Talk:Ireland

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Ireland on the top

Irish flag should be on top cuz why not. I put Irish flag on top. Dapperedavid (talk) 14:34, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Clintonmania

I don't have the time to rewrite it now, but the section on the Troubles absurdly claims that it wasn't till Bill got himself involved that peace became a prospect in Northern Ireland. This is patently untrue; there had already been attempts at creating peace such as the Anglo Irish Agreement, signed a whole ten years before George Mitchell got his new job , the UK had been involved in back-channel communications with the IRA since the 80s and the bloodiest period of the conflict was already in the past. The US acted as neutral facilitators, and even the altruism of the Clintons' work in relation to the north has come into question. This section needs a rewrite. HeadlessDenise (talk) 19:56, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Merge with Repulic of Ireland

This article should be merged with the one of RoI as they describe the same subject and that RW is not an encyclopedia and tbh doesn't fit with the mission. The section about politics mostly describes RoI and not Ulsters as well the background the political strife could shuffle to The Troubles.--Tuxer (talk) 22:35, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. Since I’ll get to Ireland at some point in my world editing tour, I’ll merge them then if no one has objected. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 00:26, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I agree. It's almost all ROI and not the Island as a whole.Bob^{"Life is short and (insert adjective)"} 12:08, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Unite Ireland on the wiki today, the world tomorrow!/s. There are sections better placed in Northern Ireland such as Nationalism and Loyalism, as well as the troubles, tho the troubles would be very relevant to the Republic also. Féinléiriú (talk) 15:02, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I mean any bits mentioned here not already in that article, of course these things are already covered. Féinléiriú (talk) 15:06, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

@Euromec You might consider fitting your most recent edit into the Republic of Ireland page given what was said above, unless you want to keep this one. Féinléiriú (talk) 18:06, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I will move to the Republic section. Euromec (talk) 18:49, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Irish Economy

I added a small section to the page about their economy, though it might be a little misplaced in "The Troubles" section. I simply put it there because organically the page referred to the economy there. I'll probably end up moving that new stuff I added in the history section above. --96.35.60.159 (talk) 16:55, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

it should be moved. it does not fit there, and seems to refer to republic of ireland rather than the northern ireland and the troublkes was chiefly their thing. AMassiveGay (talk) 19:45, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

and its not really that accurate tbh. the republic's economy was complete wank for a long time post independence/civil war only really picking up when it joined the eu, then it collapsed again and now seems to be staying afloat as a tax haven. northern irelands economy was similarly moribund until very recently as a result of the culmination of the troubles made investment a less risky prospect and i dunno about how its faring post brexit or how it will fare with whatever of the equally dogshit choices for where the hard border is picked. AMassiveGay (talk) 19:53, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Same anon here. Sorry about having inaccurate information. The source seemed reliable, and I tried to simplify what the video said. I guess I failed in several ways. Oh well, I'll just do some more research and and try again! Hopefully the next time will be more accurate. 96.35.60.159 (talk) 01:34, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Transgender treatment

I've been talking to an Irish girl, and it came to my attention that Ireland has, like many places right now, a big transgender care issue, one of the worst, apparently. According to PinkNews they were rated the worst in the EU at some point. https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/02/gender-dysphoria-ireland-health-and-safety-executive/ BumblingBuffoon (talk) 06:21, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Yeah I’m definitely adding that to my to-do list for this article expansion. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 07:38, 3 August 2023 (UTC)