Yeah, this section is fine.
Most of them have taken a break from BF3, and found the gameplay of the ARMA 2 mod "DayZ" more appealing, as they can play one "game" for a few hours at a time as a team, instead of a few minutes in a round in BF3.
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If you're looking for an active lot of Irish players, check out the "Craggy Island" servers (there is a Premium and a non-Premium server). The lads play with a "CI" tag. The platoon page is
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2832655391306744533/ and usually gets busy around the 22:00 to 23:00 time slot, give or take an hour. They also have a TS channel for each server as well. Quite for the last week, but should pick up again.