Ladies and gents from.Brazil

[Lisa007]

I love a good joke, even dark humour but this one I don’t get

[davidob555]

Closer to 25%

[FullIrish]

I love a good joke, even dark humour but this one I don’t get

I think he just means it's sligltly bemusing for their numbers to rise to this point.

I think nearly everyone is happy and welcoming to our South American friends, they fit into Irish culture extremely well from my experience.

[TommyH123]

I think he just means it's sligltly bemusing for their numbers to rise to this point.

I think nearly everyone is happy and welcoming to our South American friends, they fit into Irish culture extremely well from my experience.

can't argue with that, they are a great addition to the country, more the merrier, I'd suggest deporting Cork People to make more room for them

[oddball]

And here I was thinking there seems to be a bit of a spike in Colombians recently.

Regarding Brazilians though they are one of the larger foreign demographics in Ireland so I guess the only surprising thing is that there are not more Irish ladies advertising by comparison, but I can think of a few possible reasons for that...
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2024/04/19/more-than-58000-brazilians-live-in-ireland-with-40-intending-to-stay/

[beautyaddict]

can't argue with that, they are a great addition to the country, more the merrier, I'd suggest deporting Cork People to make more room for them

Cavan crew my choice and your post deserves potm BUT AGAINST Barry = no hope this mONTH anyway

[TommyH123]

Cavan crew my choice and your post deserves potm BUT AGAINST Barry = no hope this mONTH anyway

The Cavan lads might be a challenge, imagine all the loose change they'd have to stuff into their hand luggage.

Cork would be a bit more scenic for our new occupants anyway , not much to do in Cootehill apart from washing diesel

[IrishSarahBarra]

Of course. A huge community of them. I love the Brazilian's, they're fab to work with (in normal jobs). I worked in a nursing home over covid, the place would have fallen apart without them, all they want to do is work and they're very sound/sweet.

Here doing English language courses for 3 sets of 8 months. The EL courses are capped at 2yrs so they must get a working contract, do a degree, or go home. Fair enough the degree but it's a min of 13k per year for a degree. (Probably for some crappy business degree that they don't want and isn't in line with what they did at home but hey it's cheap and will buy time.)

It's an impossible situation to be in...save 13k per year while being allowed to work 40hrs per week for 17 weeks and then only 20hrs for the rest of the year.

Looks nearly possible on paper but is impossible in reality...it's so unfair that we things just put of reach for them. I feel sorry for them coming here excited and only then truly realising how expensive everything is and how much they'll need to struggle to stay.

[Thoreau]

Of course. A huge community of them. I love the Brazilian's, they're fab to work with (in normal jobs). I worked in a nursing home over covid, the place would have fallen apart without them, all they want to do is work and they're very sound/sweet.

Here doing English language courses for 3 sets of 8 months. The EL courses are capped at 2yrs so they must get a working contract, do a degree, or go home. Fair enough the degree but it's a min of 13k per year for a degree. (Probably for some crappy business degree that they don't want and isn't in line with what they did at home but hey it's cheap and will buy time.)

It's an impossible situation to be in...save 13k per year while being allowed to work 40hrs per week for 17 weeks and then only 20hrs for the rest of the year.

Looks nearly possible on paper but is impossible in reality...it's so unfair that we things just put of reach for them. I feel sorry for them coming here excited and only then truly realising how expensive everything is and how much they'll need to struggle to stay.

How very informative, interesting and explains a lot - fair play!

[Palatine]

can't argue with that, they are a great addition to the country, more the merrier, I'd suggest deporting Cork People to make more room for them