A sad St. Patrick’s Day - Irish continue to leave in search of employment

Just been on skype to Ireland. They tell me that of the dozen or so bands in the Dublin St Patrick's Day parade, one will be Irish. Catch it while there's time folks, the day is fast approaching when there'll be no Irish participation in the Dublin parade.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE DONT KNOW WHATS AHEAD, I WAS IN CANADA 35 YEARS AND MISSED SO MUCH AT HOME IN IRELAND,BIRTHDAYS,CHRISTMAS,ETC. ITS A LIFETIME PRICE TO PAY. THE BLOODY GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ON TRIAL FOR THIS.

George, as usual, you are spot on with this subject. Some people just refuse to see reality. It's nice to know I'm not the only sane one out there.

The difference between this and previous waves of Irish emigration is that now, for the first time, there are replacements flooding into Ireland. For every young Irish person who leaves, there's a young Pakistani, Moroccan, Poles, Moldovan or any of a hundred nationalities streaming in to occupy and settle Ireland. It's like the great landgrabs of the nineteenth century in our country e.g Oklahoma. The effect of this is clear--the Irish people will be in a minority in their own ancient homeland within a decade or two. Already one in four babies born in Ireland is born to a migrant mother. Irish Americans who have never been to the land of their forefathers should try to go now--it won't be Ireland in a few more years.