Things you hate about Irish culture

There is nothing wrong with a police Force that police by consent. What's easier for everyone, a guard who apologies and says 'sure what can I do' or a guard who shouts at ya and says' you broke the law asshole '

Always easier to catch bees with honey rather than vinegar

Didn't say there was. There's a culture in the AGS that is the problem. Apologising for enforcement is a step too far though. Way too far. Remember this is the country where a very decent man was called disgusting for being a whistle-blower by the head of AGS.. We should expect far higher standards and we don't get them. You may be fine with these low standards but I'm not. That's something I hate about irish culture.

It's the culture so it transcends both.

Well, your opinion, is just that. Gardai treat most people like they are decent people, unless they prove otherwise.

Having lived abroad and come back again I appreciate a lot of things about Ireland. Things I don't like though.

Bouncy Castle Catholics: People still hanging onto Catholic religion despite not really believing or practicing it or attending mass but they'll still get kids christened, and get communion etc

People still vote for Fianna Fail after Charlie Haughey and 2008 crash.

Driving:Poor standard as evidenced with how the majority of people think it's ok to drive in the middle lane of M50

Negativity:People like to run the country down, say it's a kip. Saying Dublin is a kip. Saying we have a third world health service. None of which is true.

Littering: Compared to other countries, Ireland seems really bad at this.

Virgin Media TV, Practically everything on it is rubbish daytime UK TV,

the health service at the ‘point of delivery’ is generally good, especially from a patient perspective.

But the insane waiting lists and abject lack of attainable public physical rehabilitative treatments available to outpatients…. It’s pretty third world….I found out first hand.

In terms of waiting lists up to recently and I’d wager still… Ireland had / has the worst waiting lists in the entire EU….. no good if the people/treatments/procedures and facilities are very good, if you have to wait an inordinate period of time to get them…. Rehabilitative results are not only influenced by the quality of treatment but the speed at which it can be attained following the medical event / onset of illness…

Culturally we just especially if we haven’t had to really rely on it are.. “ are sure, same everywhere “

None of this will work unless the population have a decent attitude though. Or are fined properly for littering.

I think there are too many folk in Ireland with no civic pride and will chuck their rubbish at their arses the first chance they get.

For a country that prides itself about its natural beauty ... people are incrediblely ignorant about nature. People don't know the difference between hares and rabbits; completely ignorant that a Buzzard is flying over their heads; could not tell a Jackdaw from a Rook; etc etc. And it's not just city people, country people are just as ignorant. We have a handful of Owl species, they could all be wiped out tomorrow, and it'd be a little story in the news, beneath some face paining story or something. I would say 50% of the country could not name the late late show owl's species, even though it's been there for decades.

We are so ignorant and uncaring, that if a bird is injured then there is one place it seems in the entire country to help that bird, even if it's a sea bird, and it's Kildare Animal Rescue. You would think an island nation would have some places specifically geared towards marine animals; and not funnel everything to a charity in land locked Kildare.

What a **** ignorant nature blind country we are. The only animals we care about are the ones we can make money off of.

Adults rightly have a choice, and they almost all choose to have nothing to do with it as soon as they leave school. But we still think it's OK to waste kids' limited time in school on it whether they or their parents want it or not.

We also like to think of ourselves as a technologically advanced country but spend more time teaching religion than science… and aren't even an associate member of CERN.

i think thats less about irish culture and more 'why dont more people have an interest in the same things a me' to be honest

People who are Gaelgoirs often get very emotional when people dislike or are indifferent to Irish, resorting to a tirade of insults and questioning your nationality or why you live here at all.

They have a niche interest and get bent out shape when they encounter people don't have the same enthusiasm. I think if the emotion was taken out, there could finally be a grown up conversation about how well or otherwise the language is faring.

And the pointy-headed element who go out of their way to condescendingly correct people trying to learn it, a real turn off.

Sorry but Gaeilgeoirs make up a tiny % of the population and are hardly a major influence on the country.

I think it's a pity how Irish is not our language anymore and its loss has taken away a lot of our identity. Learnt from living abroad that most of the world thinks that Ireland is British and part of UK and this mainly stems from us speaking English and Irish language being unknown.

Irish language should be part of our culture as it's a major part of our history and make up and even affects how we speak English and I would not encourage it to be forgotten or view it as having a narrow or old fashioned view of Irish culture as you claim.

Do you not think we just need to teach Irish in a better way? we aren't stupid people who cant learn a language. I would have no interest in learning any other language other than Irish.

I really dislike "Irish" people who hate their own language, west brits or American wannabes who hate their own culture.

The predicable insults...

People aren't stupid, they just have no interest. They are indifferent. Like you have no interest in learning Chinese.

Can you not get that? You can't force people to do what you want.

Why do you hate your native language? why the rage?

My first language is English, we are not in a gaeltacht. There is no rage, I'm indifferent to it.

I choose not to use it as it is of no use to me. Language is a tool, why would I choose a tool that's harder to use and I can only use in limited circumstances?

You do you, you are free to speak it, just as I am free to choose not to. I'm not a gatekeeper of notions of Irishness.

Please point out where I said that. You're the one both getting triggered and putting words in someone's mouth.

Like I said you are free to speak it, knock yourself out, I don't care.

The refusal to accept, that like most small countries, Ireland is a "City State". There is absolutely nothing wrong with having one dominant city - in fact its very efficient. All the constant policies about dencentralisation are doing is destroying our wonderful countryside and have resulted in an underfunded capital city without basic infrastructure. We would be much better having a strong/vibrand large city with a strong and sustainable rural landscape a short drive away.