Reports of wild and crazy behavior among Irish emigrants to Australia have been circulating in recent weeks.
Police in Perth have been called on numerous occasions to nightspots where young Irish are misbehaving. It has gotten to the point where local Irish organizations have been forced to intervene to try and calm the storm.
Something similar has happened in previous years here in America when Irish students visit on the annual J-1 visa summer jaunt.
Of course, plunking thousands of Irish kids down in a new country, without parental oversight for the first time ever in many cases, is always an excuse for excess and partying.
The young Irish do it to extreme, though, as has often been noted by locals in both Australia and the U.S., and it has brought about a bad reputation among many natives.
Letting off steam is one thing, but trashing apartments and making life very difficult for local families with abusive behavior is another matter altogether.
The act of emigration is a complex one that often leads to such aberrant behavior as many Irish drink to cover up homesickness or an inability to cope and prosper in a new environment.
This generation of Irish was brought up with very different expectations. As children of the Celtic Tiger they were not raised for emigration like so many in previous generations.
The fact that hundreds of thousands of them are indeed forced emigrants as against those who leave willingly is a reality that both Ireland and emigrant communities abroad have to deal with.
The fact that a percentage of them misbehave should not take away form the reality that like millions before, the vast majority wants to get on with life and contribute like previous generations have always done.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.ciaradexy | May 30, 2012, 03:24 PM EDT
Exactly Bobby! Bear, like the rest of the Americans on this site know nothing about Ireland other than what they experience on holiday yet pretend to have a clue!
bobby | May 29, 2012, 07:15 AM EDT
Its called the spire bear, millions wasted on Dublin castle? Im lost on that one. The castle is over 800 years old.
ciaradexy | May 28, 2012, 11:23 AM EDT
Bear, the 'sphere'? What are you talking about? Youve never been to Dublin have you!? Youre another idiot!
bobby | May 27, 2012, 02:17 PM EDT
butler i visited OZ more than once, I know how expensive it is. im just back from miami south beach, if you want drunks and voilence thats the place to be. I bet you never set foot outside the states like the majority of Americans, now thats SAD.
klbutler | May 27, 2012, 11:35 AM EDT
I believe that the few that do wrong always get the attention of the media simply because their errant behavior sells news...there are far more good,and competent young people from all nations that contribute to society than bad
klbutler | May 27, 2012, 11:30 AM EDT
Bobby .you have NO idea of what you are talking about do you? I have never ran into someone as bitter and angry at the WORLD. Your obvious bigotry is so great that you wear it like a piece of clothing...sad
bobby | May 27, 2012, 09:26 AM EDT
Australia is like a nanny state, and so expensive for everyday things. Miami and many other cities in the states is full of drunks and violence among young people. As in Ireland, the UK, and Oz
tonnybarry | May 26, 2012, 04:28 PM EDT
Ok let me remind people from USA and Aussie land, that your young students and older people have the exact same reputation around the World. Also 5 Irish people over the last 5 years have been murdered by Australians so who is worse. Look at yer own b4 go slagging and body else. Spring break in USA is violent drunken orgy by guess what- Amercians.
Bythebay | May 26, 2012, 03:37 PM EDT
There's no such thing as force emigration. Their behavior is no different than that of the same age group in the US, England, France and elsewhere.