The top ten interesting facts about Ireland’s capital, Dublin city - PHOTOS

Dublin is also twinned with Beijing, China. Happened in July of 2011.

canadian: Your comment reminds me of a talk show I heard in on a Dublin radio station some years ago. A man with a strong Northern accent phoned the station and said a few words. Then the host interrupted and asked the caller how long he lived in Dublin. When the called answered, the host then asked: "Why don't you learn to speak prober English as we do here in Dublin?".

I'm sick of saying this to Georgy Boy.But somehow he likes to think otherwise.All foreigners need written documentation from the schools that their children are attending, in order to make sure they are in the country.Anyway Poland and the other countries are in the EU and the sooner they reach Ireland's standard of living the better.Maybe then they won't take those miserable no good paying jobs.

I would like to add that I, for one, welcome with open arms any Irish immigrant who chooses to emigrate to our fair city. It'll be nice to see some Caucasian faces for a change :)

@GeorgeDillon - And I thought Toronto was bad! We're awash in a sea of immigrants over here...whose benefit entitlements would rival that of Dublin.

This is kind of cool, being as I'm from Dublin, have regularly drunk in the Brazen Head, was a chorister in Christ Church Cathedral, sang the Messiah at least 5 times, recorded in Windmill Lane Studios and attended Trinity College : )

TiocfaidhArmani: I wouldn't be as sanguine as you about foreign workers, at a time when the Irish are telling us they have a huge unemployment problem. If there are no jobs how come the foreigners continue streaming in, about a thousand a week? But you are right that the rate of welfare entitlement (I'm sure there's fraud in there, but of course most of the entitlements are perfectly legal) is huge. Check out the following statistics:------------------------------------------------Child benefit rates in Ireland per month, One child-€140 Two children-€280 Three children-€447 Four children-€624 Five children-€801 Six children-€978 Seven children-€1,155 Eight children-€1,332 Children's benefit rate per month in Poland-€20.00 Children's benefit rate per month Slovakia-€21.99 That means that a Polish guy with four children is pulling about a thousand bucks a month in benefit in Ireland. That's before we add in all his other benefits, such as free education, free school books, grant for clothing etc. etc. But, and this is where generosity becomes lunacy, those Polish children don't need to be in Ireland!!! Regardless of whether they're in Ireland, Poland, Las Vegas or Timbuctoo the Irish pay them the Irish welfare! And guess what--how do the Irish even know these children exist? You can imagine Piotr showing up at the Irish Welfare Office and saying "Yes Mr Irish, I have eleven children in Poland. You want their names?" To which Dopey Irish Welfare Agent replies "Ah shur no, aren't ye a powerful man entirely. Let's see, that'll be 1779 euros, have a seat while I issue your check..."

Trust you GD! You can always count on you for a bit of xenophobia in the morning eh. @Anto - You're correct. No one in America is an immigrant. It's all natives here right GD.

America is solely populated by various tribes of Native Americans. Except for a small minority of Irish in New York.

That's because of the generous benefit system in Ireland people abroad love creaming so much and that's a fact. I have no problem with foreign labour, we did it enough ourselves, but there's no doubt we're being creamed.

Another weird fact about Dublin is that it is the capital city with the highest percentage of foreign migrants in the world. You're more likely to meet a Russian, a Polack or a Chinaman in downtown Dublin than you are to meet an Irishman.