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

The law serves the people, not the other way around. When the law, including international laws and treaties are detrimental for a country then it's time to change them or withdraw from them.

The narrative that Irish people are suddenly leaving in their droves is not true. People are also returning in equal numbers. More non-nationals left the country last year than Irish nationals.

So you say it's not happening anywhere else and then only reference Britain as your example.

You probably haven't a clue of anything beyond Britain and America.

Oh where do I start.

I'd start with setting up a single department to managed immigration called the Department of Immigration with a strong and experienced senior minister. I mean O'Gorman had the Department of Children before they renamed it to "Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth" and yet this department now has to do all the heavy lifting on housing immigrants? Makes no sense whatsoever. Smoke and mirrors.

Then resource that department with capable civil servants and detail their scope, powers and governance. The first priority would be about building a fair strategy with detailed plans and processes. Processes that are actually enforced. Try and cut out the waste and bureaucracy (this may require judicial reform) in order to make the asylum processing timeline slick and efficient. No excuses.

Then get the 3 unwise men to bring the strategy/plans to the people of Ireland. They need to present it, own it and not scapegoat it (Greens were silly to take it on). And if any other cabinet ministers don't play ball with the new Department of Immigration, remove them. Same for senior civil servants. We had to listen to the 3 unwise men enough during Covid so they can treat this issue (and housing) with the same priority as the Covid virus. The local government also need to provide more ownership but that's a whole new thread. Try and allot the immigrants equally amongst each county and town on a per capita basis. Reduce the social welfare rates to incentivise work and self sufficiency (for Irish people too - again a whole thread required there).

In the meantime, build build build more housing. Fasttrack planning reform. No excuses. Finish the Children's hospital. Build more capacity in our health system.

Finally push for an end of that pointless war.

Edit: Jail the amoebas that are burning buildings.

Look at who are leaving. We have a long tradition of Unemployed leaving to find work. I think highly qualified people with well paid jobs leaving is a growing problem. Unemployed people leaving can help the countries finances but qualified experienced workers leaving is very damaging.

I said changed, not broken.

But law is broken every time someone presents themselves with no passport, but somehow that's an acceptable kind of law breaking.

I do hope the idiot arsonists who burned down the hotel in the west of Ireland and now this one in Dublin are found, prosecuted and gaoled. Their actions paint this country as a small. parochial, idiotic, hateful backwater. They do not represent this country. We have a housing crisis and their solution? Burn down much needed accommodation that was being brought into use.

The State is currently giving tents to male refugees arriving here. Backward isn't it.

So don't see you giving out about the gov.

No, but peaceful protest rarely change anything.

To be honest I definitely wouldn't, given the climate.

I wonder what fire insurance premiums are like when the owners inform the companies of the potential change of use. Would they even be an insurable risk at this stage?

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You are dreaming if you think simple 'guilt by association' will kill the issue without it being addressed properly.

Aodhan O'Riordan calling it domestic terrorism.

He's showing restraint in his language.