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  • #52
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    d.pop wrote: »
    Nothing really new about any of this to be honest. Been going on as long as backpackers have been coming to Oz and by the way as long as Aussies/kiwis/saffies have been going overseas too ! Works both ways.

    I came to Oz first in the 90's on a WHV and Sydney was full of drunk Irish lads in their 20's, same pubs as people talk about now, cock and bull, scruffys, the rocks area etc. Think the heat, the money and pretty much 24hr licensing sends people loopers at first.

    I saw a lot of idiotic stuff on Saturday nights around the city, not all by Irish by the way....

    I do think a few things have changed though, in my opinion only mind...:

    The young Irish are much more "confident" now than "my" generation of backpackers was so are not as prepared to "cop" on when told to do so and end up in trouble.

    Oz is not as far from Ireland as it used to be ( figuratively speaking ) so lot more people come over now than previous and perhaps a different type of person too that would not have gone too far before.

    The internet. It didn't really exist back in the day, do if young Mick got pi**ed and did something dumb it didn't usually make the news outside of oz, now as things trend they get picked up at home and voila headlines...

    Of course for every idiot there are hundreds / thousands of good kids out here from every country.

    These days I tend to stay away from the usual hotspots on weekends, not because I'm embarrassed by what goes on but because I'm older and don't have the patience or interest anymore to deal with large groups of drunks from any country.

    Sad fact of life that the Irish and the British have a big pub and drinking culture and when you mix a load of drink with young lads the consequences are sadly predictable.



    I'd have to agree with this d.pop. I spent 3 weeks in the international backpacker hostel in Melbourne, on WHV, before going working on farms.

    From then on we tended to only spend a day or two in the Sidney, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Alice Springs. Saw a fair bit of this kind of thing in most backpacker hostels by all nationalities I came across.

    The same tools do similar things here and it tends to go unnoticed. I know a guy from home who was a bit of a lad, tended to get drunk and get into fights. He had a go at a bouncer in OZ and spent a short time in prison because over there they don't muck around.

    Heads up, the OP isn't interested in this line of discussion. A few posters have tried to explain it but he's not interested. It's more of an out-rage thread (it's a disgrace, Joe) than a discussion thread.


  • #53
    JM Skipton
    Registered Users Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭JM Skipton


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    These news reports are almost on a weekly basis now 'Remarkably stupid' Irishman in Australia became stuck in roof while trying to sneak into nightclub

    Speaking to a friend who is Australia the past 4 years, he told me that he's almost embarrassed to be Irish. He said that he's been in restaurants that Irish have started food fights, hostels that have been turned upside down, falling around Sydney like drunken buffoons fighting with one another and then making up five minutes later.

    Are the Irish really that bad out there?

    While you cannot deny these things happen, I do think the Aussie media are very quick to latch onto the "Irish" aspect of these stories. The old "simple Irish" mentality is alive and well in Australia in 2015. Nearly choked on my nutri grain last week when the weather girl on Sunrise told an Irish joke on air. While aussies etc can get up to similar stuff while over in Europe I am not so sure "Remarkably stupid Australian" would ever be a headline in Ireland or Britain.


  • #54
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    ArseBurger wrote: »
    I'm embarrassed to be Irish regularly here.

    There is a name for your type back home; Castle Catholic, Shoneen, etc. etc.

    Every generation has them and yours is no different.


  • #55
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    I think this says more about Australian culture than it does Irish.

    There are an equal number of Irish in Canada and USA but you rarely hear any hysteria in the media about their shenanigans.

    If anything, the Irish drinking culture is celebrated their. I think there was one situation where a couple had sex at the back of a bar during St. Patrick's Day but most people laughed it up.

    I think Australians are just uptight and need to unwind a little.


  • #56
    catbear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭catbear


    William F wrote:
    I think this says more about Australian culture than it does Irish.


    good point. I read somewhere recently that per head Aussies drink more than Irish and British. plus they're the biggest gamblers in the world after Singapore (all those pokies dependent pubs).

    Australian culture really does ficus on race for no good reason. after all apartheid was based on Australian practices.


  • #57
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    William F wrote: »
    I think this says more about Australian culture than it does Irish.

    There are an equal number of Irish in Canada and USA but you rarely hear any hysteria in the media about their shenanigans.

    If anything, the Irish drinking culture is celebrated their. I think there was one situation where a couple had sex at the back of a bar during St. Patrick's Day but most people laughed it up.

    I think Australians are just uptight and need to unwind a little.

    Not sure if that's the case, it's easier to get a work visa to Australia than the other two countries at the moment.


  • #58
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    catbear wrote: »
    good point. I read somewhere recently that per head Aussies drink more than Irish and British. plus they're the biggest gamblers in the world after Singapore (all those pokies dependent pubs).

    Australian culture really does ficus on race for no good reason. after all apartheid was based on Australian practices.

    Consumption of alcohol is not the issue here. Why are posters trying to justify or explain everything with alcohol consumption?


  • #59
    catbear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭catbear


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote:
    Consumption of alcohol is not the issue here. Why are posters trying to justify or explain everything with alcohol consumption?


    sorry, I should have included roids too!


  • #60
    ArseBurger
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭ArseBurger


    William F wrote: »
    There is a name for your type back home; Castle Catholic, Shoneen, etc. etc.

    Every generation has them and yours is no different.

    I am what is generally considered to be a West Brit. And I always have been. I don't take this as an insult. As it was probably intended.


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  • #61
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    Here we go again. 24 Irish people deported http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/australia-deports-24-irish-people-over-alleged-building-scam-1.2076836

    These are turning into weekly incidents. The Irish must have a terrible name in Australia.


  • #62
    catbear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭catbear


    on the plus isn't there a shortage of builders in Ireland now ?


  • #63
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    Here we go again. 24 Irish people deported http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/australia-deports-24-irish-people-over-alleged-building-scam-1.2076836

    These are turning into weekly incidents. The Irish must have a terrible name in Australia.

    Do you know the difference between Roma and Romanian?

    Do you know the difference between droll and troll?


  • #64
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    Here we go again. 24 Irish people deported.

    These are turning into weekly incidents. The Irish must have a terrible name in Australia.

    Must be the Anti-Irish media upto their old tricks again, they need to unwind a bit, they are to uptight, I mean the Canadians and British must be doing it to just that they don't get the media attention, they all need to gamble, Drink and take roids more... Or so some Posters here would like to portray...


  • #65
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    catbear wrote: »
    on the plus isn't there a shortage of builders in Ireland now ?

    No.


  • #66
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    mikom wrote: »
    Do you know the difference between Roma and Romanian?

    Do you know the difference between droll and troll?

    I see, so the very posters who take offence at being stereotyped have no problem in doing so themselves.


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  • #67
    skippy2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭skippy2


    Well here's another gang of great representatives for the country........................ 26 Irish people being deported back to Ireland from Australia................... Must say we breed them well.............

    http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/alleged-irish-crime-gang-to-be-deported-after-rooffixing-scam-exposed-20150123-12wjjq.html


  • #68
    jackbhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭jackbhoy


    I have tried to avoid feeding this troll but this thread is making me cringe.

    The old Irish catholic guilt is alive and well.

    Let's not just worry about our own actions but take responsibility for every knobhead who happens to share our nationality by accident of birth. Give me a break!

    I am comfortable with my nationality, and myself, and give zero fooks about defending or accepting any sense of reflected shame or guilt by national association.

    If any Australian is stupid and narrow minded enough to judge "the Irish" based on these slow news day, click bait reports then I don't really care about their opinion tbh.

    If you are offended by stupid, p1ssed backpacker behavior in Australia, it really is quite easy to avoid. If you are seeing these incidents of drunken muppetery every week, then obviously you are going to wrong places and need to broaden your social horizons. In 4 years living in Melbourne I can't remember seeing anti-social behavior of note in places I frequent.

    Anyway. If you are back in Ireland glued to news outlets seeking new reasons for moral outrage, well, then I'd respectfully suggest you find a hobby or a social life or something more productive to keep you occupied. Maybe even focus on some of the real problems that exist on our own doorsteps and not get caught up with worrying about behavior of a few idiots on other side of the planet?


  • #69
    mandrake04
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    jackbhoy wrote: »
    I have tried to avoid feeding this troll but this thread is making me cringe.

    The old Irish catholic guilt is alive and well.

    Let's not just worry about our own actions but take responsibility for every knobhead who happens to share our nationality by accident of birth. Give me a break!

    I am comfortable with my nationality, and myself, and give zero fooks about defending or accepting any sense of reflected shame or guilt by national association.

    If any Australian is stupid and narrow minded enough to judge "the Irish" based on these slow news day, click bait reports then I don't really care about their opinion tbh.

    If you are offended by stupid, p1ssed backpacker behavior in Australia, it really is quite easy to avoid. If you are seeing these incidents of drunken muppetery every week, then obviously you are going to wrong places and need to broaden your social horizons. In 4 years living in Melbourne I can't remember seeing anti-social behavior of note in places I frequent.

    Anyway. If you are back in Ireland glued to news outlets seeking new reasons for moral outrage, well, then I'd respectfully suggest you find a hobby or a social life or something more productive to keep you occupied. Maybe even focus on some of the real problems that exist on our own doorsteps and not get caught up with worrying about behavior of a few idiots on other side of the planet?

    Best post in this thread, judge people on their actions rather than condemn or defend them solely on their nationality.


  • #70
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    The Aussie wrote: »
    Must be the Anti-Irish media upto their old tricks again, they need to unwind a bit, they are to uptight, I mean the Canadians and British must be doing it to just that they don't get the media attention, they all need to gamble, Drink and take roids more... Or so some Posters here would like to portray...

    Said poster has Paddyville, Co. Paddy set as his location :rolleyes:

    A pathetic post to put it mildly


  • #71
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    William F wrote: »
    A pathetic post to put it mildly

    Why, every one of those points was made in this Thread as an excuse for Scumbaggery in some lame attempt to blame Australia for the actions of adults from another Country.

    Was it only when you read them put together you realised how stupid those points were? Look at this 1 post below from yourself, 4 attempts at deflecting blame in 1 post, the Mammy of a spoilt brat Tiger Cub would find it hard to compete with that level of excuse making.

    William F wrote: »
    I think this says more about Australian culture than it does Irish.

    There are an equal number of Irish in Canada and USA but you rarely hear any hysteria in the media about their shenanigans.

    If anything, the Irish drinking culture is celebrated their. I think there was one situation where a couple had sex at the back of a bar during St. Patrick's Day but most people laughed it up.

    I think Australians are just uptight and need to unwind a little.

    Thats one big cup of LOL right there.
    Besides, you must have ignored all the j1 Scumbag stories from the States, they do get media attention, but you can ignore them for the sake of your cool stories...
    William F wrote: »
    Said poster has Paddyville, Co. Paddy set as his location :rolleyes:

    Do you need a Kleenex there William :pac:.....


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  • #72
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    mandrake04 wrote: »
    Best post in this thread, judge people on their actions rather than condemn or defend them solely on their nationality.

    Yeh, about sums it up, blaming 4.6 million for the actions of 1 person is equally stupid as defending a moron because of the Passport he/she carries, but every thread like this throws up the same blame shifting fools who find it easier blame 23 million people because... Well because....... They......... (I don't know, will have to wait for one of the defenders of stupidity to come along to finish the sentence)


  • #73
    Slideways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Slideways


    I haven't seen a drunk Irish person acting the clown in at least 2 years. That may well be cause I don't frequent their usual haunts.

    And yes, I do get ashamed when I see these type of stories. These gobshytes are supposed to be ambassadors for their country and the actors of a few tar many.

    However, I will add that Australian media is the pits. Pure gutter dwellers and they do love to sensationalise stories, especially when it doesn't involve one of their own.

    As for the OP, stirring for a fight and getting it too.


  • #74
    elastico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,592 ✭✭✭elastico


    Be careful what we wish for.

    British man convicted after attempted intercourse with mailbox

    Article in the Indo today.


  • #75
    jamesdiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭jamesdiver


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    The Irish must have a terrible name in Australia.

    No, no we don't.


  • #76
    W1ll1s
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭W1ll1s


    24 Irish deported.

    It's a shame Darwin's Law takes sooo long...:rolleyes:


  • #77
    catbear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭catbear


    I'be never felt unwelcome in Perth. In fact I've been told "we need more of your type", upon asking I was told that type meant English speaking anglo-celt.

    If you dig a bit you'll find that WA has a disproportionate Irish influence from it's early wheatbelt expansion right up to the post war period when emigration from other European nations was promoted under the White Australia policy.


  • #78
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    jackbhoy wrote: »
    I have tried to avoid feeding this troll but this thread is making me cringe.

    The old Irish catholic guilt is alive and well.

    Let's not just worry about our own actions but take responsibility for every knobhead who happens to share our nationality by accident of birth. Give me a break!

    I am comfortable with my nationality, and myself, and give zero fooks about defending or accepting any sense of reflected shame or guilt by national association.

    If any Australian is stupid and narrow minded enough to judge "the Irish" based on these slow news day, click bait reports then I don't really care about their opinion tbh.

    If you are offended by stupid, p1ssed backpacker behavior in Australia, it really is quite easy to avoid. If you are seeing these incidents of drunken muppetery every week, then obviously you are going to wrong places and need to broaden your social horizons. In 4 years living in Melbourne I can't remember seeing anti-social behavior of note in places I frequent.

    Anyway. If you are back in Ireland glued to news outlets seeking new reasons for moral outrage, well, then I'd respectfully suggest you find a hobby or a social life or something more productive to keep you occupied. Maybe even focus on some of the real problems that exist on our own doorsteps and not get caught up with worrying about behavior of a few idiots on other side of the planet?

    Why is it a reoccurring theme in this thread that anyone who challenges this bad behaviour has nothing better to do, is glued to news outlets, doesn't get out much or needs to broaden their social horizons? The fact that you felt the need to write a lengthy post to that effect highlights that you do feel ashamed by the actions of those with whom you share a national association, and would rather attack me than accepting that the actions of some Irish in Australia are reflecting badly on Irish people in general.


  • #79
    Banjoxed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Banjoxed


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    Why is it a reoccurring theme in this thread that anyone who challenges this bad behaviour has nothing better to do, is glued to news outlets, doesn't get out much or needs to broaden their social horizons? The fact that you felt the need to write a lengthy post to that effect highlights that you do feel ashamed by the actions of those with whom you share a national association, and would rather attack me than accepting that the actions of some Irish in Australia are reflecting badly on Irish people in general.

    It's remarkable that calling muppets on their behaviour seems to be some kind of Shoneenism. That sort of "my country right or wrong" rubbish should be left to US right wingers.


  • #80
    aido79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭aido79


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    Why is it a reoccurring theme in this thread that anyone who challenges this bad behaviour has nothing better to do, is glued to news outlets, doesn't get out much or needs to broaden their social horizons? The fact that you felt the need to write a lengthy post to that effect highlights that you do feel ashamed by the actions of those with whom you share a national association, and would rather attack me than accepting that the actions of some Irish in Australia are reflecting badly on Irish people in general.

    Ok...I accept that the actions of some Irish in Australia are reflecting badly on Irish people in general. Now what exactly is your point??


  • #81
    elastico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,592 ✭✭✭elastico


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    These news reports are almost on a weekly basis now

    I bet you'd struggle to come up with 10 relevant links for Irish behaving badly over the last year, not to mind the 50 or so you suggest.


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  • #82
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    elastico wrote: »
    I bet you'd struggle to come up with 10 relevant links for Irish behaving badly over the last year, not to mind the 50 or so you suggest.

    I could think of a few (not even 10) and that's including Court Cases from events a year ago, but Tickers is extracting urine a fair bit if he thinks it's that much of an issue, but if your into broad sweeping generalisations yes 1 imbicile tarnishes all :rolleyes:


  • #83
    elastico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,592 ✭✭✭elastico


    The Aussie wrote: »
    I could think of a few (not even 10) and that's including Court Cases from events a year ago, but Tickers is extracting urine a fair bit if he thinks it's that much of an issue, but if your into broad sweeping generalisations yes 1 imbicile tarnishes all :rolleyes:

    So far I am aware of.

    1/ Guy thumps his brother with one punch with unintended serious consequences. Unfortunate family tragedy sadly.

    2/ Muppet gets stuck in ventilator shaft trying to get into a nightclub. Hardly a major incident.

    3/ Makee uppey tabloid newpaper article about 26 Irish being detained. No names, no court details etc. so it doesn't count as its a completely unverified gutter media article for now.

    4/ Guy opens fire hydrant but that was nearly 2 years ago so doesn't count in this weekly incdent report.


  • #84
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    And the Perth Stabbing (dont know how far back it happened but case was within the past 6 Months)
    So that makes 5 over a fair timeframe, still not up there with master criminals yet.

    Edit: can't believe we almost forgot about this piece of human feces.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057154321
    Just sneaks in under the 12 month radar although his offences were well before hand and he was only there hanging around being a bad smell, should have gone waaaayyyy earlier.
    So upto 6. With an extended timeline once again.

    Although I would not call the deportation of a Criminal Gang a Makee Uppy thing to be fair...


  • #85
    Slideways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Slideways


    The Aussie wrote: »

    I would not call the deportation of a Criminal Gang a Makee Uppy thing to be fair...

    I dunno how in the feck they got in. Encountered 2 of them after they crashed over a bollard in west Perth.


  • #86
    elastico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,592 ✭✭✭elastico


    The Aussie wrote: »
    And the Perth Stabbing (dont know how far back it happened but case was within the past 6 Months)
    So that makes 5 over a fair timeframe, still not up there with master criminals yet.

    Edit: can't believe we almost forgot about this piece of human feces.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057154321
    Just sneaks in under the 12 month radar although his offences were well before hand and he was only there hanging around being a bad smell, should have gone waaaayyyy earlier.
    So upto 6. With an extended timeline once again.

    Although I would not call the deportation of a Criminal Gang a Makee Uppy thing to be fair...

    The 26 irish is only a newspaper article for now, if it becomes a court case with names and details etc. I would include it.

    The stabbing was a couple of years back, we need 1 incident a week, even if we count them all we are still only at 6.

    Th


  • #87
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    elastico wrote: »
    we need 1 incident a week, even if we count them all we are still only at 6.

    You fellas over there really need to pull your finger out to be honest, your not living upto expectations if all you can muster is 6 incidents over a number of years...


  • #88
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    elastico wrote: »
    I bet you'd struggle to come up with 10 relevant links for Irish behaving badly over the last year, not to mind the 50 or so you suggest.

    Here we go with the justification again. Why is 10 the magic number, what type of selective criteria suggests that if the number of incidents is less than ten (which it isn't) somehow that's ok?


  • #89
    elastico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,592 ✭✭✭elastico


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    Here we go with the justification again. Why is 10 the magic number, what type of selective criteria suggests that if the number of incidents is less than ten (which it isn't) somehow that's ok?

    You opened a thread making a claim that there are almost weekly incidents of irish causing havoc in Australia.

    So far we are able to find about 2 or at a stretch 3 incidents a year, which makes them quite rare

    Are you in a position to back up you claim of 50 or so incidents a year or not?


  • #90
    aido79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭aido79


    elastico wrote: »
    You opened a thread making a claim that there are almost weekly incidents of irish causing havoc in Australia.

    So far we are able to find about 2 or at a stretch 3 incidents a year, which makes them quite rare

    Are you in a position to back up you claim of 50 or so incidents a year or not?

    Hope he doesn't start a thread about the Irish causing trouble in Ireland :-P


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  • #91
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    aido79 wrote: »
    Hope he doesn't start a thread about the Irish causing trouble in Ireland :-P

    Don't know about that, there is a poster on this forum constantly crying about the mayhem and chaos the Australians cause in Australia... Oh and roid abuse, don't forget about the roid abuse :rolleyes:
    Pathetic really...


  • #92
    catbear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭catbear


    I forgot to mention the meth abuse too.


  • #93
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    elastico wrote: »
    You opened a thread making a claim that there are almost weekly incidents of irish causing havoc in Australia.

    So far we are able to find about 2 or at a stretch 3 incidents a year, which makes them quite rare

    Are you in a position to back up you claim of 50 or so incidents a year or not?

    Here's another one to add to the list 07/01/2015: Irish man denied bail in Sydney for setting fire to Christmas tree http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/irish-man-denied-bail-in-sydney-for-setting-fire-to-christmas-tree-1.2057548


  • #94
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    catbear wrote: »
    I forgot to mention the meth abuse too.

    Been a while since you were in The Zombie Towns Dublin, Cork, Waterford ect, ect hey :rolleyes:

    I actually have more time for people who don't like a place and decide it's not for them than somebody who stays somewhere they don't like putting a price tag on their morals, happiness and time, just being bitter and making a fool of themselves... Life's to short for that craic, each to their own hey.


  • #95
    v638sg7k1a92bx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,913 ✭✭✭v638sg7k1a92bx


    An email to all members of St Finbarr’s GFC club claims that Perth police are “extremely unhappy and appalled by the antisocial behaviour which is taking place all too often on the streets and in the pubs across Perthâ€.


    http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/australian-police-ask-gaa-clubs-to-assist-over-drunken-irish-in-perth-26851821.html


  • #96
    catbear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭catbear


    Slideways wrote: »
    I dunno how in the feck they got in. Encountered 2 of them after they crashed over a bollard in west Perth.
    The gang dealing in in stolen generators a decade ago were all on whv which don't require police clearence. However there are children involved here so it will interesting to see which visa was used.


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  • #97
    catbear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭catbear


    The Aussie wrote: »
    Been a while since you were in The Zombie Towns Dublin, Cork, Waterford ect, ect hey :rolleyes:

    I actually have more time for people who don't like a place and decide it's not for them than somebody who stays somewhere they don't like putting a price tag on their morals, happiness and time, just being bitter and making a fool of themselves... Life's to short for that craic, each to their own hey.

    Totally agree. I know plenty of Aussies bitching and moaning about Perth but they wouldn't swap it for east coast wages (although that's rapidly changing).


  • #98
    aido79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭aido79


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    An email to all members of St Finbarr’s GFC club claims that Perth police are “extremely unhappy and appalled by the antisocial behaviour which is taking place all too often on the streets and in the pubs across Perthâ€.


    http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/australian-police-ask-gaa-clubs-to-assist-over-drunken-irish-in-perth-26851821.html
    You're really clutching at straws now...just give it up please. You don't live in Australia and you are talking about stuff you know very little about and which should not really concern you because you live on the other side of the world.


  • #99
    Testament1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭Testament1


    Ellie Slimy Puddle wrote: »
    Here we go with the justification again. Why is 10 the magic number, what type of selective criteria suggests that if the number of incidents is less than ten (which it isn't) somehow that's ok?

    That poster, like other posters in this thread, isn't actually attempting to justify anything. What he's actually doing is calling you out on your sensationalist views of the Irish in Australia.

    Yes there are some troublemakers here and they get deadly with by the law. Does anyone here condone their behaviour? No. Does anyone here feel embarrassed or negatively affected by the behaviour of these people? Absolutely f*cling not. We have no reason to get worked up by what people we don't even know get up to. Do we Irish have a bad name in Australia because of this? Possibly to a few Aussies, but would you really want the approval of someone who writes off a nation of millions based on the actions of a handful??

    This thread can probably be locked given the OP is blatantly being willfully stubborn about trying to sensationalise a non story. (Maybe a job on A Current Affair awaits them??!!).


  • #100
    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    Mod : if I lock it another thread along the same lines will pop up. They have for the last 6 years.


  • #101
    The Aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭The Aussie


    catbear wrote: »
    Totally agree. I know plenty of Aussies bitching and moaning about Perth but they wouldn't swap it for east coast wages (although that's rapidly changing).

    I know a Car Salesman....

    He wants to work at the Car Yard across the road...

    I think he is a waste of space, he stays where he is unhappy, hates everyone, trolls the internet to make up for his insecurities and his wife ain't the best looking either, LOL


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