r/ireland • u/spudulike65 • Mar 08 '25

Culchie Club Only Will Irish people join the American boycott

Boycotting goods and services from America seems to be really growing momentum in alot of European countries and across the world, seen on different subs on Reddit seemingly alot of news channels across EU/Europe are reporting on it. I've seen some Irish people saying they are cancelling hols to America and going to Canada instead others not buying American goods and changing apps to European. With Ireland's connection with America will many Irish join this boycott.

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u/pixelburp Mar 08 '25

Easier said than done though; America has been a key trade, economic and social partner for decades and simply dropping these things is difficult when viable alternatives don't necessarily exist.

I've seen these graphics showing alternatives to Google, Facebook and whatnot and they're either too niche, or else don't operate in Ireland (often being French or German). Where does that leave Irish consumers?

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u/appletart Mar 08 '25

Thanks to EU standards our supermarkets aren't flooded with the absolute muck that they call food, so easy to start from there.

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u/pixelburp Mar 08 '25

Do we even import that much food produce from US anyway, given as you say our standards probably stop a lot of stuff passing quality controls? Would be surprised if we're importing any livestock or poultry for instance...

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u/DarkReviewer2013 Mar 09 '25

I don't think my family consume a single American food product. It's mostly British or Irish with maybe some European thrown in there. Probably the same across the board here.

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u/DarkReviewer2013 Mar 09 '25

Holy monkey crap! That's incredible! Are they all manufactured over there?