What are your views on Multiculturalism in Ireland? - Threadbanned User List in OP

I did. Multiple times now.

The sheer dishonesty of your posting is astounding. You assign statements to me, make claims about what I supposedly believe or have stated, and then, deny having made them when confronted, even when they're quoted directly from your own posts.

Utterly pathetic manner of posting.

Yup. I'm done now. I thought Bubbly was bad, but you really take the biscuit.

More good news on the permit and stamp front, Helen is doing fantastic work

Did you get a chance to visit any of the wonderful Africa day events around the country?

Great times had by all

How would you know unless you went.

Your post leaves out some issues that massively impacted your list of items i.e. the 2008 crash and covid.

Context is important

Not sure why you picked right in the middle of the biggest economic downturn the country has ever seen as a comparison point. Either way, excluding the 2008 crash dip that lasted until 2014, in terms of spending, the rate of increase has followed the same trajectory up until covid when it shot up.

2019, i.e. right before covid was the most recent surplus. Last year we ran a deficit of 0.1%

All things considered, we didn't do badly in terms of debt, from covid. Its wasn't great, but it could have been a hell of a lot worse. The bulk of our debt comes from the 2008 crash and the years that followed, otherwise our dept was fairly stable up until covid

Trying to make partisan conclusions regarding macro economic factors doesn't work.

Regardless, as you've not indicated a connection, I don't see how any of it ties into the thread topic

Ah I understand, thanks for the clarification, it wasn't apparent from your earlier posts.

Important to note that you should also include the increased wealth & taxes generated by all the extra people, just so your sums are not skewed.

Because with a growing population

comes a growing workforce (highest its ever been)

and a lowering unemployed rate means most everyone coming here is hard at work

and the real numbers of those unemployed are almost at the lowest since before the 2008 crash and would likely be lower than then only for covid

No idea what point you are trying to make

I'd recommend you to explore it. There's often issues with cleanliness and food hygiene (same problems with much Asian cuisine), but generally speaking it's very tasty. There's a lot of cuisines to choose from, although most Africans have the same fascination with "sweet" food. They've had a lot of cultural interaction with the M.East, and Asia, so you'll find a lot of mixed dishes combining a range of elements. A lot of finger food, so a bread of some sort, rice, and a thick sauce like in India. BBQ is very popular, and heavy meat dishes. All in all, recommended. (Just have a box of Rennies nearby, just in case, as meat can sometimes be a little dodgy due to it's preparation, if you're getting something authentic)

As for ingredients, that's not really a problem anymore. Spices are easily gotten from a variety of Indian, or Asian style shops, or delivered online. I get a lot of Malaysian and Indian pastes delivered, same with properly sealed packages for some spices to retain a degree of freshness. Even getting good Chilli's isn't that hard anymore. (And no, that's not a benefit of multiculturalism, but rather a benefit of the internet)