Irish diplomats recalled to discuss Diaspora strategy

GorgieD, please, no more about foreigners. worry about your own country. This will be good for us in Ireland. What I can't understand is why some people sound so jealous of Ireland and its people.

Fascinating. Why doesn't Ireland do a bit of DNA testing and separate the Irish (regardless of location) from the "admirers". If you come up with the right Haplotype then further measures might be considered. If you come up as squarely "Algerian" well, best of luck to ya. The fact that Ireland retains the outmoded notion of location time is absurd. A man from Tibet can easily meet the Irish criteria for application for citizenship. The Barbados slave descendants were considered for special treatment. However, those driven out to the coffin ships with 10 shillings to cross (or die) have never meant that much to the Republic. The last appeal to the "Diapora" was by "Dev" in 1917 (?) and he came away with cash. BTW Woodrow Wilson turned his nose up at "Dev".

I'm not a bit surprised as I think Ireland will make a remarkable recovery. Their young people are so bright and well educated especially in the engineering fields which are vital to today's world. Whatever the reason, the Irish diaspora has never lost their love for Ireland, and others like myself look on in wonder and envy. I love their homeland too. I don't know if as I have heard, it was watching the hard work and love of parents and grandparents so the next generation could have a better life, or just love and longing for a tiny homeland lost. I have always loved American country western but when I discovered Irish country I was completely taken over. I love the songs that tell of their bautiful homeland and women; their love for their heroes and battles won and lost. However the Irish have another great thing going for them. It is their openness, friendliness and acceptance towards others. They have a great sense of fun and live life with exuberance. As a veteran I can also tell you, you can always count on them when you are in trouble. I am happy that I have lived my life with the Irish or Irish-Americans in my case although we have spent a great deal of time in Ireland.

Why don't they look to counries like Poland, Romania, Latvia, Slovakia etc. for support? After all Ireland has given citizens of these oountries a standard of living far higher than they could have got in their homelands. Funny, though, not one word of gratitude from these countries or their governments. Ungrateful Bastards.

Good, now if Ireland would stop preaching to the choir in the US and go to where the new population centers are like my state of Texas then maybe there will be change. I live in the 7th largest city in the nation and we rarely see Irish officials especially from the tourism sector.

Excellent!

It's so good to see this shift toward focusing on the future instead of all the hand wringing.

Now, this is what is called GOOD NEWS...