199 different nationalities now in Ireland

Where To · 04-10-2012 02:18PM

Tuvalu.

ejmaztec · 04-10-2012 02:18PM

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Im preempting them, to be fair.
There have been a few already and I know this thread will only bring out the idiots.

Which ones do you think are racist, because I can only see one at a stretch?

jester77 · 04-10-2012 02:19PM

hmm, have we invented a few new countries?

pmurphy00 · 04-10-2012 02:24PM

something tells me we considered scotland and wales
countries. despite them not being on the list of countries

Einhard · 04-10-2012 02:26PM

Had an Indian dinner Monday night, Chinese last night, and am thinking of getting a burrito from the new Mexican restaurant opened nearby tonight. So thank you foreign people for adding a bit of variety to irish life.

All I need now is to find a good ethnic gym to work off all the lbs I've added since Monday!! :pac:

Slurryface · 04-10-2012 02:26PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Which ones do you think are racist, because I can only see one at a stretch?

benwavner wrote: »

I propose a "non-Irish national tax".

notnumber wrote: »

A pissing pot more like!

benwavner wrote: »

You would Slurryface and you will like it, because you are from Swaziland. My gubberment will demand you pay it, they will send people to your door to collect it, make sure you are in, thats a good lad.

these could do for a start

ejmaztec · 04-10-2012 02:31PM

Slurryface wrote: »

these could do for a start

The "pissing pot" one seems borderline to me but I don't see any racism in the other comments.

El Weirdo · 04-10-2012 02:32PM

Slurryface wrote: »

these could do for a start

They really aren't racist comments.

karma_ · 04-10-2012 02:38PM

Slurryface wrote: »

Well said, I'm amazed by the number of snide, insulting, and racist comments.

That's rich, coming from a lad who thinks Enoch Powell was a 'visionary'.

Duckworth_Luas · 04-10-2012 02:42PM

pmurphy00 wrote: »

something tells me we considered scotland and wales
countries. despite them not being on the list of countries

They didn't, the full list is on a document at the bottom of the OPs link.

They did however include Gibraltar which is a British overseas territory, Chechnya which is a Russian federal republic and Martinque which is a French overseas department

davet82 · 04-10-2012 02:43PM

still going after 3 pages, i'm proud of you AHs

ejmaztec · 04-10-2012 02:47PM

davet82 wrote: »

still going after 3 pages, i'm proud of you AHs

Just onto the second page for me.:p

Slurryface · 04-10-2012 02:50PM

El Weirdo wrote: »

They really aren't racist comments.

describing Irland as a pissing pot as oppossed to a m,elting pot because of the 199 nationalities isn't racist? really?
Good to see that in AH piss is now a compliment.

ejmaztec · 04-10-2012 02:56PM

Slurryface wrote: »

describing Irland as a pissing pot as oppossed to a m,elting pot because of the 199 nationalities isn't racist? really?
Good to see that in AH piss is now a compliment.

The poster didn't give a reason for referring to Ireland as a "pissing pot", and made no mention of anything else in the post. Only he knows what he meant by it.

Clareboy · 04-10-2012 04:42PM

Now that we have opened the flood gates to foreign immigrants, the Irish will have to emigrate to find jobs. Talk about a distorted labour market. We have have screwed up big time! I really pity the young Irish people of today as they will have to compete with all those non-Irish immigrants in an ever shrinking labour market. Talk about committing national economic suicide!

karma_ · 04-10-2012 04:45PM

Clareboy wrote: »

the Irish will have to emigrate to find jobs.

That's never happened before.

OldNotWIse · 04-10-2012 04:49PM

Einhard wrote: »

Had an Indian dinner Monday night, Chinese last night, and am thinking of getting a burrito from the new Mexican restaurant opened nearby tonight. So thank you foreign people for adding a bit of variety to irish life.

All I need now is to find a good ethnic gym to work off all the lbs I've added since Monday!! :pac:

Exactly, anyway it improves the scenery somewhat. Us Irish are meant to be one of the ugliest lots - freckly, fat, beer bellies, no dress sense etc :P

Clareboy · 04-10-2012 04:51PM

karma_ wrote: »

That's never happened before.

Oh yes, the Irish have immigrated in the past but now they have to leave because the most of the jobs have been given to the non-Irish. We did not have that situation in the 80s or in the 50s.

AnonoBoy · 04-10-2012 04:59PM

Clareboy wrote: »

Now that we have opened the flood gates to foreign immigrants, the Irish will have to emigrate to find jobs.

Floodgates implies there's no need for visas or the like in Ireland.

There is.

But EU citizens are free to travel. That's the whole EU idea thing there in operation.

We needed immigration to keep the country running during the boom years but now it's "all de immigrants fault".

Let's not point the blame where it really belongs that people have to emigrate - let's blame the foreigners. It's a nice easy target.

Typical, lazy, doesn't-understand-how-an-economy-work attitude.

*ding*

NEXT!

Pherekydes · 04-10-2012 05:00PM

Clareboy wrote: »

Oh yes, the Irish have immigrated in the past but now they have to leave because the most of the jobs have been given to the non-Irish. We did not have that situation in the 80s or in the 50s.

The Irish will hardly immigrate, now, will they?

AnonoBoy · 04-10-2012 05:02PM

Clareboy wrote: »

Oh yes, the Irish have immigrated in the past but now they have to leave because the most of the jobs have been given to the non-Irish. We did not have that situation in the 80s or in the 50s.

That's rubbish. Got any facts and figures to back this up?

The reason people are emigrating is because the country was f*cked over by the banks. The economy is in the gutter and businesses are closing down wholesale - it's not that the foreigners came in and stole all the jobs.

You really have no notion of what's going on in this country at all. Honestly it's amazing that people can actually have so little concept of what's happening in their own country.

Plus you seemingly don't know the difference between immigration and emigration which is pretty funny and also hints at the level of brainpower that's going into these amazing insights into the state of the nation.

Nodin · 04-10-2012 05:11PM

Clareboy wrote: »

Oh yes, the Irish have immigrated in the past .......

Yes, and the problems caused by Corkonians not integrating have troubled us to this day.

CreepingDeath · 04-10-2012 05:33PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Floodgates implies there's no need for visas or the like in Ireland.

There is.

But EU citizens are free to travel. That's the whole EU idea thing there in operation.

I don't remember Africa joining the EU.

meoklmrk91 · 04-10-2012 05:39PM

I'm delighted anyway, given the vast amount of ****ing dimwits around the place widening the gene pool can only do us some good.

Herb Powell · 04-10-2012 05:49PM

Clareboy wrote: »

Now that we have opened the flood gates to foreign immigrants, the Irish will have to emigrate to find jobs. Talk about a distorted labour market. We have have screwed up big time! I really pity the young Irish people of today as they will have to compete with all those non-Irish immigrants in an ever shrinking labour market. Talk about committing national economic suicide!

This is a tongue in cheek comment, right?

Anyway, I'm happy there's more immigrants, good to see a nice variety of people tbh.

Anyone who thinks we have a lot of immigrants though...........needs to get out more. We really don't.

Nodin · 04-10-2012 06:00PM

Herb Powell wrote: »

This is a tongue in cheek comment, right?

Nope. He's not gone on the foreigners.

Wee Willy Harris · 04-10-2012 06:08PM

We don't have a lot of immigrants but over the past decade it appears a lot more than previous decades. I can only recall two prior anyhow but if the most recent was a new standard, we might be seeing more types than say Cillian murphy looks for em Irish eyes are rare

Some diversity is essential but I'm the kinda guy who'd probably turn the tap off after a point even if only trickling. damn small basin, let's try and retain what we are first n foremost. Cheers

Higher · 04-10-2012 06:12PM

Clareboy wrote: »

Now that we have opened the flood gates to foreign immigrants, the Irish will have to emigrate to find jobs. Talk about a distorted labour market. We have have screwed up big time! I really pity the young Irish people of today as they will have to compete with all those non-Irish immigrants in an ever shrinking labour market. Talk about committing national economic suicide!

Thats one way to look at it. Or you could argue that the influx of more people leads to more taxes being raised and more money spent in the economy. Oh and its good for businesses because increased competition has meant better productivity.

If Irish can't compete for a job then I am glad they're leaving, if we want to get this country prosperous again we need all the deadwood gone. That includes those who think they're entitled to a job just because they're Irish!

losthorizon · 04-10-2012 06:17PM

jester77 wrote: »

hmm, have we invented a few new countries?

out of date

I cant think of two nations not on that list who recently became independent - Kosovo and South Sudan. Palestine as well is recognised by most nations. Vatican and Taiwan as well arent rrepresented at the UN as well as a few other nations.

Higher · 04-10-2012 06:21PM

Wee Willy Harris wrote: »

We don't have a lot of immigrants but over the past decade it appears a lot more than previous decades. I can only recall two prior anyhow but if the most recent was a new standard, we might be seeing more types than say Cillian murphy looks for em Irish eyes are rare

Some diversity is essential but I'm the kinda guy who'd probably turn the tap off after a point even if only trickling. damn small basin, let's try and retain what we are first n foremost. Cheers

Clareboy wrote: »

Oh yes, the Irish have immigrated in the past but now they have to leave because the most of the jobs have been given to the non-Irish. We did not have that situation in the 80s or in the 50s.

Its funny how those opposed to diversification and foreigners usually can't even string a coherent sentence together. No wonder they're angry.

199 different nationalities now in Ireland

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