I completely didn't register the Irish reference but I didn't take it as a racist remark as she said 'some' and they must be Irish for her to refer to them as otherwise. There are so many different nationalities , accents , etc here that I just take it as standard when describing people . I do the same 'Oh, the lovely Irish lady who lives at number 1 ' ' My Jamaican builder ' even when I am meeting a new person somewhere I will describe how I look as its easier to spot me that way . We ARE all different . We don't need to pretend we are all a neutral colour with a neutral accent who are all loveLy. They were Irish and some of them swore. I suppose she has been listening to them long enough by now ! I didn't take it as meaning all Irish people swore ! If I said the two Chinese guys next door were fighting , would you assume all Chinese people are violent?