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

If the recent polls are not anomalies, why do you think this thread is?

See above two posts .

No offence sorry just don't want to be repeating .

Which polls are you talking about ? I was talking about boards, DMC .

Sure some of the polls out there (real world ) have been capturing a different picture .

Just to clarify my initial post on this was in reply to a poster who was telling another here that he was a minority view on the thread here .

So that was why I was discussing this thread concentration in respect to the rest of CA for example .

And calling him Michael is an insult to a really good honest person who died early last year and did so much good and helped so many in his lifetime ..RIP Prof Michael O'Keeffe .

Again, we're back to the Govt advisers - Think it was Michael Ring that said recently - 'They need to stop listening to the NGOs and advisers', talking about his own Govt. No fan of the guy but he's in a far better position than anyone here to comment.

The dumb-assed advisers listened to the minority of really, really loud lib-lefties - They also listened to their own small circle of middle class friends and colleagues that were of a liberal bent and assumed that was the way the country felt, and advised accordingly.

This advice was taken onboard by the cretins in Govt and they confidently proceeded to work on the basis of this flawed advice

So what happens then?

Well, McEntee proceeds to devote her time to 'Coercive control laws' (not a bad thing in itself, but not a priority imo) and the 'Hate speech virtue signaling' rubbish, as Dublin and other places became lawless kips with feral scobies running amok.

All this as the country is abused by economic migrants and we become the laughing stock of the world

Govt advisers can't understand the pushback against this influx (as nobody was against it at the dinner parties they attended in Goatstown and Blackrock)

They reckon the only way to deal with this is to gaslight the entire country (insinuating they're likely big racist feckers) for two years with their best buddies, RTE, totally on board

Then we get to the recent referendums - More virtue signaling crap and the general population gave a great big 'fook you' to the Govt

The current position is basically the Govt and their advisers sitting in a room with their heads in their hands saying - 'Oh bollocks'

I'm a "recently registered" poster - who has had a boards account for 20 years. Like many others, I re-registered.

I'm not sure whether you consider my posts" extreme", but, if so, you really might want to pay more attention to the opinion polls that indicate my views, and those of the majority of posters seem to align rather closely with the views of the majority of Irish people...

The Sinn Fein supporters who say they want a hard border in Ireland are a weird bunch. It would suggest the party has attracted a lot of voters who don't actually agree with much of their manifesto, but still view them as some sort of 'anti establishment' party.

I'm not advocating for a hard border at all. Simply relaying the message that people are getting increasingly frustrated about immigration - resulting in this kind of irrational, knee-jerk reponse.

It's quite likely that 3-4 million Irish people are against unlimited illegal immigration into the country. In that number you will have plenty of head the balls as it becomes a larger and larger percentage of the population.

The presence of a few fools doesn't invalidate the opinions of the majority. The NGO's have really been the lunatics running the asylum here for the past couple of years so time for the other side to have a run.

I'm not sure about that. I took am a centrist and like to judge each issue in it's merits.

This gets attention cos it's such an obvious visible balls up by the government (similar to children's hospital), and it's been a slow moving car crash for years. Poor or no enforcement of laws and little to no transparency. And people see and feel the effect of this complete balls up every day.

I had to do that English exam for my visa in Australia, despite being a native English speaker. The test was hilarious, a listening exam, written, and then an oral exam to finish. I was the only native speaker in the room, all the other lads were trying to ask me in broken English what was I doing there. The oral exam was wrapped up after about 30 seconds when the examiner realised I was Irish.

But the rules in Australia when it comes to immigration are the rules. They don't flute around, and it works!

I don't think Ukranians are the refugees people are most concerned about, let's be honest. Ukrainian families and their children have integrated really well in to many communities across the country. I don't think we should force them out.

I would say they are the profile of immigrants Ireland needs.

The government should be more nuanced in my opinion. If they have families and are deemrd to be well adjusted in the community I wouldn't cut their welfare.

There are others that need this aproach from the government.

and on that point this thread is about illegal migration not legal migration - If many Irish decided to arrive in the US or AUS and claim asylum then you might have a point.

Do the Irish claim asylum/refugee status or do they apply for visas?