82 Comments

• Smyrnian | Feb 19, 2013, 04:16 PM EST

  Anglophile - Absolute statements are never a good idea....and, yes, I recognize the absolutism of my own statement; just shows I really do have a sense of humour. :)

• anglo-norman | Feb 19, 2013, 03:19 PM EST

  Smyrnian-It's true, the irish cannot drink

• STEVENSTAR | Feb 19, 2013, 12:48 PM EST

  @@@ANGLO- NORMAN ... BECAUSE YOU KNOW IM RIGHT AS REGARDS MY CAPS WELL MY CAP LOCK BUTTON IS BROKEN SO THEREFORE I HAVE TO TYPE IN CAPITALS ..

• Smyrnian | Feb 18, 2013, 07:29 PM EST

  Anglophile can't hold his prejudices and racism like any misguided, uneducated punter.

• johnshiel | Feb 18, 2013, 06:33 PM EST

  raises the question: where is the border between prejudice and judgement...

• RobinForester | Feb 18, 2013, 05:05 PM EST

  I do wish the Irish Central would not run stories like this, there's fights every weekend outside pubs in every city, town or village in the western world, so why 'highlight this one', kill the story, It demeans all involved and shame us all.

• hancock | Feb 18, 2013, 04:23 PM EST

  Nobody is worse than those Englishsoccer morons.

• anglo-norman | Feb 18, 2013, 03:43 PM EST

  The Irish cannot hold their alcohol like the red indian & aboriginals.

• seamus60 | Feb 18, 2013, 03:37 PM EST

  Saraindc. They `ll be happy hanging is done away with and more happier that you`re not a judge with them in the dock. lol

• anglo-norman | Feb 18, 2013, 03:10 PM EST

  The rocket scientist from cork still cannot figure out the capslock lol.

• saraindc | Feb 18, 2013, 12:24 PM EST

  what a total embarrasment they are to themselves and their families - they should be publicly named and shamed on Australian and Irish TV - let their parents see what toerags their kids are abroad - it shames me to look at this carry on and know they're from my home country - disgusting behaviour and the women arent much better with their foul mouths and brash behavior - i hope they look at themselves when sober and realize they have stooped to the bottom of the barrel (clearly the ones they drink from) and are a disgrace to their country. DISGUSTING!!!

• STEVENSTAR | Feb 18, 2013, 06:50 AM EST

  @@@@anglo-norman | Feb 17, 2013, 03:37 PM EST>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HAHA ITS ONLY MONDAY MORNING AND YOUR AT IT AGAIN :) HONESTLY WHY ARE U SUCH A BITTER MAN ? ..AND BEEN WELL TRAVELLED MYSELF I FOUND ON ALL MY TRAVELS THE MOST BITTER TYPES OF PEOPLE 'HUGE CHIPS ON THEIR SHOULDERS' ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL.. AR THEE NORTHERN IRISH..BE THEY CATHOLIC OR PROTESTANT..TO ME YOUR ALL THE SAME.. ARE U NORTHERN IRISH ?

• STEVENSTAR | Feb 18, 2013, 06:49 AM EST

  @@@@anglo-norman | Feb 17, 2013, 03:37 PM EST>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HAHA ITS ONLY MONDAY MORNING AND YOUR AT IT AGAIN :) HONESTLY WHY ARE U SUCH A BITTER MAN ? ..AND BEEN WELL TRAVELLED MYSELF I FOUND ON ALL MY TRAVELS THE MOST BITTER TYPES OF PEOPLE 'HUGE CHIPS ON THEIR SHOULDERS' ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL.. AR THEE NORTHERN IRISH..BE THEY CATHOLIC OR PROTESTANT..TO ME YOUR ALL THE SAME.. ARE U NORTHERN IRISH ?

• Desty | Feb 18, 2013, 06:10 AM EST

  This happens in Dublin city centre pretty much every night, except with longer trousers and more incoherent shouting. Good times.

• franner | Feb 18, 2013, 04:25 AM EST

  I don't care if this is a once off or happens every day, the fact that it happened at all, the people involved are a disgrace to themselves, and as for that girl - not a lady .....

• Searlit | Feb 17, 2013, 10:27 PM EST

  What seanomelb? Defending the indefensible?

• anglo-norman | Feb 17, 2013, 07:35 PM EST

  smyrnian-lazy ain't ya son...

• Smyrnian | Feb 17, 2013, 07:32 PM EST

  More racism from Anglophile.

• anglo-norman | Feb 17, 2013, 07:25 PM EST

  More fantasy from aussiesean

• seanomelb | Feb 17, 2013, 07:05 PM EST

  I have lived in OZ for many years and very rarely seen fights among the Irish and when they do the the Anglophile press in OZ beat it up out of all proportions.Jacer is correct in his post.

• seanomelb | Feb 17, 2013, 07:05 PM EST

  I have lived in OZ for many years and very rarely seen fights among the Irish and when they do the the Anglophile press in OZ beat it up out of all proportions.Jacer is correct in his post.

• Smyrnian | Feb 17, 2013, 06:26 PM EST

  Well said, Jacers!

• anglo-norman | Feb 17, 2013, 06:12 PM EST

  jacersagain- That must be the most non-sensical post ever on IC..congrats son.

• jacersagain | Feb 17, 2013, 06:04 PM EST

  anglo-norman – sorry to correct your allegations but I hafta tell you that I’ve been a few times on Bondi Beach and it’s neighbouring Bronte Beach around the headland there and have never once seen an Irish-instigated row there. In fact, if anything real happens on these beaches, it’s more likely to be the Lifeguards chasing out to sea to rescue someone caught out of breath in their overly-inebriated, morning-after endeavours at TV-inspired hero- or heroine-swimming and surfboarding. And not an Irish man, woman or Irish-drunk row in sight (They'd be doing the sensible thing, sleeping off any hangover they might have). It’s the non-Irish foreigners, up at the crack of dawn people you see, like yourself, you see, who cause all the hassle for the Lifeguards… as you continually attempt to cause here on ICentral, as we Irish see. My advice to you?... Go for a board-surf beyond the shark-protecting nets of Bondi’s or Bronte’s Beach. (No! Don’t! I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, ever! Not even on a cur like you, you see)… but if you do attempt it, you’ll find a punch on the nose of a hungry shark will work just as well to make it go away as the punch I’ve just given you on your Irish Central obnoxious nose.

• RockNReel | Feb 17, 2013, 05:05 PM EST

  I'm pretty sure you spend your time over on the Polish sites as well peddling your tripe but no one listens to the likes of you anymore --thankfully. I spent my young life living and working in London and held what would be known as a top job there but I started out doing menial jobs that you or your own countrymen would not do , but rather sit on your couches and draw the dole, so OF Course the Irish took jobs from you but Hey--you could have had the same opportunities but you were too lazy. But, that said I will not presume to lump you all into that bracket in the same way you try to, and in fact some of my best friends are English and visit me here in Ireland a soften as they can and visa versa. When I lived in London there were Aussie pubs scattered around the city and believe me the young Aussies were no saints either, and there were police called to them just as frequently as any other pub so its the same story repeating itself with the young immigrants in Perth--too much money, too much drink, not enough common sense !!! They will grow out of it. And , London pride now has a bigger task on his hands trying to figure out how to get rid of the millions of hard working Polish people who are now once again building his country up, while he vents his hatred on them--not that they should worry.

• RockNReel | Feb 17, 2013, 04:59 PM EST

  I'm pretty sure londonpride that you spend your time over on the Polish sites as well peddling your tripe but no one listens to the likes of you anymore --thankfully. I spent my young life living and working in London and held what would be known as a top job there but I started out doing menial jobs that you or your own countrymen would not do , but rather sit on your couches and draw the dole, so OF Course the Irish took jobs from you but Hey--you could have had the same opportunities but you were too lazy. But, that said I will not presume to lump you all into that bracket in the same way you try to, and in fact some of my best friends are English and visit me here in Ireland a soften as they can and visa versa. When I lived in London there were Aussie pubs scattered around the city and believe me the young Aussies were no saints either, and there were police called to them just as frequently as any other pub so its the same story repeating itself with the young immigrants in Perth--too much money, too much drink, not enough common sense !!! They will grow out of it. And , London pride now has a bigger task on his hands trying to figure out how to get rid of the millions of hard working Polish people who are now once again building his country up, while he vents his hatred on them--not that they should worry.

• RockNReel | Feb 17, 2013, 04:57 PM EST

  No, londonpride---you did not GET RID of them and in fact there are still millions of them working away and running your country while your little brain figures out ways to insult a whole nation. Right there at the very top echelons of your society are Irish men and women who worked their way up and hold some of the top jobs in your country . But then the Irish actually built your country for you and that's know world wide. And the fact that thousands decided to leave and return home to Ireland hardly means "you got rid of them" You don't even know the amount of Irish living there because people like you automatically assume that if some one has a British accent he is automatically British but how wrong you are, as there are more second , third , fourth generation Irish living right on your doorstep than you would be capable of counting. And as well as that hundreds of thousands of others have married into english families--not yours obviously, and are living peacefully in the Uk bringing up their families and obeying the law of the land which is more than I could say for some of your own countrymen who live here in Ireland. So, dont try to tar every Irish person with your venomous hatred filled brush. Your queen was made welcome here in Ireland not so long ago and saw fit to praise the efforts of the Irish people but there again, i doubt if you even know that ?

• seamus60 | Feb 17, 2013, 03:47 PM EST

  Just a waste of 2 minutes watching and waiting for something news worthy to happen.

• anglo-norman | Feb 17, 2013, 03:37 PM EST

  jacersagain- One instance, but I have seen the Irish in Bondi causing mayhem. But in fairness or most likely stupidity the Irish fight themselves.

• jacersagain | Feb 17, 2013, 03:16 PM EST

  During a visit to Australia just a couple of years ago, on my way out to the Barrier Reef, I visited the town of Airlie Beach on the East coast, a popular stopping off point for back-packers and others touring Oz. I called into a large open-air pub/restaurant for a pre-dinner drink in the cool of the evening followed by a meal. It was pretty empty when I artrived but as it was evening meal time, it filled up rapidly with hundreds of back-packers, most of them sitting at tables, laughing and joking with each other, many offering advices to fellow travellers on where to go next. Later, as I enjoyed my meal, a row suddenly broke out of nowhere near the bar between a few youngsters, carried on out into the street with all the shouting and shirt-pulling and wild-slinging air punches but police officers were quickly on the scene to break it up. Later, as I had desert, police officers were calling by tables asking for witnesses to the fracas and I gave them my account. In passing, I asked the officers if this was a regular occurrence. They said “Yes it is, mate – every night we have to take some German and English ones off to jail to cool them down.” I asked about the Irish… “No,” he said, “the Irish are the best behaved; they even help us break up fights and end up with bloody noses for it”. Enough said.

• seamus60 | Feb 17, 2013, 03:05 PM EST

  Drunken handbags at 30 paces.

• anglo-norman | Feb 17, 2013, 02:52 PM EST

  Did anyone notice the forehead on the girl?

• anglo-norman | Feb 17, 2013, 02:15 PM EST

  Just look at how pathetically drunk they are... they couldn't even throw a proper punch. It must be an underlying depression that causes Irish people to drink so much?

• RedBranch | Feb 17, 2013, 01:55 PM EST

  Eamonn of Dublin, you are a gentleman, sir.

• anglo-norman | Feb 17, 2013, 01:45 PM EST

  Londonpride- How are your hooligans working out for you limey?

• Smyrnian | Feb 17, 2013, 01:28 PM EST

  Nice, Londonpride, calling a whole group of people animals. That is exactly the kind of attitude which causes problems in this world, including those caused by the British colonial terror state over the last 800 years. You are sad and pathetic.

• Londonpride | Feb 17, 2013, 12:29 PM EST

  Irish are animals, at least we got rid of them. Now see how the Australians like them.

• gobdawpaddy | Feb 17, 2013, 11:02 AM EST

  Anglo, you observe 'too much drinking leads to brain impairment & eventually brain damage'.You have just solved a mystery that has crossed my mind this morning regarding the surge of fianna fail in opinion polls, this after that party in government destroyed Ireland and it's people. It's the drink.

• Smyrnian | Feb 17, 2013, 10:52 AM EST

  EamonnDublin - Well said.

• gobdawpaddy | Feb 17, 2013, 10:41 AM EST

  Anglo, you observe 'too much drinking leads to brain impairment & eventually brain damage'.You have just solved a mystery that has crossed my mind this morning regarding the surge of fianna fail in opinion polls, this after that party in government destroyed Ireland and it's people. It's the drink.

• gobdawpaddy | Feb 17, 2013, 10:41 AM EST

  Anglo, you observe 'too much drinking leads to brain impairment & eventually brain damage'.You have just solved a mystery that has crossed my mind this morning regarding the surge of fianna fail in opinion polls, this after that party in government destroyed Ireland and it's people. It's the drink.

• gobdawpaddy | Feb 17, 2013, 10:41 AM EST

  Anglo, you observe 'too much drinking leads to brain impairment & eventually brain damage'.You have just solved a mystery that has crossed my mind this morning regarding the surge of fianna fail in opinion polls, this after that party in government destroyed Ireland and it's people. It's the drink.

• gobdawpaddy | Feb 17, 2013, 09:14 AM EST

  Anglo, you observe 'too much drinking leads to brain impairment & eventually brain damage'.You have just solved a mystery that has crossed my mind this morning regarding the surge of fianna fail in opinion polls, this after that party in government destroyed Ireland and it's people. It's the drink.

• gobdawpaddy | Feb 17, 2013, 09:11 AM EST

  Anglo, you observe 'too much drinking leads to brain impairment & eventually brain damage'.You have just solved a mystery that has crossed my mind this morning regarding the surge of fianna fail in opinion polls, this after that party in government destroyed Ireland and it's people. It's the drink.

• gobdawpaddy | Feb 17, 2013, 09:10 AM EST

  Anglo, you observe 'too much drinking leads to brain impairment & eventually brain damage'.You have just solved a mystery that has crossed my mind this morning regarding the surge of fianna fail in opinion polls, this after that party in government destroyed Ireland and it's people. It's the drink.

• gobdawpaddy | Feb 17, 2013, 09:10 AM EST

  Anglo, you observe 'too much drinking leads to brain impairment & eventually brain damage'.You have just solved a mystery that has crossed my mind this morning regarding the surge of fianna fail in opinion polls, this after that party in government destroyed Ireland and it's people. It's the drink.

• STEVENSTAR | Feb 17, 2013, 08:42 AM EST

  anglo-norman | Feb 16, 2013, 03:48 PM EST @@@>>>>>>>>>SERIOUSLY YOU HAVE WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS MATE TO BE GOING AROUND COMMENTING ON THESE SORTS OF VIDEOS ... WHY NOT CHILL OUT? GO FOR A WALK ? CLEAR YOUR HEAD ? MAYBE GO READ A BOOK ? OR TAKE UP A NIGHG COURSE ? OR MAYBE GO AND VISIT SOME OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ? MAYBE TAKE UP AN ART CLASS ... I THINK IT WOULD DO YOU GOOD, JUST TO GET YOU OUT OF THE HOUSE AND AWAY FROM THAT COMPUTER AND POSTING NASTY COMMENTS DAY AFTER DAY .. ITS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR SOUL.. AS IT WILL ONLY TURN YOU INTO A MEAN AND NASTY OLD MAN :-) ....THINK ABOUT IT MATE !!

• STEVENSTAR | Feb 17, 2013, 08:38 AM EST

  WHAT A BUNCH OF DRUNKEN IDIOTS... BUT WHY THIS MAKES NEWS IN AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER IS A SURPRISE TO ME.. UNFORTUNATELYY THIS SORT OF THING GOES ON IN A SMALL SCALE UP AND DOWN THE IRELAND AND THE UK MOSTLY ON A WEEKEND NIGHT ... WE SORT OF ACCEPT IT... ITS ALL PART OF GROWING UP. I THINK AMERICANS WOULD BE FAR BETTER OFF PUBLISHING STORIES ABOUT GUNS AND WHY IN THEIR COUNTRY YOU HAVE TEENAGERS WALKING INTO SCHOOLS AND CINEMAS SHOOLING AND KILLING INNOCENT CHILDREN AND FELLOW CITIZENS... THAT TO ME IS FAR MORE HOFFIFIC AND DISTURBING THEN WATCHING THIS MINORITY OF DRUNKEN IDIOTS MAKING TOTAL FOOLS OF THEMSELEVES AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR THEM TO SEE.. EVEN WHEN THEY ARE OLD AND GRAY.. I MEAN HOW EMBARRASSING IS THAT !!!

• darragh S | Feb 17, 2013, 07:03 AM EST

  Eamonn when the 69th infantry marched into Leipzig they said the very same thing about the Germans. They were just doing there job. Such is life. As for Racism in Australia and the UK, its not just the Irish whom are victims of it but we are. Its not as bad as it used to be mate. Just go on the Topix Australia page and read some of the weird shit that goes on in there if you think this is bad. For example they posted a poll about what would be the best way of assassinating the Prime Minister.

• EamonnDublin | Feb 17, 2013, 06:03 AM EST

  Yes, the brawl scene is disgusting. It is also another example of the "Irish Central" attitude towards Ireland and the Irish by Niall O'Dowd's paper. He and his staff obviously trawl around the net and the media looking for negative stories to publish. Self-hatred of one's own people and country is a sad affliction which destroys the soul. These articles also give room for the likes of "Anglo-Norman" to spew their anti-Irish venom and disgusting racism. I spent 21 years living in England. I could write about all of the absolutely vile things I saw there. However, I choose not to for the simple reason that the very good and the good far, far outweighed the very bad. Therefore, I use my brain to inform me that, on balance, England and its people is a very nice country indeed. It's the same with Ireland. It's a pity that Mr. O'Dowd is cycloptic. As for Anglo-Norman, well, I just feel sorry for him, he is eaten away by hatred. Éamonn, Dublin, Ireland.

• darragh S | Feb 17, 2013, 01:43 AM EST

  And

• darragh S | Feb 17, 2013, 01:43 AM EST

  And

• Thomas84 | Feb 16, 2013, 11:15 PM EST

  anglo , you are not being helpful, just a bigot and a racist.

• cillowen | Feb 16, 2013, 09:46 PM EST

  dysfunctional fleeing souls acting like the tinkers i remember long ago. The occupier's divide and conquor of the high king and territories fed with that guinness that Londoner brought in and its been a downhill slide for them ever more. The remaining Anglo types can flit back and forth to see mother when so inclined - she came to see them in 2011 - a real love fest.

• anglo-norman | Feb 16, 2013, 09:00 PM EST

  Smyrnian-Grow Up son..I am being helpful here with a truthful constructive criticism,

• Maelwyn | Feb 16, 2013, 08:54 PM EST

  In reply to the comment about harsher measures in the states taken by their constables it is commendable that Australians have a sense of moderation domestically and internationally. Before the states is given any accolades for thuggish behaviour and the Irish condemned as ruffians let's see some shameful images of "operation Iraqi freedom." A drunken scuffle is hardly equal to the torture and massacres the world deplored. I applaud the Australians for showing decency and civility compared with the ever violence-hungry and bloodthirsty states.

• Smyrnian | Feb 16, 2013, 07:17 PM EST

  Anglophile has the usual racist hateful agenda. No credibility there. Jerk.

• seanomelb | Feb 16, 2013, 06:28 PM EST

  Searlit defending the indefensible as usual.

• Searlit | Feb 16, 2013, 05:36 PM EST

  Maybe Scrivner is right. Someone could very well have instigated it.

• surfsidetx3 | Feb 16, 2013, 05:23 PM EST

  It was a scuffle. Hardly a fight. As far as anglo norman is concerned you prattle/ The USA has the highest consumption of alcohol per capiya world wide. As far as fighting nearly 67% of Congressional of Honor winners were of Irish descent. Here is Frank Burke whom I knew. He was a decent sort and no blow hard like anglo norman whom I suspect is really from the bowels of the shetls from eastern europe "Francis Xavier "Frank" Burke entered active duty in the U.S. Army from the New Jersey National Guard in Jersey City, New Jersey, and by April 17, 1945 was the Transportation Officer, as a first lieutenant, in D Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On that day, in Nuremberg, Germany, he repeatedly engaged German forces alone during the fight to capture the city. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor nine months later, on January 9, 1946" Of course in Texas we have Audie Murphy Better to settle a fight with fists than with guns as some do in Texas

• surfsidetx3 | Feb 16, 2013, 05:23 PM EST

  It was a scuffle. Hardly a fight. As far as anglo norman is concerned you prattle/ The USA has the highest consumption of alcohol per capiya world wide. As far as fighting nearly 67% of Congressional of Honor winners were of Irish descent. Here is Frank Burke whom I knew. He was a decent sort and no blow hard like anglo norman whom I suspect is really from the bowels of the shetls from eastern europe "Francis Xavier "Frank" Burke entered active duty in the U.S. Army from the New Jersey National Guard in Jersey City, New Jersey, and by April 17, 1945 was the Transportation Officer, as a first lieutenant, in D Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On that day, in Nuremberg, Germany, he repeatedly engaged German forces alone during the fight to capture the city. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor nine months later, on January 9, 1946" Of course in Texas we have Audie Murphy Better to settle a fight with fists than with guns as some do in Texas

• seanomelb | Feb 16, 2013, 04:57 PM EST

  brawling seems to be a problem in major cities world over. The Australian police have no tolerance for drunken behaviour as have the police in london or elswhere.Stupid scrivner has to insert a racist element into the debate.

• anglo-norman | Feb 16, 2013, 04:35 PM EST

  The Irish complain about being stereo-typed concerning alcohol but they only have themselves to blame really. Too much alcohol in the brain leads to stupidity & that is why the Irish are regarded as stupid around the world. How pathetically stupid those Irish people looked in that clip.

• anglo-norman | Feb 16, 2013, 03:48 PM EST

  How someone can brag about being stupidly drunk is beyond me...

• anglo-norman | Feb 16, 2013, 03:34 PM EST

  The Irish brag about being great fighters,singers & drinkers yet most Irish I have seen can't do any of these things well. The Irish are like the red indians & the aboriginals when it comes to alcohol, they cannot hold their alcohol!!!

• Smyrnian | Feb 16, 2013, 03:23 PM EST

  If they ever pulled a stunt like that in the States they would get their sorry selves locked up FAST and probably catch a few slaps in the process. Zero tolerance for that in the US. Come over to the US you morons and try it....see what happens to you. Idiots.

• Scrivner | Feb 16, 2013, 03:15 PM EST

  We all seem to be acepting this video at face value, But I wonder if it is the whole story? The person who posted it to U-Tube has a very Muslim sounding name (Muhammad Nadeem Ismail) which calls into question whether any of this was staged or enhanced to !) Illustrate the evils of drink, which good Muslims eschew and 2) by contrast put Muslim immigrants to Oz look more preferable to Europeans? Just something to thnik about.

• anglo-norman | Feb 16, 2013, 02:59 PM EST

  Fair point Ron... Sadly in the British Culture & I include the Irish,Aussies & Kiwis in that cos that is the culture they are from, drinking & fighting is seen as a part of it. The Irish drink far too much in Ireland & abroad & are proud of it sad to say. Too much drinking leads to brain impairment & eventually brain damage.

• Ron | Feb 16, 2013, 02:44 PM EST

  As an Aussie I've never heard of the Irish being any worse than other groups of young drunks here. Street fighting is now endemic in all Australian cities. Northbridge is a nasty area which I'd never go to, especially at night. I think this was just a bunch of wild backpackers out of control due to the deveil grog.

• anglo-norman | Feb 16, 2013, 02:28 PM EST

  The girl was a better fighter than the men... Simple FACT is the Irish drink far too much which then leads to stupidity.

• Rebelforce | Feb 16, 2013, 12:47 PM EST

  Isn't this a scene from that highly acclaimed Irish movie "The Committments"? LOL I'm glad these low-lifes didn't pick New Jersey to immigrate to.

• SarahinLA | Feb 16, 2013, 12:44 PM EST

  Jimod,4343, it is not confined to London and Perth. The wild Irishman that swingeth from tree to tree has infested San Diego, Chicago, Nashville and even New York, but the NYPD demonstrate very early who is boss. Perhaps a year of classes before being permitted to leave Ireland might help, entitled 'how to behave in civilization'. I recall 35-40 thousand americans visiting Dublin last year for a Notre Dame v Navy game. I didn't read or hear of a single incident or drunken behavior. I am sure there was much alcohol consumed but americans have respect that is missing in so many younger Irish people.

• Searlit | Feb 16, 2013, 12:34 PM EST

  Very sad. Violence is a terrible way to express yourself, especially when severeal people gang up against one. It makes them all look cowardly. Why did the policeman push the woman? She appeared to be trying to stop the fighting. She's a brave one.

• johnbyrne | Feb 16, 2013, 12:21 PM EST

  jail the drunken fcukers then deport them this kind of export is a disgrace to Ireland & its people if they are this tough let them join the forces fighting in the middle east. oh I forgot they can only fight when drunk.drunken bums.

• jimod4343 | Feb 16, 2013, 10:55 AM EST

  When I lived in London, I used to think that every idiot that ever came out of Ireland ended up in London. That era is long gone. Now it's Perth's turn. These people don't seem to understand what a privilege it is to be granted a visa to visit a great place like Perth. I hope the police crack down on them hard. Oh and BTW, I'm Irish and live in Ireland. I hope they don't come back here.

• gobdawpaddy | Feb 16, 2013, 10:46 AM EST

  This story, coupled with my own experience witnessing anti social behavior by young Irish people, on vacation or new immigrants, underscores my long held conviction that many Irish people simply should not be taken from the wild, they don't know how to behave in civilization. Of course the officer in Perth was correct in his assessment of policing in Ireland and there. The Irish gardai turn a blind eye to way too much. Drunken behavior seems to be viewed as 'youthful exuberance', or shur dere just 'having de craic'.

• handsome68 | Feb 16, 2013, 10:32 AM EST

  Drunken brawling like this is painful for the viewer to see. Has anyone told them that beer and shots are not like drinking water? A long standing drinker of red wine, I have learned to sip the up to two drinks a day I have. If I go over the two, I know I will have to think about attending AA meetings. And I don't like the decor in my local AA venue.

• donnaboughner | Feb 16, 2013, 10:29 AM EST

  That was a fight? How boring.....

• Schlomo | Feb 16, 2013, 10:25 AM EST

  What else would you expect from an infantile culture? Drinking, fighting and procreating are the 3 main Irish pastimes. They provide the instant gratification a 5 year old mentality requires, nay demands.

• tharkin | Feb 16, 2013, 10:16 AM EST

  And the coward in the black getting a sneaky kick in . . So what about the fight, shit happens, they didnt even get a clean hit so no harm :)

• ktdearest | Feb 16, 2013, 10:08 AM EST

  Embarrassing fight on so many levels.

• WoundedKnee | Feb 16, 2013, 08:11 AM EST

  Ireland should request an addition to the recognized Olympic sports. Drunken brawling.--I'd back the Irish for a gold. Actually, on second thoughts I wouldn't--there wasn't a clean punch landed during the entire video.