You are of course, right Baccy
There is racism in Ireland, and not just with Travellers (who's treatment verges on ethnic cleansing)
It would be complacent to suggest otherwise

The incoming of immigrants has raised the level of prejudice here, but not seriously - yet - I think I mentioned the welcoming ceremony for the new citizens a couple of days ago - tends to be the way things are in general
In the main, Ireland is an extremely welcoming country, but since the shenanigans pulled the teeth from the Celtic Tiger, things have toughened somewhat and Goldman-Sachs buying up of rented property and selling to to the better off have made things a damn sight worse - a breeding ground for scapegoating and racist resentment
According to the Jewish community here, they have met with nothing but friendliness since they first started to settle in Ireland after the war
We'll have to run very fast and a long way before we catch up to the UK though

Farage held an Anti-Europe meeting a few months ago in Dublin - so far, no effect; let's wait and see.
Would be very grateful if you kept in in a cage back there
It is now reckoned that most European Countries now have a Farage waiting in the wings
Happy days are here again eh
Jim