What are your views on Multiculturalism in Ireland? - Threadbanned User List in OP

How much or to what number will our population need to grow to before there is a public backlash ? Or well, it’s starting to happen..

in 2030 our population as per government numbers is predicted to rise to 5.41 million. I think it’s about 4.96 now….

no way in heck our small country can absorb, process and fairly accommodate that sort of population spike and maintain its ability to provide a safe, healthy, fair and nice quality of life for its citizens…. But our wellbeing as taxpayers isn’t really priority it seems….

there isn’t really a plan B as we are married into the EU… which of recent times is failing the wellbeing of those of its ‘current’ citizens… it’s bullying them…

I've said it elsewhere, but many who are against mass immigration don't even vote. I'm guilty of that too. If we had compulsorily voting, I bet you'd see at least 30% of people voting against it, especially from working class types. if journalists were honest, and started pointing out reality to people, it could be a majority.

’they’ ? Yes FG and their supporters… the business community want numbers increased so tills ring louder…

from Simons site

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“While we face many challenges presently, we know we need to think ahead for a radically different Ireland of 2040 including;

• A national population increase of around 1 million people;
• More than one-fifth of Ireland’s total population being over 65;
• More than 500,000 additional people at work;
• 500,000 homes needing locations much closer to services and amenities; and
• rebuilding community and commercial life in the hearts of our cities and towns and protecting the many qualities of our rural communities”

He wants / expects a 20% increase in our population in 18 years..

what fûcking use is that to the ordinary citizens, Irish people ? We are donald ducked…there is literally no benefit to anybody here…

you won’t be able to move around big cities, transport infrastructure to cope with intra-suburban demand isn’t planned, won’t cope. Either will urban transport…

housing ? health ? You better have your own place and be and remain in good health before this shîtshow starts

Simon sees it as in his words… ‘a challenge’ … why should the wellbeing of Irish people be challenged and jeopardised in this manner ?

other successful democracies flourish with border controls….Canada, US, Japan etc…

the extra 1 million people in 18 years is almost mentioned as casually as if it was the government building a new roundabout.

when the chronic housing shortages occur, will Covney and co. be going after a single girl living in a 3 bedroom semi house she inherited from her parents, her family home with compulsory purchase orders to give it to a family of 5 arrived from xxxx ? She ends up in a one bedroom apartment and her savings and newly acquired ‘compensation’ gets taxed ? Because now everything needs to be put in the pot to fund the 1 million new arrivals ?

“a radically different Ireland”. NO what he means is that if you are a working class person…’a radically shittier and unhealthy Ireland’ for you, your health and wellbeing, aspirations,and that of your family and loved ones..

Immigration is a hot potato, our current politicians won't touch it. It would be very interesting to see a proper right of centre party here, what FG are supposed to be take on mass immigration. I'd wager that the majority of the country would be against it in its current form. I know the benefits of immigration and I'm all for it but why not follow the Canadian or Australian models and take in people who have the points, people and their families who are less likely to be a burden. I guess the answer to that is that we don't have a choice in the matter, we do as we are told.

Pity it is not more.

How do you think that's going to work out for a small island country..opening your country up to over 450 million people that's without migration from outside the eu

I’d suggest leaving the EU as a lesser of two evils then the extra million people that Covney is promising us.

Ireland, Italy, Greece, Sweden, France and Belgium are all countries where EU skepticism is on the rise..

citizens there see their overall wellbeing, physical and financial security being actually or potentially compromised due to issues on this continent… terrorism , financial instability and problems brought on by rapidly increasing populations… immigration or should I say the levels of it are negatively impacting quality of life for us in a serious way….

I see the two replies made to me above.

To me, EU membership is very important.

So I am willing to accept the implications of unlimited migration within the EU.

However, I believe we can remove EU immigrants who can't support themselves, but that is rarely used?

If that is the case, then maybe that law should be used more.

For example, I strongly reject the taxpayer paying for housing for any EU people here who don't have a work record here.