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seanomelb is a pure aussie

Great Burns quotes, seanomelb!

A great piece of tourism PR, I hope the country is over run by tourist and help lift the economy out of the doldrums. Well said Eamonn!! Maybe yoo can catch up with the weirdo stevenstar and have a quiet chat with him, but I am afraid yuo will need earplugs.

STEVEN: Than why do the Irish in Ireland keep voting for these idiots?

I heard one of the Irish tourism honchos state clearly on Irish radio: "The Gathering is obviously just a marketing campaign". They speak honestly when they don't think the Americans are listening.

THE GATHERING ? :-) IM IRISH AND BORN IN IRELAND AND DIDNT JUST MOVE HERE... THE GATHERING IS THE BIGGEST JOKE AND CON I HAVE EVER SEEN... PS ITS NOT ONLY AIMED AT AMERICANS ITS ALSO AIMED AT THE MILLIONS OF IRISH ACROSS THE POND IN ENGLAND ... THERE IS ONE THING THE IRISH ARE GREAT AT IS PULLING SCAMS GET THEM TO COME OVER ,, AND GET AS MUCH MONEY OUT OF THEM AS YOU CAN ....'THE GATHERING' WHAT A JOKE...

I am Irish, I live in Ireland, I have lived abroad, I have visited many countries - on business and pleasure - in my lifetime thus far. I personally wouldn't choose to live anywhere else. Welcome to The Gathering, folks - you are ALL very welcome. When you get here, you will be amazed at what you will discover - totally at variance with what the media (including "Irish Central") would have you believe. Céad Míle Failte!!! Éamonn, Dublin, Ireland.

Curtis Hamilton comes from Scotland where his ilk bowed down frightened and beaten at the feet of an English monarch begging his forgiveness and selling their birthright. Burns got it right "A parcel of rogues in a nation. WE sent our rogues packing across the sea with their taiks between their collective legs. Swilly is just another orange turd with no country and no honour.

swillhamilton has missed another scheduled session of shock therapy I see. He and his ilk should permanently relocate to the british terror state they worship and stop squatting in Ireland.

Warren! Like the Normans they'll probably become more Irish than the Irish themselves.

On the bus last week and the Derry bus was being driven by a very helpful and affable oriental guy, and to me that is a welcome change from the usual fat red faced foreign orangemen that operate the bus services in this part of Ireland ,and who cringe with hatred when asked about the Derry bus service. Cead Mile Failte go heireann to all our foreign friends, you will make Ireland a very proud and prosperous nation one day just like our many foreign friends that have made the United States of America so great.

irishpj--" why so many people are leaving". You're giving a very one-sided account. For everyone who leaves a foreign migrant arrives. If Ireland is so bad, why are foreign migrants flocking there?

IF WE KEEP LETTING IN IMMIGRATNTS FROM EASTERN EUROPE THERE WONT BE ANY QUALITY OF LIFE LEFT HERE... 1 IN 4 POLISH IN IRELAND ARE NOW LIVING ON WELFARE 4 TIMES WHAT THEY GET BACK IN POLAND...NOT ONLY THAT..YOU SHOULD ALSO PRINT HOW MUCH WE ARE IN DEBT TO THE EU I THINK ITS TRILLIONS WE OWE...SO WHEN IT COMES TO QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN IRELAND... THINGS ARE CHANGING SO FAST THAT ITS SCARY...AND WE CAN THANK THE IDIOTS WHO ARE RUNNING THE COUNTRY FOR THAT...THEY HAVE LET EVERYONE AND ANYONE IN HERE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND WE'RE PAYING THE PRICE FOR IT BIG TIME..

Tell me Irishpjk why are the 2nd. largest group(in australia) to overstay their visas are Americans. Put that in yout peace pipe and smoke it cochise.

SAD