Chinese investment expected to kick-start Irish economy after deal signed

Look at all the annoyed yanks! If the investment was coming from America you'd be telling us that we owe you! Now that its the Chinese youre all pissed off! You tell us youre Irish yet youre American when this kinda topic comes up!

Beep!!Beep!!Beep!!Beep!!~~Negative reading.No intelligent life here yet.

Just remember the old saying...."never trust anyone you can blindfold with an elastic band". Bad move Ireland. What can China give us....spatulas and paint rollers...and what is expected in return TURF.

Chinese immigrants already constitute a sizeable proportion of foreign emigrants to Ireland over the last 10 years. Went into a 'Chipper' (i.e. Italian run fast food ouotlet) on Bray promenade after walking from Greystones in Wicklow. Chinese now own it. But my main grip is. Did the Taoiseach bring up the Tibet issue with the Chinese invaders. Or were Tibetan human rights yet again sacrificed on the alter of economic expediency?

Heather, Ire has been ruined many times over.>>> What level of expertise did our Govt. of school-teachers bring with them I wonder..Did they perhaps read the small print in Mandarin? Frig all is regulated in Ireland - the Chinese will be pleasantly amazed.

Such a shame,I live in the States and see what it has done here.We owe them Billions of dollars.They own half the county now.And they could demand there money or investments now and what will we do?Give them the whole east coast in land deals?And we have no jobs.Do not do it!Take a survey see what the people think,not Government.

The conditions of this investment will probably be-just as it is with Chinese investment everywhere wlse, especially in Africa-that whatever piece of infrastructure or industry they build or start up in Ireland, it can only be manned by Chinese labour. Or, they will buy up loads of land to grow crops and prevent access to it to the locals.

So does that mean what use to say "Made in Ireland" will now say "Made in China"? Beware as their products killed many dogs in the States, jewelry made for children was toxic,radioactive drywall,carcinogenic fish and the list goes on and on.Look it up on line. I try to avoid buying anything made there but it is very difficult due to companies wanting cheap labor.

I feel bad for Ireland right now. I am afraid this will ruin this great country.

Now Portia777 you might say the Irish have a Yen for the Chinese!

OMG, and it was only yesterday the Irish family court judge in Meath and HSE said the Chinese and Japs were a bad influence on our children- "alien barbarians" were the judge's exact words. Oh my how things change.