Brazilian Day Limerick goes from strength to strength every year.
The day is held annually in late July normally in conjunction with The Hunt Museum.
This is a day not only to celebrate Brazilian culture for all those who now live in Ireland and the Limerick region but all the passion and sunny smiles they bring to the county.
Hard working and diligent the Brazilian community, like the Filipino and Chinese communities, bring a lot to the Shannon region.
Brazilians pay thousands of EUROS to Limerick private colleges to study English and in Dublin.
Brazilians Bring Over 100 Million Euros to Irish Economy
Out of the 70,000 registered Brazilians in Ireland over 1,500 are business owners and entrepreneurs.
Over 70% of them are female hoping for The Irish Dream.
Overall this sunny group of people contribute over 100 million Euros to the Irish Economy.
So celebrating Brazilian Day to promote an understanding of this is a must.
Violence Against Brazilians in Ireland
Despite their clear contribution to Irish society and working wherever they can, Brazilian Deliveroo drivers have come under repeated attack from feral youths in Dublin.
The motives for the attacks are to steal money, the Brazilian workers moped and sadly in some cases just pure unadulterated violence with impunity from the Irish Government.
The Irish Government needs to show a 'no tolerance' approach to violence against Brazilians all over Ireland. Over recent years the government looks as if its turning a blind to the violence against Brazilians working in the food delivery sector.
Brazilians deserve much better from the Irish government for what they contribute to Irish society. As stakeholders contributing 100 million Euros to Irish society more government resources need to be directed in their direction.
A special section should be set up by Enterprise Ireland to support Brazilian entrepreneurs with business support grants immediately.
In coming years Ireland can look forward to more samba, bosa nova and hopefully at some point Deo Linda, who are Portuguese and not Brazilian but it would be great to see them play again but this time in Limerick.
Perhaps the Brazilian and Portuguese Ambassadors would like to sponsor such an event.
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