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

Exactly like you don't know everybody, never claimed to know all tipp people ,so your talking about silent majority who are afraid to talk in public like all the people pro the PROTESTORS on tipp fm? When poticians call people nazis, I for one think its too far but i or anybody i know won't lose sleep over it. Guarantee you CLLR smith won't be ever be a td for tipp with the way he spoke, he may not even get council seat again. Think that will tell you what majority of tipp think more then your anecdotes about people afraid to talk up against the protestors. laughable.

Why would it be smallscale. We are repeatedly told large numbers want change.

Many protests also amounted to nothing and many more took years and years to get noticed.

Do you think the protest in Roscrea was violent and required to riot squad present?

Glad you have agreed to drop it and do appreciate the apology, but as you were uncivil in the past I will say I am loathe to enter any further discussion with you.

I'm no angel either though, so on that note, maybe we could agree to disagree politely if that occurs and not let it get personal?

It's mad. Posts like "refugees didn't create a problem" be honest here, clowns in the govt give money to Ukrainians in addition to free accommodation, breakfast lunch dinner. With no time limit.

Of course average Ukranian Joe heard the news and came here to leech even more €€€. Other seekers came for free food & accommodation for years on end.

At the end of the day - if you can buy a flight ticket to Ukraine, Algeria, Georgia right now and fly by end of week, is there truly "war fleeing" going on there?

Is the government trying to turn the country to the right...

On the immigration debate, I work in a large multinational tech company in Dublin and I've been noticing interesting conversations among employees recently, the foreign workers will complain about house / rental prices and the Irish guys will reply with subtle remarks about who is driving all the extra demand. it's not ideal at all for society.

There were arson threats against the hotel. It had the potential to be much more violent. The riot squad prevented that.

I did not mean to imply, in any way, a sense of "look, a foreigner." On the contrary, I strongly believe that Ireland would be considerably less vibrant without the contributions of immigrants. My aim is simply to bring attention to the interactions I have observed.

The organiser of the small protest yesterday would not have a very large following and the call was not taken up by anyone else online. Everyone who was there knew everyone else. And the Guards were, as always, professional and very friendly. We're lucky to have them.

East Wall has called a protest for Feb 5 at the Garden of Remembrance. If you want to judge the size of this movement wait til then. It is expected to be big.

Malachy has announced he will be running for the locals in East Wall and for the Euros in Dublin.

In relation to Feb 5, it is in the protestors interests to have a large peaceful rally. Simpliciter.

But there will be a lot of media grumbling in advance and possibly a feeling at Commisioner and DOJ level that scores need to be settled, authority reestablished.

The Grafton Street riot (feat. Rocketman) came about after 300 showed up initially and were confronted and cornered by horses, dogs, helicopters, batons etc. That decision was not made at Station level.

Not to mention the opportunity that PBP et al may see to make some noise and get attention.

I hope it is a large peaceful protest on Feb 5 and God willing it will be.

Hope it is too but think you've got the dates mixed up if you think there will be a large rally.

The big one will be later in the month . I will be sure to let you know 😁

Next up on Newstalk.

We debunk the conspiracy theories Ireland is full etc.

They just don’t get it, over and over they try change our opinions with all this nonsense.

I flew in to DUB from Italy a couple of days ago. One guy of small stature performing a kind of cursory passport check (not on everyone) at the entrance to the airport building from the plane. Easily bypassed. After that, there is no sign to be seen of an official until you get to ….. wherever you’re going to, basically. Yes, you do have to pass through a set of expensive looking passport turnstiles, but dunno, this just doesn’t feel like it’s any way good enough in view of the crisis that is unfolding re: the absolute influx of “irregular” immigration? I would always feel safer with some actual border police showing themselves around the area…….. other European countries seem to be more together in that regard - the turnstiles are there but so is the police (sometimes with sniffer dogs). Am i making any sense?

In the “bad old days” everyone arriving had their passport checked by an actual person and there were plenty of different kinds of chats had on occasion between the passengers and the authorities, as well. It felt safer.

With all the hoolaballo recently, I was surprised, although i probably shouldn’t be.

It’s kind of by the by, anyway. Would be nice if things were different but since the majority of “iregulars” come through the perfectly open border in the north, Ah heck, i guess it isn’t such a huge deal!

Airport security is a joke.

I remember coming through passport control about 10 years ago in Dublin airport. I was pulled up and given a stern talking to because my recently issued passport wasn't signed yet. Nowadays everyone is just waved on through with very little in the way of checks. It suggests to me that the authorities here are making a conscious decision to turn a blind eye.

Yes, your last sentence is what came to my mind as well…….. it’s about the nowadays serious issue of border control….. but then - it’s understaffed? And way more that it was in the past, when the issue wasn’t as serious? It just doesn’t make sense, unless it’s deliberate.