CelticViking
03-13-2012, 01:34 PM
THE Australian Embassy has blasted a racist advert looking for a bricklayer in Perth which includes the instruction that "no Irish" are wanted.
The ad on classifieds website Gumtree states: “Bricklayer needed ASAP. $250 a day, no part-time workers and NO IRISH” – in language reminiscent of the discrimination against the Irish in British cities in the 1950s.
A spokesman for the Embassy said: The Australian Government has no tolerance for racism and discrimination and this is reflected in a broad range of anti-discrimination legislation in Australia.
“The Government has an unwavering commitment to a multicultural Australia and greatly welcomes the contribution made by people of all backgrounds , regardless of origin, gender, or colour, to Australia's culture, society, and prosperity,” he added.
Simon, the man who placed the ad, defended the move today stating that he was sick of Irish people applying for jobs with no experience.
“I have no trouble with Irish people,” he told Independent.ie, but he would not disclose his full name or the name of the company he works for.
“But I’ve had to fire a number of people. I’ve had lots of Irish people say they have experience bricklaying but come over and have no clue how to lay bricks.
“I’m very busy and don’t have time to be watching over them.”
He added that he is well aware of the anti-discriminatory legislation in Australia.
The placement of the ad has drawn attention on the internet and twitter.
Many of the postings reflected shock at the ad.
“Australians like the Irish when they are good they're very very good and when they are bad they a horrid...,” said one tweet.
“Now that’s not very nice now, is it,” said another commentator.
Two years ago it was claimed that “No Irish need apply” signs were going up on building sites in Poland in a bid to take revenge on some unscrupulous builders who treated their staff badly.
The Australian Government has no tolerance for racism and discrimination and this is reflected in a broad range of anti-discrimination legislation in Australia. The Government has an unwavering commitment to a multicultural Australia and greatly welcomes the contribution made by people of all backgrounds , regardless of origin, gender, or colour, to Australia's culture, society, and prosperity.
- Independent.ie reporters
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/australian-embassy-blasts-racist-advert-asking-no-irish-to-apply-for-bricklaying-job-3047010.html
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A.D. 400. Settlers from the Irish petty kingdom of Dál Riata were beginning to establishing themselves in what would later be called Scotland. Picts were well established north of other Celtic speakers except perhaps on the west coast and in the Hebrides.
A.D. 500. Departure of Roman legions in A.D. 407 left Britain to Picts, other Celtic speakers, and growing numbers of Irish settlers. Enough Scotti were in place by A.D. 490 to allow them to move the seat of Dál Riata from across the Irish Sea.
A.D. 600. Colum Cille left Ireland and established a monastery on Iona in 563. From this time on expansion of the Irish Scotti was assisted in part by the spread of Christianity.
A.D. 700. As the Scottish presence in Britain grew, so did that of the Angles and Saxons, many the descendants of Roman mercenaries. Angle settlements expanded south and east of Scottish territory.
A.D. 800. As both Angle and Scottish communities grew, small Norse settlements began to appear in the islands of Orkney and the Outer Hebrides.
A.D. 900. Competition from the Norse and Angles probably contributed to the unification of Scots and Picts into a single kingdom in 844. Pictish language and culture disappeared. Norse raids forced the abandonment of Iona by 878.
A.D. 1000. By 1,000 years ago the Picts were a memory and the united kingdom of Scotland was caught between Germanic Norse and Angle settlers.
http://www.archaeology.org/0107/abstracts/scotland.html
Professor T. F. O'Rahilly proposes that the Qritani/Pritani were the first Celtic group to inhabit Britain and Ireland, and describes them as "the earliest inhabitants of these islands to whom a name can be assigned
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruthin
http://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Saxon-Invasion.php
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Ireland.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman
Recorded as Keating, Keeting and sometimes McKeating, this is an Anglo-Irish surname, but despite the occasional use of the Gaelic or Celtic Mac or Mc, is one of English medieval origins. According to the late Edward MacLysaght, the foremost authority on Irish surnames, (quote) "This great family entered Ireland with the Anglo Norman invasions of 1169-1170,
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Keating
The ad on classifieds website Gumtree states: “Bricklayer needed ASAP. $250 a day, no part-time workers and NO IRISH” – in language reminiscent of the discrimination against the Irish in British cities in the 1950s.
A spokesman for the Embassy said: The Australian Government has no tolerance for racism and discrimination and this is reflected in a broad range of anti-discrimination legislation in Australia.
“The Government has an unwavering commitment to a multicultural Australia and greatly welcomes the contribution made by people of all backgrounds , regardless of origin, gender, or colour, to Australia's culture, society, and prosperity,” he added.
Simon, the man who placed the ad, defended the move today stating that he was sick of Irish people applying for jobs with no experience.
“I have no trouble with Irish people,” he told Independent.ie, but he would not disclose his full name or the name of the company he works for.
“But I’ve had to fire a number of people. I’ve had lots of Irish people say they have experience bricklaying but come over and have no clue how to lay bricks.
“I’m very busy and don’t have time to be watching over them.”
He added that he is well aware of the anti-discriminatory legislation in Australia.
The placement of the ad has drawn attention on the internet and twitter.
Many of the postings reflected shock at the ad.
“Australians like the Irish when they are good they're very very good and when they are bad they a horrid...,” said one tweet.
“Now that’s not very nice now, is it,” said another commentator.
Two years ago it was claimed that “No Irish need apply” signs were going up on building sites in Poland in a bid to take revenge on some unscrupulous builders who treated their staff badly.
The Australian Government has no tolerance for racism and discrimination and this is reflected in a broad range of anti-discrimination legislation in Australia. The Government has an unwavering commitment to a multicultural Australia and greatly welcomes the contribution made by people of all backgrounds , regardless of origin, gender, or colour, to Australia's culture, society, and prosperity.
- Independent.ie reporters
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/australian-embassy-blasts-racist-advert-asking-no-irish-to-apply-for-bricklaying-job-3047010.html
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A.D. 400. Settlers from the Irish petty kingdom of Dál Riata were beginning to establishing themselves in what would later be called Scotland. Picts were well established north of other Celtic speakers except perhaps on the west coast and in the Hebrides.
A.D. 500. Departure of Roman legions in A.D. 407 left Britain to Picts, other Celtic speakers, and growing numbers of Irish settlers. Enough Scotti were in place by A.D. 490 to allow them to move the seat of Dál Riata from across the Irish Sea.
A.D. 600. Colum Cille left Ireland and established a monastery on Iona in 563. From this time on expansion of the Irish Scotti was assisted in part by the spread of Christianity.
A.D. 700. As the Scottish presence in Britain grew, so did that of the Angles and Saxons, many the descendants of Roman mercenaries. Angle settlements expanded south and east of Scottish territory.
A.D. 800. As both Angle and Scottish communities grew, small Norse settlements began to appear in the islands of Orkney and the Outer Hebrides.
A.D. 900. Competition from the Norse and Angles probably contributed to the unification of Scots and Picts into a single kingdom in 844. Pictish language and culture disappeared. Norse raids forced the abandonment of Iona by 878.
A.D. 1000. By 1,000 years ago the Picts were a memory and the united kingdom of Scotland was caught between Germanic Norse and Angle settlers.
http://www.archaeology.org/0107/abstracts/scotland.html
Professor T. F. O'Rahilly proposes that the Qritani/Pritani were the first Celtic group to inhabit Britain and Ireland, and describes them as "the earliest inhabitants of these islands to whom a name can be assigned
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruthin
http://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Saxon-Invasion.php
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Ireland.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman
Recorded as Keating, Keeting and sometimes McKeating, this is an Anglo-Irish surname, but despite the occasional use of the Gaelic or Celtic Mac or Mc, is one of English medieval origins. According to the late Edward MacLysaght, the foremost authority on Irish surnames, (quote) "This great family entered Ireland with the Anglo Norman invasions of 1169-1170,
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Keating