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

Collaborators ?! Lol 🤣

Word taken from those collaborating with a nazi regime in WW2 ..don't think your average person who disagrees with anti immigration rallies and protests can reasonably be associated with people secretly supporting a nazi regime , now can they ?

Unless you have more information than I have and are afraid to say ?

And " a tyrannical state " .? .come on ;)

If that were true , all those on here would be afraid to post for fear the Secret Police would track them down and have them locked up !

Don't think a lot of these so called 'paaatriots ' on those protests could stand up to defend their own families if they were asked to , never mind their communities , many of whom are not happy to be associated with them .

As regards families though , notice many of the most active campaigners/ citizen journalists are not people with families , other halves, children .In fact nothing to defend or look out for apart from themselves and their video blogs .

All they are defending is their perceived "right " to shout and hurl abuse and to insult people .

As for a" strongly worded letter " , when many of the eejits screeching and videoing themselves are forgotten , that letter is still there for posterity to be referred to ..so don't underestimate it .

But really :) discussing posters as collaborators 'changing their username .' .

Have the courage of your convictions there, packrat , and stop hiding behind the keyboard ...Who are you referring to ?

Otherwise you cannot accuse others of any cowardly behaviour .

What's the latest with the Coolock Crown paints site ?

"Only people who cannot see beyond their nose or very immature people would consider voting in a GE which will affect their lives for the next 4/5 years without considering all the issues at stake"

Naw, totally disagree here. the incumbents have warped the notion of any semblance of nationhood and practically shredded the social contract. Those purported to be waiting in the wings to take power would make the current crowd in power look like mere alter boys.

I'm cashing out, enough of the current BS. I'd vote actual nazis in at this stage, I don't give two continental hoots for it. They literally cannot be any worse. Five years ago I'd punch myself in the face for contemplating it, but here we are. To those with all those warm fuzzy feelings of #IrelandForAll and other such claptrap, well done. Take a bow, you've created this through gross incompetence and a shocking false sense of moral superiority.

The amazing fall from grace of the Irish Catholic Church should have served as a warning, not a manual. At least the Catholic Church lasted a few hundred years, liberal-progressive Ireland is barely a decade old and look at how it has already turned to crap. Slow clap for yeas.

Its really not. Did you read the housing commission report?

People who label others that vote based on this issue "stupid", to be kind, lack wisdom, perspective and foresight."

So that does not apply to me .

If that is what their decision process brings them to , then it is not stupid .

Because as I said in my post they are considering the issues . Not just one .

One issue voting only works for very localised issues like Mica for instance .

One issue voting on a national issue got us the likes of Clare Daly, Mick Wallace et al .

And btw I do not class McNamara in that group of one issue voters as you suggest . He is very smart and straight and will do well in Europe .

Oh I could absolutely debate it in two ways; one being simple economics which I'm not bothered to waste time with (given it's yourself), and the other I'd receive a warning for anecdotal evidence on the housing of IPAs.

So you can go annoy someone else for tonight thank you 👋

"Are you talking to me ? Are you ..talking ..to ..me ?! "

Why are you quoting me and blaming me for the situation in the country?

I get it you are angry but you could at least attempt to be reasonable..

Boards and its posters do not influence politics or decisions made by governments.

It is merely a discussion forum .

I am hoping you were only referring to my post and not blaming me for the state of the nation .

So you don't agree about people voting for single issue candidates , and as I have pointed out I do not agree with single issue voting except on local issues.

We will agree then to disagree, but don't blame me or others for having our opinions and expressing them on a discussion forum .

So you cannot debate anything to do with the independent housing commission.

According to me?

Nope. According to the laws of the land, An Garda Siochana can only do what they are entitled to do, by law. Do you think gardai should be able to break the law?

Ah the old putting the fingers in the ears and humming routine!

If you have catagororic evidence linking IPAs to the housing crisis, then I'm sure the independent body that undertook the study on housing for the last two years, would back you up. Right?

Taxes for IPAs aren't exclusive to Fermoy, Ballinrobe or Roscrea.

That aside, "I'm alright Jack" is a naive line of thinking considering the government have been playing spin the globe* on IPA locations thus far.

*if lands on affluent area, spin again.

Co. Kilkenny has 150 asylum seekers, Longford has 144, Cavan 160, Carlow 180 (2024 figures). This idea that the entire nation is going to be voting in two weeks time primarily on the asylum issue and nothing else is surely being very optimistic on the part of the right wing / conservative bloc.

See screenshot.

Also, don't see what counties and numbers does to address my point about where our taxes are being squandered?

It's unbelievable what's happening in Ireland, or more accurately what's happening to Ireland. It's treason pure and simple.