Ireland running out of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees due to surge in non-Ukrainian refugees?

My best guess is that gormless O'Gorman's grandstanding is a huge motivation for those flocking to our shores.

A housing crisis is caused solely by a lack of sufficient housing and accommodation, not by there being "too many people in the country". At a population of 5m, we have a relatively small population by European standards. Small countries like Scotland, Denmark, Finland and Norway have more people than us.

I'm going to say something REALLY politically incorrect there. But hey if others can be incorrect so can I. I'm sorry but it needs to be said.

You can't put a group of refugees in affluent areas. This is what the general public fails to understand.

Affluent areas do not have state schools or govt buildings to put them. They have private schools. They don't have community centres. They don't have social workers. They don't have doctors that take medical cards. Rich people don't USE this stuff.

Guess where the infrastructure for those things IS??? Less affluent areas.

Guess whose taxes pay for those services in those less affluent areas? People in Dalkey etc etc.

Do you think there are many social workers in Dalkey?? Many state schools?

It's a politically incorrect thing to say. But it's the truth.

One refugee needs like 3 social workers. Little D4 darling goes to three private therapists. I'm not judging either party. But I'm just telling you the truth.

Neither half knows how the other half lives.

And by the way people who use the argument against refugees in their area...that is EXACTLY the same argument people in affluent areas use against having social housing in their area for people from housing estates etc. People from council estates cause more crime etc etc we won't be safe. Bleh bleh. (im not saying it's right but im saying i hear it)

'You are fashioning the rods for your own backs.' Is a saying that comes to mind.

No one thinks the people of Fox Rock are LESS racist. Don't be silly. But you really think Fox Rock has govt facilities to deal with it? How many state schools does dalkey have? Lots of local aldis around where people with not much money can shop???

How could a refugee afford to live in Fox Rock even with provided accommodation?? I couldn't afford that!

I'm not sure what you mean.

Do I think a lot of things are unfair in the city ? Yes without question.

Do I think people in Fox Rock have any idea of what Ballymun as a community has been through in the last 10 yrs? No. Not even the most enlightened leftist perhaps they even know the least.

The whole idea of putting social housing into private areas was to STOP these types of imbalances. But then you get people objecting because the council is building 250k apartments in the same building where there are 650k apartments etc. Because why should yer man get a free apartment bleh bleh. And it's like dude work it out.

Then you get people who live in council houses now convinced they are MAGA. And are going to protest the refugees along with the National Party. A party that wants to get rid of ALL state socialism. You can't be a far right conservative and live in a council house. If you keep going down that path you will end up homeless!

And you get the person saying OH i can't get this because refugees are taking up all our resources ..well you could say that about ANYONE ...the homeless take up all our resources etc etc the state schools take up all our resources people on the dole take up all our resources the pensioners take up all our resources it never ends if you go down that route.

We all take up air.