I'm not implying anything. I'm old enough to realize that your reaction is not necessarily representative of everyone from Ireland. However, other students with less international experience are likely to jump to conclusions and take away a badly generalized impression from this kind of interaction. That's how prejudices and stereotypes get started, and I'm sure that's not your intention or that of anyone teaching on this site or anywhere else.

That being said, please be accurate. You didn't "hear something tinny" and ask. I told you openly that I'd recorded the last session and edited out all the side talk and English, leaving only the bare target language sentences. I also told you why. Irish isn't very phonetic to a beginner. I record only to play the sentences back in the car when I'm driving. I even sent you a copy of the recording, which was 4 minutes long from a 30 minute lesson. 

I apologized to you for the misunderstanding AND confirmed today's session, which did not take place, because you were online at the appointed time and I believe a teacher should be paid in that situation. Your identifying me as the student on this forum was uncalled for, and does not in any way make my comments -- general comments -- less valid. 

I am very sorry that you are upset about this, but if nothing else you may be able to think about this and realize that there is more than one way to look at almost every issue in life, and it truly is a good thing to give people the benefit of the doubt whenever possible. One may not agree with another person's position on something, but appreciating that there are different positions is a really big start to living peaceably with the many different people we find in our world.

Well, let's be precise. The policy states that it is a violation to POST a recording, not to make it. Students who live in countries where there is no particular problem with recording things are not likely to realize this, or feel there is any reason to think about the issue. I think it's always good policy to give people the benefit of the doubt. Quite often we find upon reasoned, adult conversation with a person who seemingly has offended us, that the person had no such intent. It seems to me that much of the negativity in the world these days has to do with people jumping to conclusions and deciding that they have been injured in some way, when there was no malice intended by the other party and no real harm done.

Also, if you had to search for the policy, how can you expect a student to have looked for it specifically, especially if, as the poster above suggests, it is probably not an issue in the student's home country? Students are mostly just excited to learn a new language and to interact with people from other cultures. That's what we need to keep in mind above all else.  As teachers, we are all ambassadors for our cultures. I'm sure you're a friendly and nice person and wouldn't want to give someone the impression that Irish people are unfriendly, but unfortunately when our students have only limited interaction with people from a particular culture, that can be a real danger.