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18 of the hardest things about being Irish

What’s that smell?

1. When your Hailo’s been four minutes away for seven minutes

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2. Being constantly tested by Disney

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3. When you’re filling out a form online and the form can’t cope with the apostrophe in your surname

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4. When you’re trying to order something online and it insists on a postcode and you can’t find that little card they sent you with your postcode on it

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5. Starbucks

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6. This carry on

7. The NCT

More stressful than the Leaving. That little window. The horrific shaking machine. Nightmare.

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8. Reversing around corners

9. Trying to keep up with what they’re calling The Point Depot these days

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10. Irish water jokes

Please. Our sides.

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11. Ongoing football heartache

Please Bosnia and Herzegovina, please go easy on us. We need this.

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12. Suspicions aroused by not drinking

“No, I really am on antibiotics”.

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13. The bang of manure

JUST as you hang the clothes out and all.

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14. People who don’t understand how roundabouts and indicators go hand in hand

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15. Ongoing battles with the RTÉ Player

16. UTV Ireland

ITV gets Downton Abbey. UTV Ireland gets Canal Boats of Yorkshire.

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17. The smell of Dublin

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18. Bank Holiday Monday night

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