Don’t forget though, before you're too hard on them, the West has been hit the hardest by emigration - the young vote was simply not there to help make it a landslide. Also it’s still the most conservative and had the least resources. With love from the Déise :)

I know where you’re coming from (I really do) but that comes off a touch condescending. We’re trying. Jesus we’re trying. Believe me when I tell you that the vast vast majority of Irish people were/ are horrified by stories like that. Polticians are cowards the world over though and are reluctant to touch the issue.…

I’m from Cork there was a huge buzz here over the weekend, I was hoping the referendum results would be closer to two thirds yes overall but Connacht kind of let us down.

Exactly. And you’d think most people would be happy that Irish people made something wonderful happen like a massive change in attitudes over the last 30 years and this can lead to more choice for everyone. But I guess it is much easier to look at foreign countries and point out the bad stuff than applaud them for…

Honestly, the only time liver or kidney damage should be a concern is if there is already preexisting insufficiency or if they’re being taken chronically... short courses in a healthy adult are perfectly safe.

That is useful benefit, but the main rationale is that they work on different pathways, so you can blunt pain from two angles and take advantage of the overlap of maximum efficacy without overdosing. You can’t switch off ibuprofen with naproxen, or even aspirin because those are all NSAIDs, but Acetaminophen is the…

That’s adorable that they think most of us are choosing between a cool, fulfilling $40K-a-year job doing what we love and a less cool $100K-a-year job. Most of us are choosing between a shitty $20K-a-year job that we hate and no fucking job whatsoever.

This was a constitutional referendum. Every Irish national whether at home or abroad are entitled to have their say. Gay marriage has been legalized in my country. A momentous revolutionary occasion yet you can only think about is an apparent “destruction of the concept of democracy”

Actually its easier to get birth control here than in many parts of the States and we don’t put women in prison for having miscarriages either... So you might want to get off your high, ignorant horse.

Irish people are highly educated and good at languages. We travel worldwide for work because Ireland is a country of 4 million people and the job market is small. Getting experience overseas can make all the difference to your career. Many, many people are abroad but not settled there. Think of them as commuters who…

irish people abroad are eligible to vote if they’ve been out of the country less than 18 months. you are not eligible to vote if you think you might like to go to ireland on holiday sometime. hope this clears things up.

As if most Irish people would be paying any attention to what the Pope is saying anymore.

It’s because of the nature of the Irish constitution, this means a government can’t remove this right via legislation.

You do know that a lot of those people in the video are well liked in Ireland, have gigged there many times and people enjoy that the Yes campaign is getting wider press? There is no animosity I have seen on this side of the Atlantic about a light-hearted video and it was probably Irish people campaigning who asked…

Shhh don’t spoil things with facts about today, mate. We still live 100 years ago remember. :)

It was really strange for me to hear Aisling Bea calling the language Gaelic - I wonder did she do it just for the “Gaylic” joke? I’ve never heard Irish referred to as Gaelic within the country, and never heard it referred to as anything BUT Gaelic outside Ireland.

Most of the Irishmen/women I grew up with were emigrants to the US who were even more resentful & anti-British than regular Irish,

Really? Ireland’s abortion rights record is atrocious, I imagine that’s what you’re referring to. But Ireland consistently scores within the top ten countries in the world when it comes to any gender equality index you care to mention, due to equality in education, access to health care, employment equality, and…

And that is fine and I do as well, I was just correcting you. But I am letting you know that there plenty of people who are speaking up against how barbaric Ireland is for abortion rights, people on this site act like no-one is doing anything and it is not that simple especially when you have Religious Americans being…

Sorry, but these lyrics are straight gross. “Minaj happily embraces catering to her dude?” Yeah, by cooking, cleaning, and being down for a fuck whenever he is.