Posters with the message “Go Home Irish” have caused quite the stir in Canada this week.
However it’s not Canadians who have been placing them around Toronto, it’s a Dublin marketing agency and it was actually supposed to be a bit of fun.
The Social House has launched a campaign to encourage Irish people with international experience to return home (the posters are part of that).
The website included on the posters – pleaseleavecanada.com – actually directs you to the company’s website where they reveal their intention to employ those who have worked abroad.
Their press released explained: “We are looking to hire Irish people who have worked in other parts of the world.
“We’re not anti-emigration, but we’d love to lure some of these internationally seasoned brains back home by pretending to be Anti-Irish-Canadians.
“We’ve been abroad ourselves. We know the pull of home but the fear that you may have to compromise on your career to come back.”
It continued: “It can seem from the outside that Dublin doesn’t offer as good an opportunity as somewhere like New York, London, Sydney, or Toronto.
“But Dublin’s finding its feet again as a creative city, and we’re working hard to mess with the system and get make advertising more fun.”
However not everyone got the joke and many have complained that the posters will lead to tension between Irish people and Canadians.
Hat-tip: JOE.ie
