Fed up with jokes about 'stupid Irish' people?

Maybe a bit over sensitive. I would try not to let it bother you so much. I’m Irish and that type of thing doesn’t especially bother me, but tbf I’m in Ireland so don’t have to deal with it. Plenty of negative things get said about the English where I’m from and I can tell you they are a lot worse than what you describe.

Yes, that's what I think, are 'Irish jokes' like this still a thing!

My English inlaws are banned from my house by their own son for their disgusting anti Irish comments. But they swear they aren't anti Irish 🙄

However that’s just regional prejudice and stereotyping- the thick Irish shit needs calling out!

Yup I tick so many boxes 😂 Welsh grandparents, Irish dad, Irish name, scouser!

first day in my new job in the midlands- we’ve counted all the hubcaps in the car park, calm down calm down etc 🙄

I agree. My paternal grandparents were Irish so I guess that's why Irish "jokes" hit a nerve with me but, to be honest, any racist joke gets me down. Or any joke that mocks people's perceived differences. It's just lazy & stupid.

Eg: Mark Wood, an England cricketer with a NE accent (most people would say Geordie but I don't think he is, actually) being interviewed and afterwards the commentator said "I didn't understand a word he said" which was just a stupid lie, said for a cheap laugh (& incidentally, he wouldn't have said that about a Jamaican accent or an Indian one). It just gets me down, this moronic attitude.

And thieving jokes about scousers.

This is a problem with racist people. Call it out.
As a side note - as an English person I genuinely don't have any derogatory feelings towards Irish people. I see them as neighbours and the ones I know personally are all lovely and I'd never have a bad word to say about them. I was surprised to find out that there is still so much racism. It really doesn't make any sense to me. I would definitely be laughing at that person and snigger that they are so out of touch they think that's a good joke nowadays. Embarrass the fuck out of them.

As a 2nd generation Irish woman I call it out and ask those saying it if they'd repeat an equally derogatory comment/joke to any other race or is it because the Irish are an easy target and good for a laugh?!

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As someone who is both Irish and has an IQ measured in the high 170s I recognise all the "tick fockin Oirish" shite for what it is, and ignore it. Much better for the blood pressure.

YANBU, at uni I wrote research paper on the othering of Irish people and why racism against Irish people is still socially acceptable.

I'd say something to your manager and, if you don't get a satisfactory response, to their manager. The only way to stamp it out is to challenge it.

The irony, of course, is that the Irish population has for some time been much better educated than the British.

Oh, and she's 80. I've not really heard Irish comments from anyone below that age for years.

How so many people still don’t realise these jokes are inappropriate is totally beyond me. YANBU.

I would have called it out - just posted an update on work policies. My Mil makes Irish comments despite knowing my ancestry. I just refuse to acknowledge her comments but, at work, you have HR on your side.

You’re not oversensitive. It’s like “Taffy” and sheep shagger jokes about the Welsh.

As an actual Irish person, i don't really expect any different from most British people. But at this stage I'm not sure how much I care. Its just the last gasps of an dying empire really. We're ahead of the uk in education, and happiness and most metrics that matter. If people have to try to pretend to be superior to Irish people to feel like they matter, whatever.

You're not oversensitive at all. Racism of any kind is deplorable.