Things you hate about Irish culture

At least he was polite enough to bring his own booze. At my uncles wake about 4 people drank the place dry. Add in the 2 or 3 old bachelors who hoovered up every plate of sandwiches that were put down. Then the mess that followed. No, we didn't want a replay of that. Not exactly a good memory to have of a loved one.

There's nothing wrong with supporting English football teams, that wasn't the point of my post.

The same supporters would be shouting "brits out" etc

It's all a bit silly. People getting worked up about people having a preference for a hobby. I'm a football fan and would admittedly enjoy going to games locally, in the UK and on the continent. Makes no difference to me.

I don't actively support anyone bar Wexford Youth but getting your knickers about someone give it the "we" is a bit much.

Litter.

Our policy makers not being educated in urban sociology. Basics like broken window theory.

It's successful teams so Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and a few Manchester City (albeit a lot of their Irish fans are older - I am one). In the 50+ group, you'll see fans of Leeds, Tottenham, Nottingham Forest, West Ham, Aston Villa, Derby, Leicester, QPR. My neighbour started supporting Wimbledon after they won the FA Cup in 1988.

PS - also the immigration point as raised above.

That drives me up the f##king wall and kind of goes with my post earlier.

Considering the sacrifices so many made during the Easter Rising, and war of Independence, and look at the state of O'Connell Street now? It's a kip. Not just the litter, but those random metal monoliths randomly dotted about too.

On litter though, the government sold off licenses for waste collection to private companies, and guess what, we have a litter problem. The companies make up their own rules. Instead of paying for their domestic waste charges, some people fly tip instead.

When I lived abroad, the rubbish collection was paid from taxes and was collected every two days. Here, you have to pay for it and it generally gets collected once a week. And if you miss bin collection day, its another week until it can be collected. And then we wonder why we have seasgulls ripping open bags to get at the rotting fish supper from a week ago.

The government need to accept, that every person in Ireland needs to pee, needs to poop, creates other forms of waste, and needs clean drinking water. Those basics should be covered by the taxes you pay. Many of the now leaky pipes in Dublin were built in Victorian times.

re Wakes, I was at a sort of wake recently, with time limits set and no booze on offer. My father’s cousin was laid out in his own home, had been a genuinely well loved figure in his community. People came, had a cup of tea and some nibbles, joined in a prayer and left when more people arrived, all very civilised.

in general when Irish people view corpses on display there’s quite the limited repertoire of conversation: “she looks very peaceful” I’d generally the limit of it, but I’ve heard surprising things said by people from time to time!

Scunthorpe FC have a supporters club in Ireland. They are called Irish Iron.

https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2024/march/march-2024-calendar-sponsor-irish-iron/

Before my Old Lad died he told me that he wanted a wake at home. He didn't want people commenting on how he looked so asked that the coffin be closed and a nice photo of him on the lid. He was insistent that we not bring him to a funeral home, he hated them. When he died, we kept the wake to 2 hours as that was as long as I was able for but still had people calling after the time, mainly friends who thought we would appreciate the company but deep down I wanted to tell them to FRO. It's a difficult time and i was glad to see most of the people that arrived, we didn't provide drink or sandwiches at the wake, did so after the funeral the following day.

Why can refuse collection not be paid for from normal taxation? You say too many people pay no tax, but thats not strictly true. 21% of practically anything you buy is tax. Duty on alcohol is tax. If you buy property you pay stamp duty, which is tax. If you have a car you pay road tax. You buy a coffee in a cafe for 4 euros, the reason its 4 euros and not 2 euros, is because the cafe is paying 3000 euros a month to the council in rates.

There is plenty of money in the coffers, to make refuse collection available to everyone. So, no more fly tipping. So, public bins get collected regularly. Meaning a cleaner society.

The cult of Irish rugby / rugby fans and the incredulous reaction I've gotten from numerous people over the years when I've said I couldn't care less about the sport or the team. "You're some Irishman" and the like. Get fcuked.