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

It is a large amount but it is not unusual at all.

The majority of rental tenants in ireland receive govt supports. About 55%.

Thats why we need more homes and especially more govt owned social and cost rental homes.

Supports for thousands of people who seem to be able to bugger off back to the ukraine whenever they feel like it while working Irish people are paying through the nose for a roof over their head is not a good look at all

It also makes it impossible to therefore save for a deposit to buy.

Yeah the non FF FG vote will be spread across SF, SD, national party, PB4P, Labour and independents.

Mary Loo really needed to decide if she ever wants to be Taoiseach. If so,she needs to rethink her Party's strategy

This happens at airports all over Europe, good to see it happening here too.

Interesting read

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What is unusual is that you seems to advocate for more taxes to be paid so government can build houses for everyone who just happen to come here. They don't even need to spend a day in any employment to contribute to said tax increase.

People believe many strange things. Putin is not behind everything.

Gript means to grip something to hold it firmly. Simple google search would also show you that Russian for propaganda is пропаганда.

Can you provide a summary of points you find interesting from this link dump tweet to a 177 page report and give your own thoughts?

Understands Russian....but not humour.

I don't doubt that, not from me my friend, the only *ism I'm interested in is realism!

Thanks for sharing, bit of light bed time reading! I'll quote this next time I mention replacement and get a warning for 'conspiracy nonsense'.

It looks real tough alright, which is exactly the plan - It's pure optics.

Think about the options with the two women pulled aside. Let's say they were a bit dodge and claimed they had no passports/docs and told the immigration guys they wished to claim asylum - What can the immigration lads do? - Nothing but put them into the asylum system

All the other pax see them getting taken aside and are impressed, but it makes no difference whatsoever - Those two women (if they were attempting to claim asylum) no matter where they came from or their circumstances, likely were in a hotel room last night and got cab to take them to the IPO this morning

Don't forget, we are dealing with the ultimate spin masters here - The FG strategic comms unit is in full swing, 24/7, this year

It's all a bit like the report of the 50 system gamers allegedly being sent back to Belfast/Holyhead, coming out 10/12 days before the Local/EU elections but not a squeak of that strategy since - amazing!

You mention doctors before going on to mention the salary of consultants. This is deliberately disingenuous on your part and discredits entirely your argument.

The fact remains that the Irish have gone down the same route as the Brits regarding junior doctors - pay them f**k all relative to their qualifications and hours required of them to work and let them leave and we'll replace them with Asians if needs be.

Exactly. Anyone with an ounce of sense know that very few are on such salaries.

Many doctors are poorly paid, and like everyone else, they need a place to live!

So many issues in this country yet we keep adding to it.

Sure it was only recently Aer Lingus pulled their cheaper travel perks offered to their pilots that live in the UK but operate out of Ireland. Pilots! They don't live there for the craic!

The next 'Ireland's Rich List' TV show will be interesting -

'In at number 38 we meet Tom O'Brien - Back in 2019 Tom was a washed up loser with a sh!t-hole of a B&B in the buttend of Drumnagorneyhacket - We caught up with Tom on his luxury yacht in the Caribbean earlier this year' - "I just kept voting for them, don't really know why, but by Jaysus, it's paid off now", laughed Tom as blood streamed from his right nostril