But the poles are foreigners there as well

@Bif Stiff same here, moved down to SW Germany in the early 10s. Haven't looked back..

Grammar Schools are the Jewel In The Crown of Northern Ireland. Grammar Schools must be reinstated in England. The Tower of London can be reinstated as a prison at any time. Politicians must remember this fact. Politicians locked in the Tower of London, locked in a dungeon chained to the walls.

Standard of living?! You live in Germany. In no way could Germany compare to Ireland in any way. The beauty of this island is beyond measure and German people come here to see it in droves. Our friendliness and warmness is legendary, Germany is the complete opposite! I think you've got skewed views of your own country that you haven't formed by yourself. I've been to over 50 countries and I can wholeheartedly say nowhere compares to Ireland and Northern Ireland is its crown! Ever think of coming back and maybe trying to make it a home rather than sitting miles away being judgemental?

Do u not miss your family and friends tho?

@@GingerJesusSaves German people are friendly too tho I must say....

Well that's probably just cause you dint know them, people are just awful everywhere, but the grass is always greener

Why?

​@@brianoshea1178DC was only eleven. He did not look at the history or sectarianism of Northern Ireland the way adults do.

That's poxy I'd say you really must miss home you say u were 11yearse old ibut home is you are the Emerald Isle will always be here to welcome you back home

The Troubles were still happening in Northern Ireland in 1981, domaybe you were fortunate to be removed from them.

Until you acknowledge a problem you can never fix it.

@@helenaville5939 But if you keep mentioning the problem repeatedly, it will be permanent in the mind of everyone (including the new generation).

@@helenaville5939Agreed! But that acknowledgment of a problem needs to be followed by proactive steps to fix them, not just “move somewhere else there’s nothing for you here”

@@geruslu reality is reality until you acknowledge you are an addict you cannot take the first step. This is an analogy NO GOOD saying NI is fine when the truth is, its critically sick to the core. Have u ever been here ?

@@josephharley9448 don’t think he said NI is fine? He’s making the point that you need to move the focus away from the problem and use that energy to find a solution. You’re saying the same thing.

josue oriega Its not really about religion its about a line on the map.

@@gallowglass2630 that may be the case but the 6 counties must unite as a society first.

@@Alex-gn2rb Yes ultimately they have to come to an accomodation that they are all happy with whatever it is,but realistically it can only happen and is happening because of demographics and intermarriage to a lesser extent.

People do not want integrated education where I go to school, the principal is strongly against

yes, it's lovely. This film even has eerie music to make it sound ominous. lol

.... Until the sheckels stop flowing from London. Then it's back to business as usual.

But sure themmuns are all thick, and we don't want that rubbing off on unnuns.

Irish people say NO TO the unelected British bureaucracy

State schools are integrated. There are no protestant schools just aphreid selected ones by rc. The new version of integrated is not way to go but principle is correct. The way to go is from Sept gov announced no more church controlled schools and pupil and teacher are vetted for integration in true form. State school or grammar or private.. No triple funds forcing state to bottom of funding pile

There are only a few integration of schools in the north but more are needed...... brilliant forward future will come from it

Belfast has been booming for the last 10years. If your not working nowadays it’s because you don’t want to work . Dublin however is going to dip into a unrecoverable recession within the next 12months.

@@jimmyburkeirishgoodfella5720 How so?

@@jgg59 just watch and see then come back to this comment in 12months from now

@@jimmyburkeirishgoodfella5720 That is not an answer that sounds more like wishful thinking.

@@jgg59 why wishful thinking ??? It’s my country I hope it doesn’t tbh . Just looks like a dire situation

lmao

hahaha yeah the weather is lovely

@@leonardordel92 Surprisingly the weather is one of the things you miss. I lived in southern California for a while, at first it was great, no rain, lawns watered by automatic sprinklers, 72 degrees all year round, beach and sea so inviting (but water is even colder than here). In a while the novelty wears off and you begin to dream of some proper weather like we have here giving us such lush green profusion. Keep sunshine for the hols, it more fun like that.

@@asanulsterman1025 yeah you’re too biased my friend. The weather is grim.

@@leonardordel92 Grim is good... bland is bad.

Not at all, the British can’t just steal land as they’ve always done. They did exactly what Russia is doing to the Ukraine right now…

silly ? 100 years of murder and oppression is not silly

If that were true, conflicts would cease to arise.

you know what is silly? Benji Wallace and his "rapping".

All taxi driver tour guides are former ex prisoners

Did you get a Loyalist or Republican?

@@sevans606 the latter

Because they identify as British rather than Irish, they are descendants of Scottish and Northern English planters. They have very little affinity with the Irish. And rightly so, the Irish don’t have patriarchal conservative accommodating attitudes like the British. They are about 400 years behind the British when it comes to administration of the people’s. The love would never be shown, and quickly turn to REAL contempt rather than your version of contempt.

Because it's a fundamental aspect of the unionist conscience. Most unionists in Northern Ireland today are descended from Scottish protestants brought to Ulster in the 1600s in an attempt to increase control over the territory by planting people loyal to the British crown. Obviously this created huge tension between the settled protestants and the Catholics already living there, and there were a whole series of rebellions and atrocities committed by each side to the other. Events like the Siege of Derry play an important part in a fundamental theme of unionism, which is that naturally, as a settler community, they are on the defensive, and live(d) in fear of being subjugated by the Irish. Another key aspect of unionism in northern Ireland though is an un-ending uneasiness as to the motives of the British state. Again, as a settler community, unionists feel very close to Britain, but are also scared of being cut off. A few centuries ago especially, many feared being cut off would let to terrible repercussions should they end up under the rule of the Irish. This fear of being cut off leads to mistrust of the British state and it's intentions as unionists are scared of being abandoned. When Irish independence was being floated in the 19th and early 20th century, unionists saw this as clear intention of the British government to sell them down the water. By this time as well, Ulster, especially the north east, where most of the protestants are, had become much closer to Britain in a cultural and industrial sense, playing an important role in the UK such as with heavy industry like shipbuilding. Unionists were vehemently opposed to being ruled from Dublin, and basically threatened civil war. The British government eventually caved in, which is why partition happened. Crucially though, whilst the unionists got their way and stayed in the UK, they were now more worried than ever that the UK could abandon them, so between the 1920s and the 1960s unionist politicians and the elite worked as hard as they could to alienate Catholics from the state, such as gerrymandering electoral boundaries so that unionists would control councils, which meant they could also control housing allocation and give more houses to protestants than Catholics. They also excluded Catholics from most aspects of government and major industries were dominated by protestants. Unionists did this to buttress the new northern Irish state, and to consolidate unionist power, but ironically, and because the UK government did little to intervene, this consolidation of power is what left the unionists with none by the 1970s as direct rule was brought in because of the widespread violence of the start of the troubles. Even today there is still mistrust of British motives, because people still feel that fear of being cut off from the country where their roots and allegiance lie. This is why issues over brexit have ignited tension again because people are afraid that with every small step they will be broken away from the UK. Nonetheless it's important to mention that most of the violence of today and at the height of the troubles was perpetrated by extremists from both communities. The normal people of northern Ireland whilst still having their allegiances have no wish for violence.

@@EMPRSE44 The Republic of Ireland is 400 years behind Britain? What? Are you ok?

@@EMPRSE44 WRONG. Edward Carson considered himself irish so i have no idea what you are on about

Because of the bottom feeders feeding of the establishment. Its a monopoly now. Look into how much funding each year there is for cross community work and how successful it is and where and who's pockets the funding lines

It's a shame that nutters from both sides are still obsessed with stirring up hatred. It's sad as well that most of this isn't even logical hatred, it's just stirred up by people who terrorise their neighbourhoods especially in the estates. I wish we could all just get along

The older generation are mentally sick

Where did you go

NI needs to reunite with the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 and send all the unionists back to England

@@Peirithous 0 iq idea. 1) the Irish government does not want Northern Ireland and to have to deal with its problems 2) most of the people want to be in the UK. 3) sending unionists to England is just about the most stupid idea on so many levels. Firstly unionists are mostly descendant from Scots, and secondly northern Ireland is the home of unionists, you can't deport people who have lived somewhere for 400 years. That's like saying every non native American should be deported.

Let's imagine the British never arrived in the first place.

@@anthonymullen6300 it was the Spanish who arrived first ;)

@@ryanOGab When was that?

@@buzon1658 absolutely donkeys years ago. They built Newgrange in the shape of an upside-down giant Paella 🥘 dish to leave a permanent mark of their presence and culinary excellence to all who followed afterwards.

@@ryanOGab ?

An excelent post thankyou gloin10

Likely due to talking to normal people & not politicians

Hahaha .Top comment on here 🤣

@@lfarrell6375 Cheers, me old son!

@@jacksonreilly3441 even then no peace walls....sad they only have got higher...it's the walls in people's minds have to be eradicated first

Irish people in Ireland are richer on average compared to northern Irish so your comment makes no sense. Plus a united ireland means free trade with the EU.

Ireland's gdp is highly inflated due to being a tax haven.

@@0freeman Even if you adjust for effects of MNCs tax-shifting of income into ROI its still a far richer country than the UK now. Same with life expectancy -- higher than UK, far higher than NI.

@@donalbyard713 From all the sources I've read, NI and ROI are on par in terms of standard of living, similar to the level of Scotland, while both are a bit below England. Wales is poorest. Also, NI has the advantage of NHS while in ROI you still have to pay ~70 euros per visit to a GP. Healthcare is a bit worse and housing is quite a bit more expensive than NI.

I am a unionist who dated a Catholic girl. Believe me that I was never welcomed into their community and in fact was threatened quite a few times simply because I came from a Protestant background. So I wouldn't agree with your theory at all.

@@mariothestone2331 Unfortunately sectarianism on both sides tell me would Irish Roman Catholic be beaten up in Ulster Unionist area even if he where a Unionist I why he would

Beaverton?

Ironically it was Ulster-Scots who caused a lot of the division today....

There will never be actual full peace here. There is relative peace now but there are still shootings, attempted bombings etc. and the hatred is alive on both sides. I think we will go from cycles out relative peace to all out war. Rinse and repeat.

I'm a Muslim and I support your fight against British imperialism and occupation of Northern Ireland. I hope Ireland is united one day. And I don't support your views on abortion and homosexuality. These two things are considered major sins and grotesque. And those who indulge in it will be punished by Allah (which means one and only God in Arabic language) both here in this world and the Hereafter.

@@maaziy_ghaziyIYI You have just prove why countries need to be secular. "We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist." James Baldwin Oddly enough you are part of the problem there Maaz. One does not have to be a Catholic or protestant who understand this.

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you could tell paisley was getting inspiration from the deep south in USA. When he led a gang of thugs to burn down homes it was like a lesser version of Tulsa massacre

Please tell the world; the same shite keeps being slung out the television year after year.

That's a very generous description of "integrated"...

Methody isn’t an integrated school

World is becoming multicultural and Ireland pretty new to it....

Catholic schools are the best in Northern Ireland. Catholic girls in Northern Ireland are the highest Achievers in GCSE and Alevels in all of the UK, year in and year out. When Catholics were discriminated against and didn't have equal opportunities education was the only thing they had catholic schools do very well. It's not broken why fix it? Yes it's good to have integrated schools but everyone should have a choice.

And the got slimmer of the year awards whatever faction they were in 🤣

RIP Heroes

They will always come to a conclusion

If the peacewalls come down there will be murder and all out chaos. The peacewalls are necessary.

That's because an awful lot of them couldn't care less, they don't identify with it at all.

@@elflakeador09 an awful lot!!!!! Not sure aye....dont worry ya woke head my friend more than you thinks got eyes on our brothers across the drink, you must be foreign to not understand?...

At least houses are affordable here in the north

Really? I've heard him tell that story in 2 different videos and both times he has left that bit out. Hmmm, it makes it a completely different story, doesn't it?!?

@@heffo67 In fairness to Carl the , fine detail, of events on that day , 11 Nov 2001 are , perhaps, not relevant to the subject matter here. Coincidentally the young lad in question , who lost his life was named Glenn , Spacer , Branagh a relation of one of Belfast's more celebrated son's, Kenneth Branagh. He was used by older sinister figures from within pro British militant loyalism , who were and remain opposed to the GFA agreement and are to this day ,instrumental in attempting to bring us back to the days of violence. The recent movie, Belfast, is set on the actual 'peaceline' along which much of the conflict 69/ 98 unfolded , the adage, there but for the grace of God, go I , comes to mind, upon watching the movie, with huge fame and untold fortune for one and heartache, hatred and ultimately ,premature death for the other Branagh, fate turning almost on the tossing of a coin. Ireland's story is replete with such similar sad happenstance.

@@jamesoneill2933 Thanks for the explanation. I can understand why he leaves out that detail and you are correct, it isn't really relevant to the subject matter of the video. But he does make it sound like the pipe bomb was thrown at him. I put his name into google...16 years of age. Oh my what a terrible waste of a life. That's very sad. Young fellas can be so easily influenced and lead astray. Absolutely senseless.

teratik Its neither ireland or the UK,yes of course politically its in the UK,but culturally its neither fish nor foul,Some parts are as irish as in the republic and others are even more british than britain.

@@gallowglass2630 heck Dublin is practically a victorian city. Trinity College was build by the british royal family lol

It's still an occupied zone.

there are more homeless and thieves in every other part of ireland and UK than belfast, so your anecdotal evidence is simply rubbish

I was born just before The Troubles kicked off. I’ve come to the opinion that, the whole concept that is ‘Northern Ireland’ is just a plain nonsense. I know many will disagree with me but just look at the evidence. 100 years of consistent p*** poor performance. If NI was a business it would not have survived its founding year. I look forward to the day, when a reunification vote consigns NI to the history books!

My sister visited Belfast and she said it’s dire.

@@ffi1001 go to London and experience what dire is London is hell on earth

Most people I know in Northern Ireland are not interested in this; as usual it is a small but highly vocal minority who are most intransigent.

Nothing terrible about it were all used to it ,,it's hell of a lot better than carefews ,car bomb, pub bombs,n snippers ,

Connect the communities in Northern Ireland, do not connect Northern Ireland with republic of Ireland

@JMB Pro why would Ireland want to be ruled by the British when the British killed millions of Irish last time….

Oh Yes. Things are always changing and not for the better. Once London stops putting money into the jute box and the music stops there will be conflict again. It's in their nature.

Nothing like a bit of misogyny on a video trying to show how far Northern Ireland has come since the troubles and commenting on a section of the video where woman who suffer from high levels of unemployment trying to get some training to improve their lives comments and attitudes like these are the reason Northern Ireland is so behind the rest of the UK Mark Bailey you should be ashamed of yourself

and don't give redstarsocks9517 a hammer as well. Tell a funny joke and she gets all serious and ready to injury someone

There are Republicans in Northern Ireland UK, walking up every day paying their taxes to the Crown that they hate. They utilise the NHS and don't moan about it's "free at the point of service" approach. They claim benefits from the British government in huge numbers in areas of North and West Belfast especially. They also want to unite with a Republic that left them behind and effectively partitioned the island, leaving their kin and comrades behind.

Both of you are correct.

Loyalists were always a confused, paradoxical and self-contradictory bunch. No consistency to be found there at all, I'm afraid.

James II may dispute the label loyalists given that they handed the English crown to a Dutchman. They should be referred to as unionists or colonists not loyalists, or protestants which implies the conflict is religious in origin.

There’s still a vast political difference between both the Irish nationalist communities and loyalists. My father was born into a very loyalist, Protestant home in Armagh but in his early 20’s became a Republican and joined the provos. This isn’t just a faith divide.

Catholic girls in Northern Ireland are the highest achievers in GCSEs and A levels in all of the UK, year in year out. Catholics only had education and had to work 10 times harder if they wanted anything. I don't see what good it will do getting rid of the best schools in Northrn Ireland. Yes integrated schools are good to have, but you can't take away something that give the catholic community something, when they couldn't get anything else in Northern Ireland. You should be able to have a choice in what school you want to attend. Many kids mix and integrate outside of school thanks to social media.

@@nervesinapattern7261 armagh was once the capital of Ireland in ancient times

It is only to do with religion in name. The troubles are to do with national identity and politics. Also, when it comes to the catholic faith in Ireland as a whole, it is very much on the way out.

Stop living in the past and blaming people because it’s down to people lake you that things never change!!!!!!

@@leeorr9071 no, it's not. It's people like you, who refuse to accept that moving on isn't easy and demand it from those who cannot.

@@L.C.Sweeney well they must have a sad life

@@leeorr9071 call it what you will. Your words are of no use to anybody.

@@L.C.Sweeney so it’s ok too kill each other over bullshite

i know right? lets just skip over how it came to be that communities in conflict built their homes right next to eachother. Troubles just came out of no where... 🙄

Ok but the meddling happened in the 1600s which was a different world to now. We have to move forward with that history now it’s happened.

@@SpitfireMLG Unfortunately I don't think certain segments of the community have moved on much from the 1600s. Just look at what happens every July. And the British meddling happened in every century from the 1600s to today. What was Brexit? NI voted by majority to remain and yet were dragged out against its will in order to serve the interests of English Tories.

*Looks at map* *Looks at UN* *Looks at history* Hmmm...I have to disagree with your there.

What four Provinces do you speak of?

@@jonathanburmeister1946 Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught. It's really not that difficult. Ireland was an island long before the division, and remains one today. You're obviously being deliberately obtuse or wilfully ignorant...

@@LiamNI he's could be referring to the UK as well.

@@pecadodeorgullo5963 how so?

@@LiamNI the UK is made up of 4 provinces which are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Who owns anything?????,we'll be a long time dead despite the squabbling over Land.You own the Air you breathe ?.

you maybe right but sinn fein and sdlp want multiculturalism ie Irish culture to be dead like in the UK, Sweden, Netherlands etc

100% it's about an invading force dividing a country then rigging their wee plot so the minority had no chance of having a say, not until 100 years later and now the unionists have thrown the toys out of the pram

It’s less about religion than colonial divide and rule tactics and their legacies.

All working class areas the hatred is well and alive on both sides.

Sad…

The sad thing is the people of the 6 are the hardest working most tenacious people in the world. You see when they are put in a thriving environment, like in the south or London they excel. How many of the big construction companies in dublin are owned by northies

@@mulhern1988 Very few of the construction companies that are working with Jonnie Ronan for the D1 Docklands development in Dublin are owned by yellow backs. But the tea bags that shovel the proverbial are primarily from Norn Iron...

Bollocks! Nothing backwards about us, I'd hate to have such a narrow view of the world.