"May you burn in hell. Is that the thanks after all that Ireland has done for you? We've clothed you, fed you."

The reaction last night from an Irish woman in her mid-30s to the sight of a business associate of mine wearing a Swiss scarf. She mistook him for a Nigerian immigrant. Yesterday was his first time setting foot in this country and he was only over from London for the day on a work trip.

Cue much laughter at her ignorance and misdirected racism.

Published by Colm.