Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

You must really hate the youth of this country. Imagine the nerve of those rural kids thinking they can become doctors, isn’t a plc good enough for them 😂

OMG lets house these refugees first in case we look bad in front of the international community.

Whatever will the neighbours think?

The motto of this country seems to be Help everyone but yourself.

Especially when your wealthy and gain more wealth from it

No, it isn't.

You are claiming it would cost "a six-figure sum" per repatriation flight. I've demonstrated it would cost far less than half that even if only commercial flights were used. If it's a concerted EU/Red Cross effort using larger, chartered/contracted planes, then economies of scale also kick in and it would cost even less per passenger.

Deflect all you want, they're the facts.

Btw, the DoJ currently use commercial flights for repatriations and deportations.

Latest news is an attack on Dnipropetrovsk:

~ my emphasis added, source: https://www.rte.ie/news/ukraine/2022/0810/1314875-ukraine-russia/

Also in a "safe" area where @Nuts102 and @Suckit think the refugees should be, and nowhere near the supposed combat zones.

I refuse to believe you aren't trolling with that comment.. Seriously????

Quality, that has made my day! We live in a very rural area, the bus service is a disaster, bus early in the morning into town and the only one back late in the evening, its a nightmare to live here without a car. If we need the doctor there is one taxi driver here and well, the man doesn't work 24 hours. Never mind though, the Ukrainians are housed right beside the doctor and shop and have a bus service at their beck and call three times a week.

The nearest university is great quality but they don't do every course, use your brain, if kids want to do certain courses they will have to travel the country to do it.

My daughter is starting next year, if she can't get accommodation she will have a four hour daily commute ahead of her, doable but that is potentially valuable study time, her first time moving out of home to her own place is extremely important developmentally, practicing all of her life skills starting out in the big bad world, because I'm pretty confident with the way the country is going she will have to go abroad and I won't be around to help her.

You sound like you're just bitter about youth actually being able to have a party and enjoy themselves, why shouldn't they? I'm sure you did it when you were young no?

You are just fine you have raised your children and have a home, sure you worked hard for it, etc etc but the majority did! There are elderly that will freeze in their homes this winter, it's long into the future sure but what about when this generation rent retires? I'm going off topic now but your comments have really angered me, You need to open your eyes, the government is running this country into the ground, though I feel my comments are wasted on you.

50 people to handle circa 20,000 pledges compares really well (400-1) with 700 to look after the circa 2,000,000 dwellings in Ireland (2,850-1), but sure.

After having to flee from your home, possibly after your actual home was destroyed, and possibly after having lost loved ones, why the hell wouldn't you go on a holiday if the opportunity was available?

780 rentals in the entire country is a national crisis.

""The number of homes available to rent across the country has plunged to a record low of just 716, causing the highest monthly rent increases in more than 15 years.

Just 716 homes were available to rent at the start of this month, down from almost 2,500 a year ago, with rents rising by 12.6% in the same period.""

Screw us right.

Or you know something better?

Instead of castigating our fellow citizens what is your answer on where we are going to house everybody?

What I don't get is why there aren't massive protests already similar to the Water charges ?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40936727.html

Refused to pay for a hairdressers service and said it was free. Pushing at bus queues past people also claiming they don't have to pay. They should have more respect as guests

Outnumbering irish in our own towns and villages at this stage. Crazy stuff

Good way to show you haven't a clue what you are talking about. Well done!

How many of these 716 will be rented by our government n handed to people a wet week in this country? Better off not knowing - it'd make u sick!

Hearsay, rumour and rhetoric.

Do you also believe Nigerian refugees used to leave prams at bus stops when there was already one on the bus, saying loudly "Sure the HSE will give me a new one!" - a story I heard from multiple people who definitely witnessed this incident first hand, honest!

It seems, unsurprisingly that the developers want their piece of the pie. Offering to do "some" pro-bono work.

Obviously the fact that "the conversion costs can be recouped after being independently verified" would mean there is no way that they could rip off the state and keep raising the price in line with desperation. 🙄 Presumably none of the developers involved would have any connection with TD's.

They seem to be making a push now as they are obviously aware of this and realise how much they are potentially missing out on.

I wonder how quickly that could escalate to "running millions over estimate due to inflation for construction projects or a rise in fresh cost claims from the developers."..