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    #32
    Jim 77
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Jim 77


    patmac wrote: »
    Apparently she has ‘Cried everyday since she came home to Ireland’ Maybe if she came home to Ireland instead of Belfast she might not be such a miserable Bollix.
    Jaysus the Irish Times has gone to fcuk altogether.
    Eh? Belfast is in Ireland. She probably would've a problem in any part of Ireland if she enjoys big cities like New York.


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    #33
    [Deleted User]
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    I read that article yesterday and I was fuming ! Couldn’t believe it was in the Irish Times. Talk about immature snowflake .


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    #34
    Philo62
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    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    Being a recently returned emigrant there is a lot to give out about. There is also a lot that makes Ireland such a special place. It balances out.

    That article burned my eyes.

    That’s it exactly, no place is perfect. She should start a go fund me page to pay for her US masters 😂😂


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    #35
    Bellbottoms
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    This is a semi regular column in the Irish Times. Returning immigrants giving the low down on how life is now they have returned. Or they might have someone abroad writing about how different things are.

    Its generally just fluff. And nothing substantial.

    This one is very odd. She appears to have very little in the way of self awareness. But to be far to her, why isnt Belfast just like New York. Belfast needs to do better. Its definitely Belfasts fault, and not hers.

    I am curious about what type of visa she availed of. She points out she lived in the US for over six years meaning that she would be eligible to apply for citizenship.

    I am also very curious as to what she worked at while in the US. A cursiory google show she was a contestant on The Voice Ireland and very little else.

    She should of moved to London.


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    #36
    the beer revolu
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    Imagine how devestated she will be at the backlash from that drivel article?
    Everyone is being so mean!


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    #37
    Reviews and Books Galore
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    I like Ireland :o The meats better and I like the cuisine. The weather's great and, as strange as this sounds, I get very nervous in foreign skies. The only other similar skyline seems to be in Japan tbh.



    But, I am happy to keep it as a fond memory (holiday desitination) and not a bitter present.


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    #38
    [Deleted User]
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    One of the funniest articles I've read, a tearful ode to narcissism gone awry. The Irish Times is emulating the Indo, whoring out its credibility for cheap clickbait.


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    #39
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    riemann wrote: »
    Eh what?

    Face like a slapped arse, with a personality to match.
    whisky_galore wrote: »
    A slapped arse would have a bit of colour.
    She's like one of the creepy twins from the Shining.
    Check out the big men slagging off her appearance.


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    #40
    Reviews and Books Galore
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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    I started reading the article with an open mind. I didn’t know if I’d side with the OP or not. Well, I’m siding with the OP. What a whiny, arrogant, lacking-in-self-awareness eejit that writer is. If she can’t find interesting people in Ireland, I feel sorry for her.

    It can be tough returning to Ireland but when I came back, there were lots of thing I missed about where I returned from but there were so many things I was happy to return to. No country is perfect so you just need to adjust to the differences and move on.


    Imo, the Irish are the most interesting people around. Reserved, yes, but very individualistic imo.



    Walking around and checking out the houses could be a full time hobby in the west.


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    #41
    Professor Genius
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 391 ✭✭Professor Genius


    MrAbyss wrote: »
    I am absolutely sick of these people getting media attention. Comes back to Ireland after being away and just horrified that we no longer meet their new found tastes and standards. They seem to be unable to grasp the notion that their decision to both leave and return was a personal choice they made. Yet somehow have decided everyone else in Ireland has to answer for this.

    Ireland is not like New York...whodathunkit!


    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/i-have-cried-every-day-since-i-returned-to-ireland-1.4062785?mode=amp

    She has a puss that would turn milk. Anyway she’s moved to the UK so dunno what that story is even about ?


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    #42
    whisky_galore
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    Woke Hogan wrote: »
    Check out the big men slagging off her appearance.

    Confirms to username.
    Stay woke, buddy.


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    #43
    Better Than Christ
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    blueshade wrote: »
    More likely story is that she wasn't pretty enough or talented enough to be successful so she came back. Her attitude isn't going to do her any favours.

    Her looks are irrelevant and whether someone is attractive or not is a matter of opinion anyway. But based on that article alone, there doesn't appear to be an awful lot of writing talent there. One pretentious cliche after another.


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    #44
    Reviews and Books Galore
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    Can a returning expat get free education in Ireland as a matter of interest to do a masters?


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    #45
    endainoz
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    Some of these returning immigrants should have stayed gone. But the Irish times articles have gone below quality alright. Constantly putting out the same click baity crap that all the rest of them do, it's the way of journalism now, at least in the online versions. Get a reaction, good or bad.


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    #46
    Grandeeod
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    MrAbyss wrote: »
    I am absolutely sick of these people getting media attention. Comes back to Ireland after being away and just horrified that we no longer meet their new found tastes and standards. They seem to be unable to grasp the notion that their decision to both leave and return was a personal choice they made. Yet somehow have decided everyone else in Ireland has to answer for this.

    Ireland is not like New York...whodathunkit!


    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/i-have-cried-every-day-since-i-returned-to-ireland-1.4062785?mode=amp

    What an imbecile person she is. All that drama.:eek:

    Not sure how she would have handled Bainbridge Avenue, North Bronx, circa 1989/90. Cold cold winters. Long commutes on the D Train under Harlem to a ****ty job somewhere in Manhatten. Only the Village Pub to get pissed and forget your woes on days off. A depressed Ireland often looked more appealing:D

    How times have changed.:rolleyes:


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    #47
    is_that_so
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    Read this the other day. Yeah, it's an adjustment and some people feel like a fish out of water. You take stock of where you are and figure out what you want to do, where it's study, new skills or a different path. Gonna take time anyway and giving up on the first day as appears in this article is not the path to anything.


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    #48
    Bellbottoms
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    Ah ok, it looks like she was trying to make it as a musician in the US. I can see why that didn't work out.

    She has a pleasant voice. But nothing remarkable.

    hv=NGeMnwlLwJM


    A bit mediocre really

    I am guessing she was on a O-1B visa. Which is supposed to be reserved for individuals with extra ordinary ability in the arts. Its a little hard to see how she qualified given that performance and the quality of her writing. With that said, it seems that there is a lot of abuse with this visa. I believe its the same visa Meave Higgins has. Make of that what you will.


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    #49
    Galwayguy35
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    She could tip across to chat the lads over on the Shankill, they might be interesting enough for her.

    Had to laugh aat the bit where she was whinging about having to wash the cutlery, right little spoiled princess.


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    #50
    Grandeeod
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    This time next year she'll be heading back there looking for work.:D


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    #51
    riemann
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    Bellbottoms wrote: »
    Ah ok, it looks like she was trying to make it as a musician in the US. I can see why that didn't work out.

    Serious shortage of singers in the world at present.

    Singers and outrage merchants.


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    #52
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Confirms to username.
    Stay woke, buddy.
    You could write for the Irish Times yourself with wit like that.


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    #53
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,911 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Woke Hogan wrote: »
    You could write for the Irish Times yourself with wit like that.

    Submit your woke column for them why don't you?


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    #54
    ToddyDoody
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    Where did she grow up though? (I use the term grow up loosely)


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    #55
    suicide_circus
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    She can't write for a start


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    #56
    PCeeeee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭PCeeeee


    Who is she related too?


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    #57
    Bellbottoms
    Registered Users Posts: 1,003 ✭✭✭Bellbottoms


    PCeeeee wrote: »
    Who is she related too?

    Santa


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    #58
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    You do realise how difficult it is to get "proper" avocados in Dublin compared to Shoreditch in London or Tribeca in New York. And really Stoneybatter has nothing on Greenwich Village


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    #59
    Bellbottoms
    Registered Users Posts: 1,003 ✭✭✭Bellbottoms


    Most Improved Poster 2019 wrote: »
    What's up with her forehead?

    Ah here, no need to be commenting on her appearance. Its not as if she had a say in it.

    There are lots of things that she has control over that we can talk about. Ill judged narcissism and her cliched writing being just two.


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    #60
    amacca
    Registered Users Posts: 6,809 ✭✭✭amacca


    Bellbottoms wrote: »
    Ah here, no need to be commenting on her appearance. Its not as if she had a say in it.

    There are lots of things that she has control over that we can talk about. Ill judged narcissism and her cliched writing being just two.

    If the photo in the times is anything to go by her six years in new York didn't necessarily do her any favours, she looks gaunt, her days were too full she needs feeding so she doesn't resemble the after in a crystal meth before/after photo comparison

    I reckon instead of taking a shot at winning the career lotto and accepting the risk that went with that she expected to win it and isnt quite sure what to do now

    At least she's doing something ....spot of writing, further education, you go girl.....or something


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    #61
    Fr_Dougal
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    Most Improved Poster 2019 wrote: »
    What's up with her forehead?

    When you have to resort to critiquing someone’s physical appearance you weaken your own argument.


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