Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

Sure feels good, all these great things happening.

Those people who lost their heads recently, and the schoolteacher, for recent examples, sure are loving it. Families, I'm sure, are praising the status quo policies of wonderland Ireland.

Housing situation is grand for you, is it? Medical situation is sorted, is it? Education for the kids only getting better, hm?

"But there's no drinking water in the Gobi desert, therefore it's great here.'

The only people who think this country is getting better, not worse, are simply out of touch with reality. It's as simple as that.

You are exactly the people I was talking about. I know some people that moved to the Middle East and saved for a house there. Don’t know if that’s an option for you but being caught in the rental trap here must get pretty soul crushing if also trying to save and watch prices jump out of reach, and foreign culture funds hoover up what little supply there is. Seem to recall it was that utter stooge Micheal Noonan as finance minister thought that would be a wonderful idea. No doubt he’s been well rewarded since

Noonan is accused of 'rolling out the red carpet for vulture funds'

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/noonan-is-accused-of-rolling-out-the-red-carpet-for-vulture-funds-31069286.html

Well that's lovely you're all set up and comfy.

Just like I predicted when I said that the only people who could possibly think this country is grand are those disconnected from it.

You must realize that as time goes on, you are going to be more and more of minority too.

And to be fair, pretty much the last thing the majority of this country needs or wants to hear, is how a minority thinks "it's fine".

You had some hardship, who doesn't? But what would you say to an irish family stuck in a hotel room for potentially years waiting for a chance to have a home, while they see more and more thousands of non-irish people arriving for housing and getting it? When do you suppose this little problem will pass? What about an ordinary worker in a Tesco, paying increasingly exorbitant rent out of a shrinking value wage over the last decade that wants to have a home, a proper relationship or start a family? How about a fella in his thirties with a decent paying job that can't escape the rent trap? What about the invisible people, couples, maybe with young children even, stuck at home with elderly parents into their 30's, 40's and more? What about a student that earned their way with hard work into a place in University, only to have to turn it down because the accommodation is simply unaffordable?

And so on and so forth. This isn't a blip, this isn't a phase, this isn't going to blow over in a few years. It has been measurably getting worse for many, many people in this country, and every metric under the sun is pointing to it going and going and going, worse and worse.

So, congratulations on your comfortable situation, but you don't represent the majority of this country, and I sincerely doubt you care beyond a passing comment while you're nattering away your retirement with a bunch of refugees.

I think that’s exactly not what the poster was saying. Seems to be some implication here that the younger generation are too soft and expect some kind of handout. This is disingenuous beyond belief and shows a real lack of awareness and indeed empathy for what’s going on in society more broadly. You believe you “had it tough” and by implication everyone else has/had it easier and you’re not moving from that.

Perhaps another real life example might get the message through- guy working at my gym- I guess early to mid 30s, renting a place €900 month. Desperately trying to save for a house. His salary unlikely hits €30k gross. He commutes 35 km each way to work with diesel pushing €2/litre. What is his solution? Or did he not learn like you and your family and is only reaping the reward of his ignorance?

An absolutely extraordinary and unacceptable comment from McEntee. It really seems to have hit a nerve with people and rightly so.

It is, without a shadow of a doubt, pure delusion.

When these people, unironically, talk of their hard work, passing on their hard work ethic to their children and how they think they represent the majority of this country, they genuinely believe it. They actually believe it. And if that isn't a clue as to the corruption of media in this country, nothing is.

Look at this here

This is the kind of twaddle these illusioned people have. They'll read that in the papers and not see a single issue with it. "Good on him!"

I liked the comment from someone saying "I had only two things, a simple dream, and 6 million pounds from Doddy."

If the one above who thinks they represent this country were to lay bare the forensics of how they managed to get a home during "the hard times", you all ready know it would be laughable. They don't want to do the numbers, they don't want to know that the equivalent today for some Jane soap would be working 90 hour weeks for 70 years to afford a home. No, no, they don't want to know.

What they do like, however, is schmoozing with refugees and immigrants, patting them on the back while telling Irish people "you have it so easy, shut up. Now work harder for my pension. Who cares if there won't be pensions for you because of the hollowing I've ridden upon, shut up and prop me up. Now, this Muhatma, is what we call a Jaffa cake, amn't I such a lovely person?"

Genuinely, the selfish, dopey attitude is infuriating for so many people here. But you won't be reading about it in the times, or hearing it on rte, or out of a politicians mouth, or anywhere except the dark recesses of tightly controlled internet fora.

Well, like I said, what these short-sighted gombeens don't reckon upon is that they'll be put out to pasture, and it won't be boot-licking people that take the mantle. Far from it. What goes around...

Anyone a quote to the original pronouncements from this bimbo? I only read it secondhand. Something about commandeering private property. Also sums up her breathtaking lack of knowledge of her brief ie property law.

just seen a Facebook post from a Ukrainian woman stating her and her family have already received council housing. How the f is that fair? This country is literally a joke.

As an Irish Person, I don’t want to live in a country that’s being population bombed with refugees when we can’t even support our own national people. Why the hell is nobody fighting this?

The problem is Dancing, most of us are all too busy trying to keep heads above water to do anything about it