bank.

"Why don't the put receptacles for boxes near the bottle banks for the cardboard boxes" ? Asked our fat presenter.

Well Im not sure..but at a guess i would say that if people thought they could leave their cardboard boxes they would do by the skipfull ..inevitable followed by old bikes,washing machines and of course the fly tippers favourite.... the old stained mattress...plenty of them....

Yes we surely are the dirty Irish

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seraphimvc

i juat wish irish can be naughtier

rossie1977

dublin is a very dirty town to look at in general, the liffey next to houston station stinks and is filled with every type of rubbish under the sun, every second building along the quays is boarded up anyway, dublin corporation think that by putting a bit of boarding up in front of an empty site in the city centre nobody will notice :rolleyes:

down d'olier street the times building is an awful eyesore, then again people don't visit dublin for the sights like they do london, new york or paris, foreigners go to dublin to drink themselves silly in temple bar until they vomit, country people visit dublin to score in coppers

Armin_Tamzarian

Fulton Crown wrote: »

Are we "The Dirty Irish"

Aren't you "English"

Ibrahimovic91

Lyon makes Dublin look like Stockholm. I'm not a racist(proof i was banned last week for insulting a racist jonjo on here) but these cities have like slums and parts resemble algeria for example more than france. ireland doesn't have these sort of conditions.

mickos

I'm from a small village and nobody there ever litters. The tidy towns committee are like the gestapo:D Speak for yourself we're not all dirty feckers.

FlutterinBantam

I took a stroll along Portmarnock Beach over the week end and the amount of fcukers letting their dogs cut off rope was unbelievable.

This big pikey lookin dude with a boxer on a lead, head on him like a can of "blown" Chum(the dog owner) Ireland flag tatts covring his forearms.

Anyway halfway down the beach the Boxer starts "dragging" and pointing the cigar cutter toward the sand.

Just before a group of kids making sandcastles Chumhead stops and The Boxer spools up and dumps the most revolting heap of dogshíte I have ever seen right near where the kids were playing, like a fcukin Burrito slathered in Taco sauce with salsa dressing!! A steaming load!!

Chummer totally ignores the 99 with strawberry and toffee dressing left by the dog and just walks on.

A lady who had seen the incident challenged him and all I heard was
"Shut the fcuk up or his next ****e will down your throat"

Have we no shame.??

stovelid

rossie1977 wrote: »

dublin is a very dirty town to look at in general, the liffey next to houston station stinks and is filled with every type of rubbish under the sun

It's all just an unpatriotic rumour started by those West-Brits, Bagatelle.

CatacombKittens

In London at the mo and even though it's overpopulated it's still relatively cleaner.

rubadub

mikemac wrote: »

Do cities have an equivalent of the Tidy Towns competition?

It's huge in rural areas.

I have seen those towns, they have littering alright, the streets are littered with bins, it would be hard to drop stuff on the ground without a bin getting in the way. Seriously, in many places in dublin you will not find a bin at all. People are also scared to be seen putting rubbish in other peoples bins due to the bin charges (i.e. when I was a kid we would stick rubbish in peoples bins on the roads). I have only seen 1-2 bins in dublin housing estates in all my life, the ones in the city are often overflowing.

anonymous_joe wrote: »

Ever been to Italy?

We're far from Europe's dirtiest. Spain's fairly dirty too I find.

The self-depricators put on blinkers when on holidays...

stovelid

vinylmesh wrote: »

YORE MA IS DOORTY !

Not one, but two ninja edits.

/bows in respect.

Prof.Badass

stovelid wrote: »

Not one, but two ninja edits.

/bows in respect.

Then a not-so stealthy repost

.

Anyway,

Whatever about the rest of us,

YOUR MA SURE IS DOORTY

Purple Gorilla

God..if a foreigner was to come on to boards and read all these depressing threads they'd think we're all suicidal about Ireland. If ye hate it so much and complain about it so much then emigrate..and none of this "I plan too" crap because you know you won't..

Be happy people. If you're not apart of the solution, you're apart of the problem

Hagar

A lot of it is down to the simple denial of reality by the various CoCos.

They don't empty the litter bins and moan when they overflow onto the street. The CoCo workers make no attempt to clean the streets properly because they have the attitude that "sure it'll only get dirty again, why should I bother?" Because it's you job you idle bastard. Clean the streets today and clean them again tomorrow, earn your paycheque. If the streets were clean to start with and there were adequate empty litter bins peoples attitudes would change.

They don't make it easy for people to dispose of the waste that naturally occurs in life, matresses, old boxes etc. What are people who live in the centre of towns and cities supposed to do? Take them on the bus to the dump? Local Govt Officials, get a grip, you usless gobshytes.

I could go on all night, I live in France, my bins are emptied every night( 6 am), yes, every night and the streets are swept and washed down every night. They are cleaned throughout the day by workers who live locally and care about their town. There are free dispensers for plastic bags to put you dog shyte in. Not only that, they refill the dispensers when they are empty.

It's just getting the basics right, then the kids grow up expecting to live in a clean environment. I hate to say it, but Ireland, not just the big cities, is a filthy kip and no one cares enough to do anything about it.

another1

i am a foreigner and must say - I've seen much worse places /regarding rubbish on the streets,etc...so calm down -that's not the big problem here.

Fratton Fred

Where I live in Sandycove it's not too bad, unless of course the sun comes out and all the ferengi seem to think its ok to visit the beach, drink ten cans of dutch gold, smoke 40 major and change the twins nappies three times, then **** off and leave it all for someone else to pick up. In fairness to DL council though, they are pretty quick to clear it up.

The one thing that really bugs me about Ireland though, is dog**** on the pavements. I'm a dog owner and I don't let my dog crap of the pavement and when she does crap somewhere, I always clear it up.

eirebhoy

Dublin has come on leaps and bounds from what it used to be. Every footpath in the city had plastic bags beside them. You don't see much of that now.

Mr.Pong

Yes, we are filthy apes who must be taught to be civilised. The old english anit-irish propaganda has worked wonders on some folks here.

Latchy

CatacombKittens wrote: »

In London at the mo and even though it's overpopulated it's still relatively cleaner.

Westminster is spotless becasue the Goverment and Tourists hang out there .

Kalashnikov_Kid

Anywhere outside the tourist hotspots in London, barring the odd exception (Kensington, Wimbledon, Canary Wharf), is a total dump.

Though Ive lived in Cardiff and tbh it must be contender for dirtiest capital city in Europe. If you dont believe me, look here: http://www.holytaco.com/wel

And trust me, its like that on an average Saturday night, not just after a 6nations match. And judging by the blog comments many feel that it could be any UK town at the weekend.

Latchy

Kalashnikov_Kid wrote: »

Anywhere outside the tourist hotspots in London, barring the odd exception (Kensington, Wimbledon, Canary Wharf), is a total dump.

Though Ive lived in Cardiff and tbh it must be contender for dirtiest capital city in Europe.

And trust me, its like that on an average Saturday night, not just after a 6nations match. And judging by the blog comments many feel that it could be any UK town at the weekend.

Which proves that some welsh people and some welsh citys are no different to their English, Scots and Irish counterparts