Quoting: Puzzler
Dannyboy asserts: 'Among the many Polish immigrants, there are some great, decent people, but also some true borderline nazi/mafioso scum, much like any other culture or race. It just so happens that there was such a large influx of Polish scum, that the decent Polish people were outnumbered in Ireland for a while.'
Any specific examples of this alleged numerous 'Polish scum' in Ireland? And is there any 'borderline nazi/mafioso' 'Irish scum' in Ireland too?
I can not legally go into detail on this subject with regard to your first question.
Suffice to say, members of my family are involved in the government, legal system and law enforcement, even down to translation.
Refer to the sharp rise in Non-national crime reported in Ireland and the sharp decline in crime reported in Poland since 2004.
beatroot.blogspot.com/2007/02/crime-rate-down-in-poland.html
Regarding your second question, yes organized crime in Ireland is a severe problem and is continuing to get worse, mostly based around drugs. This year we have had more murders than ever before.
There are few Nazis groups, neo-nazis are based to a minor degree in England, Poland & Italy and to a major degree in Russia.
mosnews.com/news/2005/04/18/russianskinheads.shtml
If so, how the Irish scum has been getting on with the Polish scum?
There were several incidents where Polish guys tried to muscle in on Irish turf and got hammered. By and large however, Polish crime is on other Poles and grand theft auto to a minor degree (although there are a lot of muslims involved in this here especially around Dublin), so the Irish scum don't bat an eyelid once they don't mess with Irish and don't bring drugs.
If the Poles became involved in the drugs trade (which is gradually happening) there will be murders, as this is where the big money is. It is a similar situation with the Nigerians and Romany Gypsys in Ireland who have been here since 1995.
The difference is that these people are visibly different from Irish while Poles are not, so they can be easily discriminated against.
A similar situation exists with Lithuanians i.e. lithuanian on lithuanian crime.
In general, Lithuanians and Polish do not get on.
On a personal level where I am free to comment, in my role as a doorman, I can say that a disproportionately large amount of customers I have to eject from nightclubs are Polish men and in general, they will want to fight. I have never had trouble from Polish women.