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

Yep and the idiots in Coolock are making it very easy for the government. People will focus on the mindless thugs (most of whom just love a bit of anarchy) and not on the government's poor handling of immigration and their failed policies and procedures.

I am all for peaceful protests but these gobdaws that like to burn things need to be alienated.

He left the most important part - this only applies to areas that do not have the means and connections to have a "veto".

The same as the women in Trumps security detail. Filling a quota and ticking a box . Great for the optics until it really kicks off. Not just confined to females. Plenty of small weedy male Gardai too who will be found out eventually. Only a matter of time before we have a PC Keith Blakelock type scenario here . Copper getting separated from his pals getting done . Everyone is hard as nails in the safety of a big group but it only takes a slip , trip or momentary lapse of concentration to get separated

Shocking scenes again from these bogus 'peaceful protestors'.

How long more are the hard-working Paddys and Mohammads of this country going to have to put up with this?

I wonder what the cost of all this criminal activity has been over the past year or so, half a billion, a billion?

Private security costs alone for all the IPA centers in the country must be huge, not to mind the property destruction, damaging garda vehicles, attacking emergency services, deploying public order units etc.

How many homes and services could have been provided with this money?

I think it's long since passed time to clamp down. I'm not one normally for long prison sentences, apart from violent and sexual crime, but the public cost here is huge, and they won't seem to stop regardless of how rejected they've been at the ballot box. Maybe ankle bracelets might help, should be easy to monitor when groups of these chancers start congregating and lock them up for a spell?

Time to bring in the hate-speech bill too to tackle the keyboard warriors egging them on online.

The government listen to the ballot box.

There is an election coming in 3 months time.

Do you think these acts of mindless thuggery lose or gain the government votes? Simple question.

Drew Harris would want to watch that he doesn't start losing even more credibility. Not the most popular in some sections of the Gardaí and treading silly ground on RTE news reports over the protests in Coolock. He echoed McEntee that a significant problem is 'misinformation & disinformation' being spread on social media. This phrase was parroted by RTE several times but when during a report, Harris was asked to explain 'misinformation & disinformation', it was just ignored. So what exactly was this 'misinformation & disinformation' that was spread on social media? Members of the public sharing news that workers had arrived at the site earmarked for 500 asylum seekers and that people were gathering to protest? What exactly is 'misinformation & disinformation' concerning this type of social media use? As he said himself, it wasn't a secret that the site was to be developed for this purpose. Reads to me that this 'misinformation & disinformation' slur is a handy label to throw out, in the same sentence as 'far right', when the public oppose what the state wants to do.

RTE then proceeded to list the names, addresses and occupations of several people arrested. All typical Irish names of the general area. The only odd one was a Philip Dwyer of Tallaght, he being the chap who goes around filming such protests. Assuming that's what he was doing, videoing the Gardaí public order units and not throwing bricks at them, why would he be arrested. Is it now a crime to record what is happening?? What future for any sort of journalist if the state can label them as spreading 'misinformation & disinformation' if they don't like what's being reported??

Contrast this with another story quietly buried by RTE yesterday: https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0715/1459998-atm-investigation/

Who were these men, real criminals caught thieving? They are Calin Scintei of CityWest, Manoli Codrin of no fixed abode and Mariaus Crisan of Swords, in their 20s, one at least needs an interpreter. Prime examples of the sort of young thieving criminals arriving here, being put up as guests of the nation and then repaying us by robbing us??

Maybe Drew Harris would be better off doing his job to stop the inflow of criminality into the state and arranging for swift deportation, than accusing local communities of spreading 'misinformation & disinformation' :(

Typically you are only worried about the cost of things when it suits you.

Could argue for a more robust immigration system as well but then that does not suit your agenda either.

I think they dont affect it either way . Ballot box ? Which political party would do different than whats being done by FF/FG/Greens now ?

That site is prime site to build apartments for people. It's gas the government keep banging on about communication, and consulting local communities. But it's meaningless.

500+ will be place here and nothing will stop the government. Tough luck on the local community.

With the current parties? No

The judge told the builder he'd have been better off working, the hairdresser has no fixed abode which is clearly legit and another 2 on welfare. What a motley band of criminals they are with the brave "citizen journalist" Dwyer filming away.

Of course that kind of anarchic protesting will affect votes. Most people don't like to see buildings being burned by thickos.

You have all the answers. You tell me who would implement a workable immigration policy.

Either way. Letting people en mass is not too popular with the public. And id say most realise it leads to this chaos eventually.

To be honest. I think it just highlights the ineptitude of this government and previous.

Calling people far right is a joke at this stage.

Why would I moved to France?

Cos the French know how to riot, and do it a lot over most any issue the Govt. tries to bring in. Would make any riot in Ireland look like a minor scuffle..