Was the government right to put no limit on the amount of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland? Read OP

And what should the "sheep voters" do when the next election comes?

It is understandable why there was no limit set at the start, as it would send very confused messages. However as it also took place at the same time as a Post-Brexit UK and Britain threatening to move asylum seekers to Rwanda means we are no dealing with a lot more than just the Ukrainian refugees. Really, the only issue here is the Property crisis, which the Ukrainian crisis magnifies. But the Irish people love the property crisis and want it to continue, so nothing's going to change there.

We have nowhere for them to go. So initially I think the open arms approach was the right one to have we have no long term solution. I have some friends who are working closely with housing/welfare payments etc and they have said so far the majority want to go home.

Housing is one thing, but I am concerned about how much this is costing the state.

Who ever they are, they will get my vote. FFG have made the housing fiasco a whole lot worse with unlimited immigration to a.non EU country . ANYBODY would do a better job.

When the time comes and FFG are on the ropes I am sure SF and the other parties will say so what ever it takes. Unlimited immigration is an easy vote.

It's Ukrainians and the others coming daily who tend to young males Asians and Africans and not just for the Short term ,they have already told us 40,000 Ukrainans arrived in the first 6 months but haven't given the numbers for people who arrived here who aren't Ukrainian

Energy crisis on the way.

Housing crisis happing now.

Hospital waiting lists through the roof.

yet…. No limit…

88% of prison places full….

a food shortage being mooted

yet…. No limit…

because taxpayers don’t count, citizens don’t count…. Got a harp on your passport be prepared to be fûcked headfirst under a bus.. never have the political classes, Martin, Varadkar et al. been so divorced from the realities, challenges of the citizens in this and of this country…steering us unsteadily and recklessly on this pathway to an uncertain future we are all on…

I don’t care where Ukrainians and other assorted foreigners live. I care only that Irish people have suitable housing. It’s madness that people are coming here, not being able to support themselves and taking up housing stock that should be used to house the indigenous people of this country.

Nobody should be able to move to this country unless they have the means to support themselves. Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe. The majority of it has remained untouched from war. This is where the Ukrainians should be. Not in Irish hotels at the expense of the Irish taxpayer whilst simultaneously being hooked up to the welfare gravy train.

This simply cannot continue. We’ve taken in over 100k new arrivals this year. The borders must be shut or we will see serious strife in this country.

Every single last one of them are me feiners,just want to ride on the eu gravy train when they know the time on the Irish one is coming to a end

I don't see how unlimited immigration is an easy vote.

Maybe it was before people read stories of nursing homes being shut, students being denied accommodation which was already a huge issue and many more things.

If a party came in now with a policy to end this madness they would be very popular.

I know, that's that I meant. Typo.

Of course any sensible person would be very sympathetic to Ukraine. But millions of people have left there, it's only common sense that Ireland can only take a certain amount of those.

Unfortunately it has been somewhat botched, there are way too many in some areas and very few if any in others. There are over 300 in the small village of Ballyvaughan in North Clare, there are no facilities for them there, just a hotel. It'd be fairly grim living in a hotel room there in October/November and it'd be hard to get employment there at that time without a car, and there wouldn't be many ways of passing the time either.

It seems the idea of people opening their homes to refugees never really came to pass, that was the best way of facilitating large scale arrivals.

On the subject of work - a lot of the businesses that would employ Ukrainians (cafes, restaurants etc) are in danger of shutting down now due to energy costs. I know of some that have already gone, many more are at risk. If the situation gets worse, there will be no jobs needing filled.