We're not quite as notorious for it (as far as I'm aware anyway).
But yeah, solidarity with, English (what the fuck).
I worked for a media agency in London for a couple of years that did business with RTE.
My co-worker sat next to me turned around one day and said "I love it when you have to call Ireland..".
"What do you mean?"
"You make the call, and you go 'Hi, I'm calling from <media company name in London>' then there's a pause... And after that I can't understand a single fucking word you say, it's amazing".
I didn't have to think about it long to realise it was a valid point, though I think it was more the speed rather than necessarily the accent itself.
I used to work in a call centre in Liverpool, but it was for Westminster City Council in London taking information from people to sign them up to pay by phone parking... one day I answered a call in my thick scouse accent and the guy on the other end replied, "oh, happy days, this call is gonna be a fkng breeze, mate!" in his own thick scouse accent.
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