Time for a zero refugee policy? - *Read OP for mod warnings and threadbans - updated 11/5/24*

Tinfoil hats are not sources, so I'll take it as no legitimate threats as of yet. Anyone can find anything on Twitter if they're dim enough to believe it.

That's enough pestering from you now on with our days

No pestering. You were proved wrong. Its not hearsay.

No it wasn't answered. Very simple question. You made the claim so stand by it.

the more glaring thing about what happened in Roscrea was that it was specifically set up, probably over the weekend (a plan put together) to bring in a few women and children. This NEVER happens, its ALWAYS bus loads of men. Its always during the night. This was done specifically to shame the people of Roscrea and wrong foot them. And while some might say it worked that is only superficially. Each time this kind of thing happens and local needs are not addressed there is a rapidly growing undercurrent of anger and frustration built out of helplessness.

These are local people, who are now facing increasingly stretched services, no hotel for any family events, non existent GP services, a loss of jobs. Nenagh hospital has been closed which would have been the local for Roscrea so that means even more pressure on University Hospital Limerick by bringing in more and more migrants . This is the hospital where Aoife Johnston died last year, after 12 hours on a trolley!! NOTHING is thought through by this Government!

Is this the price Irish people have to pay? Just because the Government have no plan, no end in sight, for some reason the more people protest the more they push through their actions. Its almost like they're in denial. People have common sense, brains, intellect. The dogs on the street can see this is going to end in disaster so believe it or not that is why there is rising opposition to all of this, no matter where people are coming from, no matter if they are women and children! It is not working.

What on earth are the Government doing, calling ordinary people racist, violent, aggressive, sending in riot police which only made things worse! What kind of a country are we now living in?

Roderic O Gorman, Leo Varadkar, Micheal Martin, Helen McEntee, Simon Harris, Newstalk presenters, RTE Presenters all go home at night to their leafy Dublin 4, Dublin 6 houses or sprawling Meath and Wicklow houses, surrounded by gardens and trees. They live a life of privilege. They have a myriad of cafes, restaurants, hotels, wine bars to go to to meet their friends for parties. Yet the ONLY HOTEL in Roscrea is closed, leaving that community with nothing and Sinead Ryan on Newstalk sat on the show last night and called everyone in Roscrea racist thugs. How dare she as she sits in her ivory tower looking down her nose at everyone who doesn't live in her world. Do these people ever step outside of Dublin?

Can anyone provide an answer as to where the women and families are accommodated? It seems they aren't, because allegedly, it's only ever single men who are provided with accommodation.

If anyone want's to glimpse what the future will look like for a lot of towns housing large numbers of migrants, take a drive to Ballaghaderreen or Ballyhaunis. Both towns had/have meat processing plants and as such had large Asian populations before the current influx. Ballyhaunis recorded a 46% odd non Irish population in the last census (ask any local, it's much higher) and Ballaghaderreen isn't much different. Both towns are the largest in East Mayo and both are senior GAA clubs. Ballyhaunis amalgamated 3 years ago and Ballaghaderreen are amalgamating next year. There's zero integration bar a token player here and there (Shiroz Akram bring one). Local people are not moving home or moving to the towns, parents are bringing their kids to country schools because the town schools are rammed full and under resourced. People are nervous about walking after dark due to large groups of males standing around street corners. The Irish Times and certain posters here will tell you that everything is great and the towns are thriving, but it's simply not true. You cannot change the demographics of small rural communities by 50% in a few years with people from a completely different cultural background. The fact that simply stating those facts is enough to get you labelled far right is part of the reason people have had enough of this insanity.

Who do you blame there? Who else would have kept those meat plants operational for decades? You can't have it both ways. Apart from the GAA membership, what other problems are there?

This is absolute rubbish - pretty sure they call it dog whistling. These are two of the most rural towns in Ireland that in 100+ years have never thrived and are known historically for their mass immigration (outwards) and little else. Because of the businesses there, as you say, there is a high percentage of non-Irish nationals living in the towns. There aren't enough locals to do, or willing to do, the work. There are also lots of Irish living there and I know of 5 young Irish people who have returned to both towns in recent years to settle with their families. The only thing these two towns have in common is their meat factories. If it wasn't for them, the towns would be even more deprived. Both towns are better now than they were 30 years ago.

This whole current topic is a symptom of Ireland's rapid turnaround after the financial crash of 2008. We cannot build enough houses fast enough to cater for the demand, and services like schools and GPs are experiencing similar challenges. The answer is, of course, not curtailing demand but meeting it. As the poster above mentioned, any protest should be at the door of the government department responsible for housing. All pressure should be applied to build as many houses and apartments, for all age cohorts, in all the major cities as humanly possible.

I wonder does the data show forgotten areas are getting most refugees

Have you never heard of 'crisis actors'? A strategy of governments worlwide in these situations, verified by the most impeccable sources

They didn't need actors but this was pretty obvious that this whole situation was staged,I reckon these people were brought from somewhere like Citywest in front of the very large Garda presence and cameras for nothing more than trying to shame the people of Roscrea

And keep them coming in as fast as possible.