Immigration to Ireland - policies, challenges, and solutions *Read OP before posting*

It's somewhat amusing to hear among the rationalizations: demographics - that we need an influx of young men (mostly) to offset declining birth rates. And a 20 year old man is already ripe, whereas a child born today would take 20 years before they are ready to join the workforce/tax base.

That's rather cynical, but it gets even darker when you consider : what will happen to those countries that those young men left? Declining birth rates aren't unique to THIS part of the planet. I guess we don't care about those countries; we'll take their natural resources AND their labourers.

It's peak neo colonialism.

True. We also get these young men who have abandoned and left their own women behind to fend for themselves in these diabolical kips.

Great bunch of lads.

You cannot comment on cases before the courts.

The arson in Galway is not before the courts. Not difficult to understand, no conspiracies 🙄

'Single young men from god knows where' - wow, you can't make this up.

Go on, keep the prejudices coming.

When 'god knows where' means Ireland, the young men are 'stupid'. When 'god knows where' means Germany, the young men have no sense of humor. When 'god knows where' means a place where people have slightly darker skin than here, it means the young men are violent rapists.

'Locals should just take it' is exactly the kind of 'us vs. them' phrase that identifies racists, and has been used to great effect by Hitler and countless others of the same persuasion.

In my local neighbourhood, I want young men to be welcomed. Women as well. Because - news flash - the vast majority of humans are fundamentally good people, regardless of where they come from.

Racism is based on fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of change. Fear of cultural differences.

The Ukrainian refugees in my village - male and female - deserve every bit of support that they get. I, for one, am happy that they are here. Helping people in need - like those fleeing from a war zone - is a fundamentally good thing. And, as I said before - I encourage everyone to stand up to the whiny racists who bitch and moan about 'dumping' people in need in places where there is no active war going on - like villages in this country.

"When 'god knows where' means Ireland, the young men are 'stupid'. When 'god knows where' means Germany, the young men have no sense of humor. When 'god knows where' means a place where people have slightly darker skin than here, it means the young men are violent rapists."

You should probably stop posting. You're only showing where your own dark mind goes with statements like that.

What do you propose we do on the subject of illegal migration into Ireland?

oh so it’s not da fare righ…?

The far right… the new keyser soze for this hapless government.

Yes there are dumb **** that refer to themselves as the far right but they couldn’t organise jack ****.

Speaking this afternoon, the Commissioner said that all of the incidents are being investigated and added that there is "no evidence to suggest there is a coordinated effort that there's some in effect invisible hand or guiding hand in these attacks

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-werent-notified-of-plan-to-house-asylum-seekers-at-galway-hotel-set-on-fire-drew-harris/a1656063198.html

E.U bringing in fingerprinting for all passengers on arrival to E.U countries, with only two exemptions, Cyprus and…. Any other wild guesses the second country? Wonder why??

The longer this goes on, the more it stinks to high heaven.

First step would be to establish an easy process where people who entered the country illegally can become legal citizens. Give them easy access to work and education - they are a resource, find the best way to take advantage of that.

If, say, an American enters Ireland without a Visa, a practical starting point would be to collaborate with US companies, for employment and integration into society. Lower bureaucratic barriers. Be pragmatic.

For refugees from war zones etc., again, look at their qualifications, and find easy ways to get started with education, like language. If you give it a little time, bi-lingual people in general are always sought after in the workplace.

Imagine a young Irish man who enters the US for work without a visa - give him the best possible scenario on how to become a resource to the US society. Then apply the same principles to immigrants coming to Ireland.

What about all this horseshite of environmental impact of higher populations round the world. Maybe ireland now is the model to attain.

Lower population density. Considering we want all places to attain our modern lifestyle which requires more resources.

Isnt that the end goal here by all these so called betters telling us right from wrong from on high.

Have you heard of the American scammer who runs golf courses in Ireland? The guy scams gullible people with NFTs that are pictures of himself as a super hero, holding guns, etc.

He even sells strips of the suit he wore when he was last arrested and had his mug shot taken - for literally thousands of dollars, for a very small piece of clothing.

Should we revoke his license to do any business in Ireland? Like the scammers you mentioned, he made millions by defrauding people.

Or maybe we should just leave him alone - he's white, and not from a scary place like Nigeria, after all....

As someone who was born and still lives in Galway it certainly isnt one of the best places to live in the country.

O Hara was never going to ask a question like that.

It was obvious Carty just wanted the interview to be over because anything to do with immigration is a subject the Shinners hate talking about.