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

I don't know. I'm no expert, although, from this thread there appears to be many. I see alot of fanatical they turk er Jerbs

I'm not one for allowing anyone and their aunt come to Ireland to sit on their hole amd claim the dole, but as I've already mentioned these people aren't economic migrants, they're genuine asylum seekers that, if given a chance would be back in the Ukraine in the morning. No we can't assume the responsibility for the entire nation of Ukraine , but we're not being asked to either.

The "look after our own brigade" can go **** off with themselves, it's the usual shite thrown out when you want to shut the door in the face on someone that desperately needs it, all while changing their profile pic on onstragram to support the next popular cause. We need to look after our own, we always will, we will have a never ending supply of them, but, you can't compare the plight of Jenny wanting her forever home Clondalkin with her 7 kids, to Magdalena from Kiev that doesn't have a home, a job, parents and a husband because hes at war.

It's amazing how charitable people are until the arsehole comes out in them.

We're in an emergency situation. People need help in an emergency. They're not economic migrants. Most of them would rather not be here.

There will always be war, famine, natural disasters, poverty, evil dictatorships and so on…

the UK and it’s citizens ran out of patience trying to help. So they closed the door by leaving the EU. Why ? According to them, leaving offered the best chance for the UK to regain control over immigration and its own border and what they can do for British people.

in time, Ireland will be of the same understanding.

Who wants to do that :) ? Simply be of the ability to control our borders :)

run the health service ? The running of the health services is contributed to by many people.

as now, whoever leaves, gets replaced.

if we’ve a shortage of doctors we invite doctors and their families, physiotherapists the same… a fantastically mutually beneficial arrangement, benefits the country, it’s citizens, those arriving and families, happy days.

Gets replaced with who exactly?

This idea that immigrants are a burden on our country is absolutely and utterly beyond absurd when you consider our health service would fall apart without them. And they just simply couldnt be replaced by Irish people.

So, to disqualify my post you finish with that? Am I hosting them?

Again, that's the sort of idiotic retort I'd expect from those I mentioned above in my previous post. And I've already stated what they can do.

That's the thing though. 10k is manageable. 200k is 4% of the existing population. That's a radical demographic change by any definition. They need a plan and they need to publish it ASAP.

What this most recent of exchanges has proven to me is that arguing the toss back-and-forth on this forum is futile. By the time people start articulating their views here, they are so entrenched that even considering another perspective is beyond the pale. We have posters advocating for no upper bounds, others who either cannot or will not acknowledge the extraordinary numbers involved, and a final cohort who are itching to scream 'xenophobe', 'classist', even 'homophobe' gets a mention.

I have immense sympathy for people desperately fleeing Ukraine. However, we cannot and should not accept an infinite number of refugees. From a personal and perhaps selfish perspective, I worry about my wife who will give birth to our third child later this year. Will her care be compromised? Will my older children have their education disrupted in an already over-stretched system? Will an elderly relative, struggling with cognitive decline, have even more issues accessing limited services? Will my brother and sister, both of whom have young families, ever be able to secure a mortgage and a permanent home?

A 200K population increase will impact every facet of life in this country. To deny this is either willful ignorance, or to be so well insulated, that it scarcely affects you. I suspect the latter is in play with some of the responses here.

Migrant workers keep them going ? Ok, great that you’ve a more insightful experience than I did. Thanks :)