Comments by "qo92" (@qo92) on "What Mass Immigration is Doing to IRELAND - Michael Murphy (4K)" video.

  1. Katy, you're in your 60s - in your opinion, when was Ireland at its greatest in your lifetime and why?
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  2. No, the majority of people in Ireland, silent or not, stand much more with Palestine than Israel. The Irish are able to distinguish between support for an oppressed people, who also suffered the hands of the Black and Tans, than an attack on the Jewish faith. Being against the state of Israel's actions and their occupation of Palestinian lands is not anti-Semitic in Ireland. In other countries you get cancelled so quickly for even questioning Israel's actions and policies.
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  3. Perhaps in five years time, but not for now.
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  4. It'll be grand.
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  5.  @brandyhaywood6256  No one is stopping this. And the PR-STV system allows for smaller parties and independent voices. But to date, there has been no widespread appetite for Reform like parties. The Irish have Aontu and Independent Ireland, that's about as close as it gets. And those parties have many left leaning fiscal policies, so not quite like Reform. The pool of voters you see voting for a Reform-like party actually tend vote for the socialist and far left parties like Sinn Fein or People before Profit. The Irish underclass will sooner vote left not right.
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  6.  @itsahoaxfolks  There is no serious discussion over the validity of the votes or how secure they are kept. The final results were more or less in line with the exit polls - if the votes were tampered with on a wide scale basis the exit polls would be very different. It's not like the election in Georgia.
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  7. Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be.
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  8.  @noelfleming3567  The Irish are much freer without the Catholic Church calling all the shots.
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  9. The people don't want real change. You need to accept that.
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  10.  @unahanlon7562  Who is 'they' and how do you import votes? The votes as usual very very spread out, no one party got much more than 20%.
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  11.  @memitim171  I observe the results of the election. Anyway, people say they want change but what they really want is for their own situation to be improved with as little change as possible.
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  12. It is way better now than it was in the 80s.
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  13.  @isabelmoreno159  Employers don't really care about the religion so long as they are skilled and have good English.
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  14. Don't forget... Byzantium was pagan Roman city before it was a Christian city, and was doing quite well for a long time like that. Don't forget... Byzantium was a pagan Greek city before it was a Roman city. Don't forget... Byzantium was a Persian city before it was taken over by the Greeks. It really doesn't matter much than Byzantium was once a Christian city. Istanbul is a nice place to visit now with plenty of history, markets, wonderful buildings, friendly people and tasty food.
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  15.  @memitim171  There these things call history books which explain much of what you ponder.
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  16. As the old Irish proverb goes, scriostar gach trácht a scríobhaim nach dtacaíonn leis an Rúis.
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  17.  @paddioche  No it wasn't and you've no evidence to prove it was.
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  18.  @jamiemohan2049  Incorrect - people who don't vote makes other people's votes more important. It doesn't go to the current govt.
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  19.  @Lemonbonbon  Respectfully, there is Ireland and Northern Ireland. There was a Southern Ireland, briefly, at one point, but that got fixed.
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  20. Why don't you email D/TCAGSM with your ideas so?
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  21.  @trevaudio  In fairness, Roderic will remain as a TD and is still caretaker minister in D/CEDIY, is he not?
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  22.  @MrPaulorange  Fair play to you for preventing a spoiled ballot.
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  23. All religion is.
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  24. patently untrue..lots of yanks still visit ireland. dollar versus euro has much more to do with it
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  25. How many is too many? 500,000? 100,000? 50,000? 10,000?
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  26. It's quite transparent. It's easy to become a candidate and the votes are counted in an open forum. You don't even need to be rich to succeed, elections in Ireland are not the massive productions like in the USA.
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  27. The battle babuskas are online today...
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  28.  @dustthatsings6406  Russian propaganda is in full effect. Every time you read "At the same time the Irish are supporting EU against Russia instead of aligning with Russia against the EU" you know it's some Kremlin backed battle babushka spamming the comments.
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  29.  @ytsm  In NI there is mostly a two way spit along religious (RC vs Protestant) lines which, in the past anyway, were a good indication on opinions of whether NI should remain as part of the UK or for Ireland to reunify. In Belgium the split is along linguistic lines. French vs Flemish (Dutch). There's a smaller German pocket too but that's not really an issue.
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  30. The very recent general election results show that the vast majority of voters in Ireland have rejected the anti-immigration rhetoric of the far right and fringe ethno-nationalistic candidates.
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  31.  @ytsm  PR is not why it takes so long to form a govt in Belgium. It is a split country that gives Northern Ireland a run for it's money in terms of being unable to form a govt.
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  32. Culture evolves.
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  33. pro-palestines but not antisemites
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  34.  KK24KK24-r9x  I think he is differentiating between Islam (religion) and Islamism (ideology). Still, it's a bit of stretch to say there is NO Islamism. They may be some, but it isn't a problem at the moment.
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  35. The place was lively but a bit of a pig sty. The ground was thick with the mushed up packaging of the fruit. Sellers would frequently rip you off if they detected a foreign accent, accidentally giving you back a few old 10p instead of pound coins in the early 90s. You had to count your change every time. I do kinda miss it though...
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  36.  @SilentEire  Or a big harp.
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  37. They need to be popular. The public doesn't.
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  38. No bulbs.
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  39.  @womanbread  Ah it's a great day out. I've known many people who got their citizenship and are now proud to be Irish.
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  40. Many will concur with you on that, no doubt.
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  41. Well, did you follow the money? Care to tell us who it is?
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  42. it's much more complicated than left vs right. you are wasting your time viewing irish politics through a polarised lens
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  43. What on earth are you talking about? Ireland never voted to leave the EU. You are not making sense.
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  44. Camoflage - you appear to have a problem with Ireland's stance on your homeland. Are you concerned about the forthcoming collapse of the economy there? 106 to the $ today, tsk tsk tsk. Great operative name btw, something that is hidden in plain sight.
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  45. Are we taking babies name or people in general? In Ireland Muhammed is way down the ranking (in 2023), like below #60. Jack, Noah, James, Rían and Oisín were the top 5.
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  46. Fighting for dreams never quite works out the way you think.
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  47. at the moment, putin
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  48. Not in Ireland it isn't.
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  49. That's a bit sexist, no? Women are well able too.
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  50. Thanks @Padraig50, you make everyone else's votes 'stronger' by you not voting.
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  51.  @Padraig50  When was it ever a good time for Ireland?
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  52. Yes.
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  53. This will keep happening until there is a credible alternative.
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  54. Jointly.
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  55. She'd hardly have turned up for a protest in Ireland.
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  56. Ye go there for the weather.
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  57. Used to be a pagan country...
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  58. "We cannot vote our way out of this" -- eh, what are you suggesting then?
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  59.  @camouflageartist8897  In simple terms, Russia are the the bad guys at present.
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  60.  @thereaper1033  How and who specifically did RTE slander?
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  61.  @cezarysudol  That's a misplaced notion. The last big fight was in 1923 and that was the Irish fighting amongst themselves.
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  62. Leo was more Irish than Dev.
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  63. Don't send them to a Gaelscoil then! 😀
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  64. And that was just in George Galloway...
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  65.  @declancooney1029  So, you are an economic migrant.
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  66. @Rachel-z5u7y how can you suggest that when ireland is giving russia the cold shoulder?
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  67.  @r.c.obrien4595  You, surprisingly, are giving the government far more credit than is deserved!
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  68. Would you even be allowed to stay in Ireland? Do you need a visa?
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  69. so funny to see these comments. leo is vilified by the left for being a right wing capitalist, soft on the brits and with conservative values who leads the irish equivalent of the tory party. the brits think he is a firebrand republican and the right think he's a hyper woke traitor. poor old leo!
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  70.  @tiadepadul  "We Ourselves". Which sounds like some woke pronouns to me: we/ourselves :goodvibes:
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  71. I didn't learn to drive there myself personally, but getting lessons is important.
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  72.  @angeladempsey4702  Don't search for it wardy! They are tracking you...
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  73. Take back? The govt don't have them to take back. You do realise that around 95% primary schools in Ireland are owned by religious institutions (ie. RC Church and C of I). The govt need to take these schools OFF the churches in the first place.
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  74.  @collydub1987  It certainly does!
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  75.  @collydub1987  It certainly does. This one will probably gone soon too.
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  76. Did you get your citizenship in Ireland yet?
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  77.  @foreignwarren7361  After 20 years resident you will be entitled get your citizenship in Ireland and then you'll be able to vote in the general elections to stop other Africans from coming 🧐
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  78. I knew those riots were justified!
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  79. Quite the opposite - PR-STV aids smaller parties and independents. No party in Ireland is bigger than about 20% at the moment.
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  80. Got rid of them a while back.
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  81. ​ @olibertosoto5470 Well at least you are not a flat earther.
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  82.  @antaibhshaglas3737  Well, he's not saying it was a causal reason. One might also argue it's gotten worse since Ireland stopped winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
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  83. Let's just go back to the 70s in Ireland when there were no brown people and it was all peaceful.
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  84. And sure wasn't it old Al Kwharismi himself who invented Algebra. Do the math!
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  85. The Irish diaspora has.
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  86.  @jansoltes971  Never left! Thanks for the heads up. Browsing the stats on data.cso.ie now. Very interesting, it does look like recorded crime incidents for sexual assaults quite a bit up than from the early 2000s.
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  87. Nothing wrong with eating spuds.
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  88. Compared to when?
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  89. It also means smaller parties can add 'flavour' to the mix. Whether right wing (PDs) or left (Labour or the Green) the smaller parties can steer the bigger parties. Without PR Ireland would just bounce from left to right, and further each time. Society would be more polarised. Cross party agreement would be lessened. PR STV lets the votes more finely express their wishes. Remember, it's not just about political parties, it's about selecting a bunch of representatives in your local multi seat constituency. Irish votes get to chose the specific representatives they have from the ballot paper, picking and choosing between candidates from similar or different parties. You like a party running 3 candidates but 1 of them is an idiot? No problem, vote the other two 1, 2 in order or preference, some other half decent candidates 3, 4, 5 and 6 before returning to the candidate you had issues with. You give them a 7 and then continue ranking the other candidates in reverse order of who is least bad. It's great! The only people who moan about PR STV are either from outside the country or occasionally one of the medium sized parties (FF) who would much rather have a big overall majority.
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  90. We got free EU roaming on our phones. And USB-C chargers as standard. That alone makes it worth it.
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  91.  @mashenka6189 The Irish have had the PR for a very long time. It won't end up like Malta.
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  92.  @lmaololovsky  Sorry, I don't know which riots you are referring to lmaolovsky. Dealing with riots in Ireland without firearms on both sides is a very different affair to dealing with riots where the police are fully armed.
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  93. Nordies have had much bigger fish to fry
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  94.  @annegalway4371  I am glad to hear that Anne.
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  95.  @greyfriars6540  Well, I can't take all the credit for Ireland's turn around 😛
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  96.  @camouflageartist8897  And that is right and proper.
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  97.  @stitchlover633  A lot of the rioters were out to cause trouble, not genuine protesters. The country needs the security forces take a firmer hand with criminal vandals and looters who aren't genuine protesters.
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  98. He got in by the skin of his teeth, and is now pretty much an independent. Like most of the Greens, I think they get blamed (unfairly!) for all the ills of this world. They mean well and are less corrupt than many other parties bit their socially liberal views are like a lightning rod to enraged conservative commentators. I feel sorry for them when they get harassed and abused though, that kind of behaviour is intolerable.
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  99. I think your culture is incompatible with nearly everyone else's.
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  100.  @memitim171  True that.
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  101. Conscription age in Ukraine is for males 25 to 55. I estimate about 20% of the arrivals from Ukraine are in this category (rough glance at the CSO June 2024 figures). This would mean around 15,000 men of conscriptable age (though not necessarily condition) remain in Ireland. It would make a difference for sure, but not a huge one. The Russian side is losing around 1,500 men a day for reference.
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  102. They literally have not.
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  103.  @lloydbraun6026  I asked a man and he said they weren't rigged.
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  104. At least Burger King stays open after 5pm.
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  105.  @plusultra6199  America stole Texas from Texas in 1845.
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  106. Are you going to do something about that or just give up hope?
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  107. demonetisation
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  108. @inebriatedfowl3197  In common with most Irish people so.
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  109.  KK24KK24-r9x  No they weren't.
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  110.  KK24KK24-r9x  not
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  111. Guide dogs are allowed. So, that trumps religion.
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  112.  @281992pdr  Nathan Robinson
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  113.  @281992pdr  Nathan Robinson is one.
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  114.  @281992pdr  N J Robinson was cancelled.
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  115.  @281992pdr  Guardian journalist.
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  116.  @BabyLovesDisco_xo  They are certainly fairly silent but they are not the majority. Prove it otherwise.
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  117.  @BabyLovesDisco_xo  i wrote that the majority, silent or not, support Palestine. it is quite clear the vocal majority in ireland support Palestine
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  118.  @LeMerch  Some nice food for sure.
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  119.  @Intheuk  And they never will.
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  120. Kevin, lots of pubs are closing but not because the population is increasing. There are many reasons for that, including drink driving being increasingly frowned upon.
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  121. Yeah, no. That's not great for Irish neutrality.
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  122.  @MontyVFD  Face it MontyVFD, you are in the minority. Most people in Ireland do not want a revolution. And the days of being under the Catholic yoke are gone. The diktats from the Pope in Rome mean naff all to the majority of Irish people now. The church's day is over. They are closing them down one at a time. What the Irish want is housing. Plain and simple. Lots more houses and at an affordable price. Everything else is manageable, yes, even the healthcare system. Not great, but manageable.
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  123.  @MonaLisa-lu8zi  Nobody credible is saying that. Maybe people said it to themselves in the shower, to a potted plant or to their cat. Doesn't mean it's the slightest bit true.
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  124.  @joysachs9032  OR maybe not.
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  125.  @Glenda-px4we  That's loser talk. Go and get involved in politics if you to want make an alternative option.
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  126. Ireland is not yet that polarised.
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  127. All of what you experienced is exactly that same. Except you'll probably only get one free pint of the Guinness Storehouse tour now.
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  128. The diaspora will, again.
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  129. That's... a good thing, no? Or did you mean sheep?
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  130. What does that even mean?
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  131. I've heard of comparing apples with oranges but comparing islands with brushes is new to me.
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  132.  @Lemonbonbon Hmmm, the shinners love the bankers, especially the Northern Bank with its express withdrawal service.
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  133. not jew haters, just very critical of israel. big difference
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  134.  @mountainsdaughtermedicine  It's still democracy if everyone wants the same things. There are no free-ponies and anti-gravity parties. That'd be cool to have, but it doesn't mean it's not democracy because I can't have it.
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  135.  @Lemonbonbon  Southern Ireland as a state was a real thing. My granny was born there. It didn't last long. The "Republic of Ireland" is a non-official name of Ireland.
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  136. @SmcdMcd-d2k  We all knew it was coming. Hardly a snap election.
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  137.  @SmcdMcd-d2k  Elections in Ireland aren't about getting what you want. The PR-STV system lets you rank candidates from worst to least worst, so at least you get the lesser of multiple evils and keep the absolute freaks and criminals out of parliament.
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  138. Tried that, didn't end well.
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  139.  @JohnBlessingPaligap  I wonder what the sheep count to fall asleep? People? Russians KIA in Ukraine would work too (that's one's for auld Camo there)
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  140. He has certainly lowered the bar on many issues for sure.
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  141. Finland?
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  142. More like 15% are not Irish. 10% are white (UK, USA, EU etc) and the other 5% is what is causing many to get their knickers in a twist about.
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  143. Even if they did that, people would still think it sucked, guaranteed.
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  144. No thanks, that church promotes, shall we say 'challenging' beliefs such as celebrating cannibalism via transubstantiation. Imagery of death and torture became their central logo motif. Telling children they will be cursed to eternal damnation unless they disclose their mortal sins (such as masturbation or missing mass or missing mass because they were masturbating) in a sacrament of penance to some bloke who calls himself a priest. It's all quite odd indeed when you think about it.
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  145. Isn't being in the EU great!
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  146. 1740 was one. Look up the meaning of the word, and the date.
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  147. it wasn't the biggest issue. housing is. and there were no credible answers to that either
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  148. That is an insult to Satanism.
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  149. O M G are you joking? The amount of post-colonial victimhood that goes on in Ireland would sicken you.
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  150. Hopefully it won't come to that, inshallah.
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  151. It would be far less charming to live in a country where Muslims were barred from entering.
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  152. Are you including all the nappies and baby products?
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  153. It's a common enough expression. Maybe not used too much recently.
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  154. What point are you trying to make?
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  155.  @typetwo  I wouldn't hold out for YT to be a free and fair and transparent forum. a) it's a private service that makes it own rules and b) most of the people using it are not paying for it, so don't really have any rights other than those rights people/entities have in general (eg. copyright protections or GDPR privacy rights). It is however a virtual monopoly in the video sharing space, none of its competitors come anywhere near it, so I'm sure the likes of the EU's DSA for VLOPs will have something to day about it all... I'm always in two minds about this. It's a private platform so they have a right to do what they like with it -- that's real freedom. Freedom of speech isn't affected because people are free to set up their own platforms. On the other hand, the argument that people are free to set up their own platforms is not realistic, so do VLOPs need rules to make them fair? Is forcing rules on platforms impeding free speech?
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  156. @BanIslam-j6p 5 is too few.
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  157. Sure we can - do they have any special rights? How many generations back living in one place counts as indigenous? DNA tests?
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  158. When was that?
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  159.  @encouragesolutions2595  I miss the pre-Brexit days too. Life was easier in Ireland!
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  160. Did it work?
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  161. Well, England let an awful lot of Irish in....
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  162.  @camouflageartist8897  Ireland is supporting the right side in that issue.
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  163.  @DirtyGooch69  I keep reading this assertion. People need to stop feeling sorry for their ancestors, it gets them nowhere.
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  164.  @MDM1992  Exile of who?
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  165.  @typetwo  There has been a lot of disappearing going on in the comments - you aren't the only one this is happening to.
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  166.  @MsGreenmermaid  I wouldn't hold your breath on that.
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  167. It's too hot there.
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  168.  @Logans3Run  I gave some facts and you retorted with a gentle insult. That's ok though, at least you used a hammer and wrench instead of a hammer and sickle to prod me.
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  169. The Irish culture needs to adapt and improve. It's had many crappy aspects in the past but will happily add new features. It's a strong, fair culture that immigrants end up absorbing - integration with diversity not multiculturalism in ghettos. The Irish way of life is picked up quickly by newcomers and their children will soon be speaking a củpla focail and picking up a hurl, no matter what their skin colour or religion.
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  170. But do you love Ireland?
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  171.  @Logans3Run  To put everyone's fears at rest, here are the top 299 boys names ranked in order: Jack, Noah, James, Rían, Oisín, Fionn, Tadhg, Liam, Cillian, Daniel, Finn, Conor, Charlie, Seán, Michael, Leo, Theo, Thomas, Patrick, Luke, Tommy, Oliver, Adam, Harry, Luca, Darragh, Alex, Bobby, Cian, Oscar, John, Max, Ryan, Páidí, Jamie, Ben, Kai, Ollie, Tom, Matthew, Dylan, Callum, Sonny, Sam, Ethan, Alfie, David, Alexander, Mason, Caelan, Aaron, Arlo, Danny, Shay, Billy, Jake, Hugo, Evan, Lucas, Jacob, Nathan, Donnacha, Muhammad, Freddie, Teddy, Joseph, William, Theodore, Jayden, Arthur, Joshua, Benjamin, Archie, Rory, Eoin, Mark, Cathal, Frankie, Daithí, Leon, Ronan, Logan, Robert, Martin, Isaac, Senan, Odhrán, Aidan, Louis, Samuel, Tomás, Ruairí, Henry, Joey, Jude, Dara, Zach, Paddy, Éanna, Kyle, Dáithí, Cody, Anthony, Elijah, George, Gabriel, Shane, Josh, Eli, Rian, Christopher, Rowan, Blake, Brody, Eoghan, Tiernan, Ciarán, Dáire, Myles, Jackson, Iarlaith, Caolán, Odhran, Sean, Kayden, Jaxon, Conall, Milo, Beau, Peter, Cormac, Sebastian, Tadgh, Jesse, Harrison, Louie, Ted, Kevin, Fiachra, Riley, Eric, Caleb, Jordan, Hudson, Cían, Andrew, Hugh, Levi, Casey, Lorcan, Reuben, Naoise, Iarla, Cuán, Killian, Cameron, Séamus, Tyler, Matteo, Séimí, Shea, Elliot, Austin, Robin, Hunter, Nicholas, Leonardo, Carter, Bodhi, Ezra, Ruadhán, Marcus, Donagh, Harvey, Roman, Faolán, Edward, Jonah, Cooper, Mateo, Zack, Zachary, Elliott, Ruben, Aiden, Teidí, Rhys, Daire, Luka, Finley, Paudie, Gearóid, Brian, Jason, Kian, Brodie, Enzo, Joe, Lennon, Johnny, Axel, Grayson, Jonathan, Conan, Robbie, Ibrahim, Cole, Julian, Zayn, Seán Óg, Senán, Zac, Flynn, Fíonn, Owen, Keelan, Miles, Pádraig, Paul, Niall, Richard, Conn, Dan, Stephen, Scott, Oran, Denis, Hayden, Victor, Felix, Nicolas, Ned, Lochlan, Aodhán, Toby, Tony, Nathaniel, Damian, Luan, Kaiden, Zion, Cúan, Corey, Simon, Jay, Lewis, Ian, Rossa, Bruno, Barra, Carson, Albie, Seánie, Charles, Timothy, Mohammad, Dominic, Francis, Mohammed, Mohamed, Cuan, Elias, Yusuf, Culann, Jaxson, Omar, Caoimhín, Oisin, Colm, Jakub, Adrian, Lukas, Frank, Nikodem, Maximilian, Eddie, Frederick, Keegan, Rayan, Raphael, Ellis, Lachlan, Caiden, Aj, Ruadh, Beauden, Jax, Diarmuid, Christian, Calvin, Brendan, Caolan, Ali, Mikey, Ahmad, Peadar, Aryan, Matei and Ayan.
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  172. And once you get your Irish Citizenship you become Irish.
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  173. pro-palestine is not anti-semitism
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  174.  @blade797  Sounds like you should stay put.
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  175. o gorman not out...
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