27th March 2006, 01:49 PM
Trowelhead - I know about your situation and have read your stuff. While I think you were treated very badly, it IS NOT the case that you have to dance in circles to get your licence if you're not Irish.
I'm not Irish and got my licence on my second attempt. I failed first time because I did not know my sources and references. While the system may be flawed at times, in my opinion it is only right that to become a director a certain level of competence is proved. (The nature of such proof has been debated over and over and I wont get into it here).
There is a lot of banging on on this site about how crap Ireland is to its archaeologists but to be honest having spent many more years back across the pond, I have to say it is very similar on both sides of the water.
Your experience was an awful one, but please dont tar the whole country with that one brush.
I'm not Irish and got my licence on my second attempt. I failed first time because I did not know my sources and references. While the system may be flawed at times, in my opinion it is only right that to become a director a certain level of competence is proved. (The nature of such proof has been debated over and over and I wont get into it here).
There is a lot of banging on on this site about how crap Ireland is to its archaeologists but to be honest having spent many more years back across the pond, I have to say it is very similar on both sides of the water.
Your experience was an awful one, but please dont tar the whole country with that one brush.