To seriously recommend Ireland

I agree.
My other half was pushing me out of the bed on a bank holiday in Ireland to get ahead of the crowds going to be beach. He was confused to find almost no-one else there (west coast).

Yeh because every single person in Ireland is a clone of Brenda. It is usually people of lower intelligence that judge an entire nation based on a bad experience with a handful of people

Im irish and can agree on some points although I dont find it very relaxing. My husband from se england loves it here though and wouldn't ever move back to the UK, especially while our dc are young.

I honestly feel.like I miss something when it comes to Ireland, my least favourite European country. Dublin is bloody awful, the rural areas can't compete with Scotland, and the friendliness must have been taking a week off.

I really liked Leo V as a leader, modern, well spoken, well dressed, articulate and educated as an ex GP he knew people. 🥰

@EmeraldShamrock000 Oops. Sorry yes you are right . From Mumbai .

Leader was a half Egyptian married gay man.
Indian …
It is far from the worst but there is a lot of learning to do and awareness about domestic violence

Come on? Violence against women in the republic of Ireland is a huge problem, everyday some fucker is in court for torture, abuse, burning, scalding, beating his partner/ex partner. That is not counting the women who died, familicide is an issue, son’s beating mothers, murdering their mother or father.
I don’t know why pps aren’t more aware of the violence or are blissfully ignorant about it.
They’re the cases reported.

The violence against women being talked about refers to Northern Ireland figures . However unfortunately the majority of these are domestic violence issues . So being murdered or maimed by their own partners .

I have lived many places including UK and think Ireland is the best . No country is without its world wide issues like housing healthcare, illegal immigration.
You don't live in Ireland for the weather but when it is nice , my God it is beautiful. I also think despite our religious background we are quite tolerant about diversity. First law approving gay marriage in Europe , first to implement plastic bag guidelines , great response to Covid . Leader was a half Egyptian married gay man .

And one of the best sense of humor, is craic on the planet.

Hi Brenda 👋

How'd you know it's fake, you a mind reader?! 😂

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So it’s not under Irish jurisdiction and not policed by an Garda Siochana.

We lived in Ireland for a while and when I was younger I was also engaged to an Irish man. There is certainly a lot to love.
But when we lived there we really struggled to integrate. People were quite hostile sadly where we were and my husband in particular found it really difficult, he was ostracised at work for being English which was very unexpected to me.

We are, but living in Wales I've enough feckin rain do they have to share it so generously here 🤣

Perhaps, but how a person identifies is different from the reality. It is officially part of UK and if you are quoting criminal statistics the jurisdiction is very relevant.

Legally, politically and economically it is part of the UK.

As much as a Unified Ireland is the desire for some for statistics like this it is under the umbrella of the UK .

This very much depends on your politics I guess. Some people very much see it as part of Ireland and some will see it as the UK.

So you are referring to part of the UK then? Not sure how that is relevant to the thread

I think when lots of Irish people say Ireland they generally mean the state also known as the Republic of Ireland, not the island.
I know I do. (The official name of the state is Ireland, not ROI.)

I think it may be different for Irish people in Northern Ireland or indeed for people in the rest of the UK, so we may all be talking a little bit at cross purposes here.

My friend went and said it was like holidaying in a car wash.

Oh right. Under the juristication of the UK government so.

https://www.wrda.net/blog/when-will-northern-ireland-name-femicide

Unfortunately it is not "total bullshit".

It's complete fact. And here's the receipts. It's very worrying.

Northern Ireland is now ranked the second most dangerous place to be a woman in Europe due to how many women are murdered regularly. (Apologies I said most rather than second most in error). We have a significant problem with VAWG.

I get my impressions of Ireland from “Bad Sisters” and my one visit to Dublin 20 years ago.
The people all spoke to one another! It was nice. It seemed to be normal.
I like a little contact with people and a laugh with them, if I can. You can do that with the Irish, the Greeks. Nice. I wouldn’t mind living in Ireland.