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

These 'higher taxes' are actually targeted taxes directed towards those engaged in property speculation, with the intention of tackling the housing crisis.

The right doesn't want to do anything to tackle the housing crisis for fear it might damage the staggering profits of their cronies.

People are calling out for a 'further to the right' government, forgetting that it's right wing FFG economic policies which have gotten us to this place with health and housing.

My ask to anyone considering voting for what they believe will be tightened immigration, is to question if it really will be less immigration, or if anything, just different immigration? And then to have a good think about what else comes with that right wing package around wages, work conditions, public healthcare, renters protections and so on.

And the claims of middle ground show their face.

Can't even state that something like that would be wrong. You begin trying to defend it.

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I have been on boards since 2006 the multiculturalism thread and others like this predate your joining by some time. So I'm confused why you think you are the ultimate arbiter for what had been said on boards.

What is a bleeding heart liberal. Can you identify any on this thread?

Or is this basic strawmanning?

Was in blackrock this morning. Plenty of African and south Asian young males with backpack in the village. Think they converted some old office in DP centre. Well it's certainly showing now - this is not just a rural ireland or working class thing any longer. We'll see it will just take one incident that is not suppressed by the media.

I don't even know what post of yours you are referring to.

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And if it was deleted I may never have read it. I'm not on here all day to see posts come in in real time.

I was talking generally about the responses received on these types of threads.

Very defensive though.

Glad you agree racism is wrong too.

We all have different views on racism for sure, like for example I think mocking that Muslim girl in the twitter video from days ago and declaring she is not Irish if that is how she has presented herself is done because of racist intent.

And I think posters need to be careful to steer clear of abusing individual immigrants or their children in attempting to discuss the general issue of immigration to Ireland.

I am all for a fair and balanced discussion on immigration but if your discussion points consist of Soros Shaub WEF or your method for discussion is mocking individuals or if you want to tar all immigrants as criminals or you want to accuse a religions members of all being something then I don't think that is fair or balanced.

If you want to discuss immigration as a policy the elected government can amend. Great. I have been asking posters that for years.

I'm sure some of our MSM journalists will be asking these questions to Helen n Rodders!

Because people from safe countries are still entitled to apply for international protection. There is, however, a new accelerated application procedure for those from safe countries of origin. Resulting in them now receiving decisions in less than 90 days.

"I would certainly hope no one would post such things" is a bit different to what you stated earlier

"I have been told my children are not Irish. Based on their mixed ethnicity.

The posts have received many thanks. The mods have deleted them"

So did someone post that or didn't they?

Yes.

It should absolutely apply retrospectively to ongoing cases and appeals. And it should also apply to people who got their refugee status, their home county is now safe (as it always was) so they can f off back there. But this being Ireland, this is not gonna happen.

Very insightful stuff.

If boards.ie is representative of Irish opinion, or even a right wing cesspit as some claim you will have no bother finding a post or two to back this up?