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[pogue]

i speak with a sadened heart ,most brits love eire for its great green fields,massive loughs,and unspoilt countryside ,sadly its getting harder to find .being a regular visitor visitor to eire [for reasons you may know] the findings are getting to me .s e europeans have  taken ireland as the next stop to england ,being an avid coarse angler,and se europeans great coarse fish eaters,you may well get the craic? .thousands of polish ,and lithuanians ,are setting seige to out great lakes ,living on the side of loughs,setting static lines with hundreds of hooks ,simply to pull them in on a morning ,the reason being ,to kill the fish and eat them .the rubbish and filth  they leave in  these places are disgusting,leaving ireland looking like a rubbish dump .i will get photos of these disgusting scenes so you can see .the reason i tell you is not for you to stay away ,but to on your guard on our caravan sites ,if you see anything like this ,please report this to the site owners .tourism and angling is irelands biggest industry,its a crime to let others ruin it

[Jbeans]

OMG! What are people doing to your lovely Island!  Hope Ireland sorts them out quick!

[pogue]

we need help off all tourists ,the irish speak but it isnt heard ,you caravaners who love the place could make the difference .again if you see anything ,please report it to the site ,it does work .thanks for responding

take a look at this link ,its an irish angling forum .im my oppinion ,beauty dies where litter lies !!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.fishingtalkireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3613


i dont want british people coming here seeing this !!!!!!!!!

[Jbeans]

I have just registered on this forum.  Thank you.

LOL
JILL

[Green Squirrel]

It isn't just in Ireland that this is happening but all over the UK.

[Grandad Graham]

It isn't just in Ireland that this is happening but all over the UK.

I can agree with this at two or three lakes where I fish we have to keep a close eye on the other nationals to stop them killing fish and the Baliffs are now doing evening shifts to take out the dead lines
and it's not just the East Euro's we have a high proportion of Far Eastern nationals who like fish too



Just about to check out hte link Pogue posted for us

[FishyDave]

It isn't just in Ireland that this is happening but all over the UK.

I used to go over to Dublin semi-regularly but haven't been for a couple of years.  The last few times I went though, I noticed that you're hard pushed to meet anyone Irish on the hotel staff.  Just about every street around the city centre seems to have one of those "Cheap Internet foreign phone calls" shops, which I think gives a good indication of the immigrant population.  Though as you say, it's happening all over the UK too, especially London.  It's rare to find someone working in a London hotel that has English as their first language these days.  I just assume that (with no family connections over here, and probably much lower wages in their home countries) these people are prepared to work unsociable hours for low wages.

One of the saddest things about Central Dublin is that the care and pride has gone out of pouring a pint of the black stuff.  Find yourself a proper Irish back street pub and they'll still do it properly, but go to any of the touristy ones, and they'll just spray it into a glass even faster than they do over here

The other thing that's rather upsetting is that they spent all of that money on that big spike in the middle of O'Connell street, and then the funds ran out and they couldn't afford the woodpecker on a spring to go up and down it.

[carabiker]

It isn't just in Ireland that this is happening but all over the UK.

I used to go over to Dublin semi-regularly but haven't been for a couple of years.  The last few times I went though, I noticed that you're hard pushed to meet anyone Irish on the hotel staff.  Just about every street around the city centre seems to have one of those "Cheap Internet foreign phone calls" shops, which I think gives a good indication of the immigrant population.  Though as you say, it's happening all over the UK too, especially London.  It's rare to find someone working in a London hotel that has English as their first language these days.  I just assume that (with no family connections over here, and probably much lower wages in their home countries) these people are prepared to work unsociable hours for low wages.

One of the saddest things about Central Dublin is that the care and pride has gone out of pouring a pint of the black stuff.  Find yourself a proper Irish back street pub and they'll still do it properly, but go to any of the touristy ones, and they'll just spray it into a glass even faster than they do over here

The other thing that's rather upsetting is that they spent all of that money on that big spike in the middle of O'Connell street, and then the funds ran out and they couldn't afford the woodpecker on a spring to go up and down it.

Hi

We where in Southern Ireland this year (again)

Streams town caravan site ,Roscrea  the site owner said that the locals did not shop in Roscrea on weekends as the town was full of eastern European's  


Newtoncove caravan site Tramore

The local super market in Tramore had one complete row of racking with only Polish food

Regards
Dave

[Green Squirrel]

Ireland has benefited more from the EU than most of the other older EU countries NOW it is paying the price of that benefit with nationals from the newer EU flocking there to take advantage of the growth afforded by the EU.

Bit like the old days when the only accents you heard in London were Irish and on Friday nights (pay day) the local nicks were full of inebriated Irish.  Don't get me wrong in those days we needed the Irish construction industry workers AND they were good!

[pogue]

i agree squirrel ,but thats a price we should not pay though .we have had more than any other country for the infrastructure of our country,but why suffer this mess off multi nationals ? all european countys take them ,but ireland depends on its fish stock and tourism ,british anglers virtually filled every ferry over there ,transit after transit ,but now? we fish in holland .tis a great pity whats going on over there .the reason for this thread was to give you all an insight into these problems ,and hopefuly you would report such scenes .i agree with dublin too ,spot the irish guy is a great game on a raint day .glad you appreciated the good ole irish navvies

[davec]

beauty dies where litter lies !!!!!!!!!!!

you ought to use that in a litter campaign tis a sad but accurate message that everybody should hear  good luck to you

[Challenger]

Has anyone been to Ireland recently? We are thinking of going again in May/June but are now wondering if things have changed that much since last year.

[Jbeans]

   Nothing upon nothing would stop us from going to Ireland in Spetember!!!!!!!!!   
We were fishing at our local cl spot the other day, and a member came over to us because he thought we were Pols! Hubby and I were dressed up as it was so cold, and I was hiding behind the tree to escape the wind.  It was good that matey had the guts to come over and see!



LOL
JILL

[pogue]

ive just returned from athy and carlow.fishing the grand canal at levistown,every day polish guys were there keeping everything they caught ,even roach of an ounce!! i took there reg no and have handed it over to the powers that be.met a mate in carlow for some bait as he owns a tackle shop ,hes doing a great job on the river barrow confiscating their tackle .a few years ago the large swan and duck population dissapeared mysteriously ,they have now returned again ,the se europeans had eaten the first lot .irish holidays start on the ferry ,the welcoming irish accent,not no more ,its like sailing on a polish ferry now,saddened to the bones by it all