Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Our Russian friends are not happy with Japan at all (seems the move to denote the Azov Batallion as not being a terrorist outfit has greatly angered them).

Part of the problem here is that Ukrainian refugees are not "homeless" and trying to conflate the issue of accepting refugees into the country from a war zone and that of domestic homelessness is a complete distortion by the Irish far right.

These are two completely different subjects and need to be dealt with differently. Announcing that the country is "full" and we cannot accept any more refugees from Ukraine seems preposterous. What other country in the EU has even attempted this argument in recent weeks? Yes, accepting tens of thousands of refugees will put huge strains on resources, housing and the economy and the months ahead will be very difficult but I don't see the alternative. Also, our existing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers are very low by European standards.

The far right have their head up their arse. This is the same people shouting about the lack of staff down their local shopping centre cafe or pub yet give out when there's a need to import labour to fill it . Nothing but a bunch of blaggards.

Most of them probably giving out shite about the size of the queues in Dublin airport as they fanny off to Spain on their bi yearly jaunt to the sun.

I've no truck with that shite. And no truck with people who parrott the how do we pay for it . The same way we pay for anything else. There's a global financial system were part of the EU borrowing is an all time low.

The same people giving out this shite have sons and daughters in Australia and canada and wherever.

The world doesn't stop Wibbs. It's evolving we adapt we live through it. All you can hope is you were good to others and they were good to you whilst you were here.

Meanness kills you off early and is an awful way to exist.

looks like Russia is about to get a whole lot of Nato on her borders--

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin says her country will decide whether to apply to join Nato "within weeks".

She said she saw no reason to delay the decision, at a joint news conference alongside Sweden's prime minister.

Her comments coincided with a report to the Finnish parliament that said membership of the bloc could result in "increased tensions on the border between Finland and Russia".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61093302

There are 65,000 holiday homes. The EU just released €3.5b for helping countries accommodate refugees, and in addition to that:

"OTTAWA, ON, April 9, 2022 /CNW/ - The "Stand Up for Ukraine" global pledging event and campaign has raised 9.1 billion euros ($12.4 billion) for people fleeing the Russian invasion, inside Ukraine and abroad, including €1 billion from the European Commission.

On top of that, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced an additional €1 billion in loan to cover the needs of the people displaced by the invasion.

Out of these €10.1 billion in pledges and EBRD funding, €1.8 billion are for internally displaced persons and €8.3 billion for refugees in frontline EU Member States and countries, like Moldova."

Where there's a will, there's a way. Irelands problem lies in the will department.

Is that going to go away ? Weve also one of the fastest growth in Europe and no one to fill various jobs.

Has Ireland ground to a halt because our national debt is large ?

It's a handy catch all out for anyone that just wants to say sure look how much money we owe. So what ?...

There isn't a nation on earth that doesn't owe something..credit rotates the planet. We borrow we pay we live we grow etc yada yada yada.

I'll sleep content that Ireland didn't shirk it's responsibilities as a country. We pray on being welcoming worldly and have an absolute huge diaspora. But then you have blaggards spout the absolute opposite. Zzzz

May as well get Dev back and shut up shop

There may be 65,000 holiday home but there's definitely not 65,000 people Willing to give up their holiday homes to become landlords

Not very generous financial reward, better take a Russian plane and run.

I imagine that's why the UKAUS pact was made

Also supply drops often involve aircarft flying at lower and slower speeds.

Dropping from great height means a target slowly dropping for longer period of time.

Airborne troops dropped behind enemy lines always poses a re-supply problem and they always have a limited window.

Likewise with forces that are surrounded.

Even with air superiority surface to air missiles and traditional anti aircraft fire can increase losses significantly.

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No the problem around here and on places like twitter is anyone anyway conservative is now labelled Far Right.

If you are for immigration controls, not taking in every spoofer that arrives claiming ayslum but without any documentation at all, if you warn about the very real threat of the growth of islamists and islamist organisations in the West, the continous mullarkey over men with penises claiming depending on the day that they are women just as much as a born and bred female with ovaries you are immediately labelled as being as bad as Himmler and thus Far Right.

It has make an absolute fooking joke of the term far right.

Far right is Putin, is the KKK, is the likes of David Duke, Brenton Tarrant, Anders Breivik not someone that 50 years ago would be a member of the Labour party.

And yes there are Far right people in Ireland and posters on here, but they are really in the minority.

There are far more Putin fanboys and girls, but get this not all are actually Far Right.

Some are like those two elected clowns who would actually be left leaning, but of the left variety that detests the West, detests US, NATO, EU and Israel. A real throwback to the cold War Western politics.

Anyone even a right winger fascist is to their liking just because of a shared hatred of the above groups.

BTW I have lost respect for the likes of Fr McVerry. He is another of those that have created an industry out of homelessness like a lot of other NGOs.

And yes I do know it is all because much like education and health in the past, the state and government absolve themselves of being responsible for providing services and contract out their duties.

Good analysis by Binkov. Posted an hour ago.

https://youtu.be/vgrtAqFT5V8