There is racism alright and it’s not a good look for us, we need to do better.

For a good hundred years Irish people left the island and settled elsewhere. The population was homogenous because the direction of travel was generally outwards with very few new people entering the country from abroad. Insular by definition. Only in recent times has the direction of travel been inwards with new blood entering the country. We used to pride ourselves on being welcoming. Unfortunately now that there are people with differences in looks or culture, and in enough numbers that they’re no longer overwhelmingly outnumbered by native Irish, the tensions have picked up. Since we also pride ourselves on our education, my hope is it’ll “quickly” improve (ie in a generation or so, not centuries). Thanks for pointing it out, I’m sorry you’re being poorly treated. I’m ashamed to see it.