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Positives and Negatives about Ireland

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  • #32
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    fr336 wrote: »
    Did I not tell you I live in England, and more specifically Luton?! ;) To be fair the Irish here can be negative, but I put it down to have to be here and not there..
    You're leaving Luton. Somalia would seem fresh, upbeat and welcoming in comparison. Ireland may well be paradise compared to what you've been through.


  • #33
    Rabelais
    Site Banned Posts: 263 ✭✭Rabelais


    I’m happy that I was born, and have spent most of life in a beautiful, flawed, yet fundamentally just country on the edge of Europe. Where pragmatism, social democracy and the belief in the ethics of Capitalism are seen as core tenets of what we do. We tend to try and do well by people. A very centrist country. A tremendous success story considering how young the State is.

    There is almost no one without access to food, water, electricity, health services, security and emergency services. Tragedies happen. Cases make us think about our place in a greater society. But we have the freedom to enjoy this country. Literature, cinema, TV, Radio, Internet; the beauty of the countryside. 20 minutes on a bus from Dublin and you’re casting an eye down upon that quirky little city.

    Ireland is a wonderful country. The quality of life here is tremendous. It’s very damp. Those extolling the virtues of places like Cuba and Venezuela could do well by visiting the countries. Happiness comes from little moments, not a great belief in ideologies that don’t really work - or matter.


  • #34
    major bill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭major bill


    fr336 wrote: »
    But by that token do I avoid Dublin cos well..you know? :p

    The problem with Dublin is not that it's full of Dubs but the city is full of Junkies, sadly a very negative aspect about this city.


  • #35
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    major bill wrote: »
    The problem with Dublin is not that it's full of Dubs but the city is full of Junkies, sadly a very negative aspect about this city.

    Yeah I do feel that slightly bit safer in London actually - though obviously it's much bigger and there are areas of London I definitely wouldn't go near. So perhaps a very unfair analysis on my part!


  • #36
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,197 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Negatives,

    A lack of genuine social solidarity, a tendency to pursue self interest, and a genuine love of getting one over the system.
    The poor wages , stuff like job-bridge and opportunistic mean spirited employers.
    Tax avoidance.

    Positives,

    The people are genuinely funny and kind - if you get past the superficial.
    The landscape is stunning.
    The pubs are genuinely brilliant - when you find a good one without hipsters.
    A good trad. session is unreal - west Clare - even touristy stuff in Dingle or Galway.
    The amazing sunrises in winter
    The incredible night skies in rural Ireland
    The fantastic journalists and writers
    The sea and wildness of it at times
    The golf is world class
    The GAA is a bizarre but amazing national treasure
    The freedom of our cities and culture and museums
    The fantastic food and food culture in development
    The amazing small music and artistic scenes
    The concerts in Ireland and the atmosphere
    The smallness of it all
    Christmas in Ireland - we do it well
    Death too.
    The diversity of the rural and urban divide.
    The education system in parts


    It is a pain in the hole at times - but we can also sometimes forget how lucky we still have it , if you can somehow get a job that pays the way here.


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  • #37
    ElecKtrA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭ElecKtrA


    [Q=major bill;88486227]Anyone ive spoken to about Luton have very bad things to say about it so I can say Ireland will be a nice place for you.

    Avoid Cork though!!![/QUOTE]
    major bill wrote: »
    The problem with Dublin is not that it's full of Dubs but the city is full of Junkies, sadly a very negative aspect about this city.

    I actually like Dublin!!! Never had a bad experience there and if I could I would relocate in the morning! Cork is a village! At least you get a city vibe when your in Dublin :-D


  • #38
    anotherposter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭anotherposter


    Mr. Incognito wrote: »
    Iremand is the most beautiful place populated by the most negative people

    never been to Iremand whats it like?

    here in Ireland the weather sucks, the taxes are high, the people like to moan about everything, but when drunk we are good ould craic


  • #39
    anotherposter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭anotherposter


    major bill wrote: »
    The problem with Dublin is not that it's full of Dubs but the city is full of Junkies, sadly a very negative aspect about this city.

    the same can be said about any major town in ireland

    heroin is everywhere these days


  • #40
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    anotherposter wrote: »
    the same can be said about any major town in ireland

    heroin is everywhere these days

    Not sure I like the sound of this!


  • #41
    dundalkfc10
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,719 ✭✭✭dundalkfc10


    Pros: None unless your born into the upper class of society

    Cons: Scumbags everywhere, Junkies everywhere, Alcoholics everywhere, Murders now common across the land, mortage holders losing homes day by days, families starving and living on the breadline day by day, Students finishing college and getting offered internships which pay an extra 50euro on top of their dole (some dont even qualify for the dole) No trades for kids leaving school, no hope for anyone under 25... I could go on


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  • #42
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Negatives - Very poor selection of Good Chinese Restaurants.


  • #43
    ErnieBert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭ErnieBert


    General rule of thumb: The best cities/towns/villages are along the coast. The more inland you go, the bigger the ****hole.

    I live in Galway and it's a party town every weekend. It's rude to stay in at the weekend,

    Dublin is more cosmopolitan than most other capital cities in Europe.

    Westport is a small town but it's awesome. They claim to attract more tourists than the city of Limerick which is five times its size.

    There are some absolutely amazing villages and towns scattered around the country which are so inviting and well maintained. In particular, I adore Kinsale (Cork), Dingle (Kerry), and Ballyvaughan (Clare).


  • #44
    ErnieBert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭ErnieBert


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Negatives - Very poor selection of Good Chinese Restaurants.

    This is actually a major plus in my book.


  • #45
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    ErnieBert wrote: »
    This is actually a major plus in my book.
    Are you more Indian Restaurant?


  • #46
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,321 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Galway and Clare have the best trad music sessions in the country and maddest characters you could hope to meet. Come the summer there is plenty to do, loads of fleadhs and mad town festivals, plus some really cool camping music festivals such as Life, Body & Soul festival and Electric Picnic among others.

    Negatives: Not much really, the weather but the same as Scotland and parts of England and Wales I suppose.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #47
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    I'm starting to like the sound of this Ire-land place and wish to subscribe to its newsletter.


  • #48
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    I'm starting to like the sound of this Ire-land place and wish to subscribe to its newsletter.
    You should have been around last year we had a mighty Gathering.


  • #49
    Rabelais
    Site Banned Posts: 263 ✭✭Rabelais


    WikiHow wrote: »
    You should have been around last year we had a mighty Gathering.

    A great success for those of us who have people involved in the tourism industry.


  • #50
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Rabelais wrote: »
    A great success for those of us who have people involved in the tourism industry.
    They are expecting 2 14 to be another good year.


  • #51
    Rabelais
    Site Banned Posts: 263 ✭✭Rabelais


    WikiHow wrote: »
    They are expecting 2 14 to be another good year.

    Hopefully so.


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  • #52
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Rabelais wrote: »
    Hopefully so.
    All we need is another good summer.


  • #53
    markesmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭markesmith


    If you can get a job in Cork or Galway, definitely do it, you'll love it. Dublin is an acquired taste, regardless of what you're told on here!


  • #54
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo


    :mad:
    ElecKtrA wrote: »
    I actually like Dublin!!! Never had a bad experience there and if I could I would relocate in the morning! Cork is a village! At least you get a city vibe when your in Dublin :-D

    He's planning on leaving Luton which is the same size as Cork. Quit your thrash talk about Cork!!!

    If I was drunk and with friends and you were on your own with your back turned and I had a stick and I had another friend in a car next to me with the engine running and the door open I'd really think about maybe pushing you slightly and pretending I didn't actually mean it.

    Grrr!


  • #55
    aristotleirish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭aristotleirish


    Ireland is a complete dump with no work and the best thing about it is the fact that there is an airport. unless your in a very few select professions you are going to find it impossible to find work and even if you do the government is so intent on making everyone pay for this bailout that they are going to put a tax on everything. unemployment is 17 percent the place is run by corrupt. jobs in a lot of sectors comes down to who you know who your sleeping or how cheaply/cowboyish you can do a job. the woman have lot more "respect" for themselves over here thanks to the almighty catholic church then in england which translates into they are too much work. they dont do one nighters and are not even half as sexually assertive/aggressive as the english girls mores the pity. i hope to be out of here soon and will prob end up in the uk due to all of the above reasons. anyways this is just one irish lads opinion but i would be staying where you are if i were you


  • #56
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    If you are thinking to move to the Cork/Kerry border,buy a Ballydesmond phrasebook. You will not be able to understand a word without it.


  • #57
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    If you are thinking to move to the Cork/Kerry border,buy a Ballydesmond phrasebook. You will not be able to understand a word without it.

    A bit like Welsh :P


  • #58
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    It's not a bad place, overall.

    Fantastic landscapes, genuinely nice and warm people, good quality of life with taxes still being at a fraction of what they are in the rest of Europe.

    On the downside, if you're not into serious drinking, celebrities or local sports, you might find you run out of things to talk about with a lot of people very quickly.
    If you come over from the UK, you might find you have a whole lot less choice when it comes to banking, insurance providers, and most importantly beer.


  • #59
    strobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    aristotleirish wrote: »
    Ireland is a complete dump with no work and the best thing about it is the fact that there is an airport. unless your in a very few select professions you are going to find it impossible to find work and even if you do the government is so intent on making everyone pay for this bailout that they are going to put a tax on everything. unemployment is 17 percent the place is run by corrupt. jobs in a lot of sectors comes down to who you know who your sleeping or how cheaply/cowboyish you can do a job. the woman have lot more "respect" for themselves over here thanks to the almighty catholic church then in england which translates into they are too much work. they dont do one nighters and are not even half as sexually assertive/aggressive as the english girls mores the pity. i hope to be out of here soon and will prob end up in the uk due to all of the above reasons. anyways this is just one irish lads opinion but i would be staying where you are if i were you

    "Wah Wah Wah, I have no job and it's everyone elses fault, the girls want nothing to do with me and it's all thier fault"

    Sorry man but with that kinda attitude your problems will follow you no matter where you run off to.


  • #60
    Yugioh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭Yugioh


    Filibuster wrote: »
    You'll always have a good night out in Ireland. Every village in Ireland will have a live band playing in a pub, no other country is like that. No city can compare to the nightlife in Dublin.

    If by nightlife you mean everyone getting hammered and ending up on the streets at 2:30 then yeah. If you mean a diversified night life which caters to more than just the lowest common denominator then no.


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  • #61
    podmu80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭podmu80


    These threads always descend into the usual 'this place is a kip, avoid such n such, blah blah blah. Every area of this little country has its positives and negatives. Having lived across the water, I know where I'd prefer to grow old.
    Now if only we could do something about this government of ours....


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