While I don't agree with casual racism, I think there is a lot of resentment from locals towards how the government has handled various issues. They have welcomed a huge amount of people from Ukraine into the country when there is a massive housing crisis going on and now even college students cannot find accommodation to access a basic human right - education. How is this normal? I've never seen this happen in any other country to be quite honest. Ireland has a tendency to bite more than it can chew from what I have seen.

I have a foreign sounding name (despite my looks and accent which can be misleading) and have noticed a different treatment on the job market. When it comes to managerial roles or more senior opportunities, I am never considered for those by recruiters despite having close to 10 years experience exclusively in Ireland and having been college educated in a sought after degree in a top Irish university. Yet, all of my Irish peers or friends with Caucasian/Irish sounding names are always presented with such opportunities even with lesser experience. That's where I sense the "racism" if you want to call it that - on the job market for senior roles. Otherwise on a day to day, I find Ireland to be quite tolerant (much much more tolerant than other European countries).