Most refugee housing pledges did not translate into accommodation

TheManTheMyth

Plenty of people love to virtue signal but when met with the reality of the risks involved they often find it hard to put their families where their mouths are.

zell12

I'm sure Aodhan Ó Ríordáin and Katherine Zappone took in many, especially single men.
Zappone has a holiday home in Kerry, she surely would not deprive a poor war torn singleton with little english of the view

Graces7

TheManTheMyth wrote: »

Plenty of people love to virtue signal but when met with the reality of the risks involved they often find it hard to put their families where their mouths are.

Yes I saw that and it is pretty shabby indeed. A great deal of thought is needed before making such a serious commitment and then you need to follow it through.

macgowan89

A Swedish family took in a refugee from somalia and he cut their 7 year olds daughters throat in the middle of the night

Atoms for Peace

The majority of asylum seekers are young single males with questionable backgrounds, quite frankly it would be nuts to let one stay in your house.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I don't think it took a genius at the time to know it was never going to materialise.

Pkiernan

Don't worry. Bob Geldof is taking them all in.

biko

About Lilly Allen who pledged to take in refugees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JB0hNxuq9M

hawkelady

Yeah , great idea. Let's bring in people who we know nothing about into our homes !!! Give them a tent and a lesson on how to pitch it

BoJack Horseman

It worked out well for all concerned.

The migrant industry get their human commodity & cash.
The pledgers get go feel satisfied with themselves

Win-win

Plus, that Syrian 21yr old fellow will be able to return home, seeing as ISIS is almost defeated.

Beechwoodspark

Zappone was so positive about bringing them in I’m sure she has a houseful of them and someone above in the thread says she has a holiday home so lots of space there too for them.

BoJack Horseman

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Zappone was so positive about bringing them in I’m sure she has a houseful of them and someone above in the thread says she has a holiday home so lots of space there too for them.

Follow through is for the plebs.
Virtue signalling is for the wealthy elites.

Mutant z

Where's Bob Geldof gone he pledged to house refugees has he now gone back on his word.

BoJack Horseman

Mutant z wrote: »

Where's Bob Geldof gone he pledged to house refugees has he now gone back on his word.

Bob is busy building the extension on Gary Lineker's gaff for Gary's flock of migrant children

Fann Linn

The Red Cross ad which prefaces this as a govt of Ireland initiative, seeking a spare room or a spare house.

If the govt are gonna bring them in let them house them.

myshirt

macgowan89 wrote: »

A Swedish family took in a refugee from somalia and he cut their 7 year olds daughters throat in the middle of the night

I hope you are making that up.

macgowan89

myshirt wrote: »

I hope you are making that up.

type 7 year old throat cut refugee sweden into google

suicide_circus

At least I never pretended I was gonna take one in

Mutant z

Aodhan O Riordain another fella who has disappeared is he going to take in the refugees he loves so much.

gw80

macgowan89 wrote: »

type 7 year old throat cut refugee sweden into google

Those parents should be up on charges for endangering the life of their 7 year old daughter.

It has turned into a sick society in sweden.

TheValeyard

Mutant z wrote: »

Aodhan O Riordain another fella who has disappeared.

Wish he had. Another truly insufferable pontificating bellend.

riffmongous

gw80 wrote: »

Those parents should be up on charges for endangering the life of their 7 year old daughter.

It has turned into a sick society in sweden.

Well the family were also Eritreans so they probably just thought they were helping a countryman in need

gw80

riffmongous wrote: »

Well the family were also Eritreans so they probably just thought they were helping a countryman in need

They should have known better then.

macgowan89

gw80 wrote: »

They should have known better then.

at least it was Halal

riffmongous

macgowan89 wrote: »

at least it was Halal

You know it's equally or more likely the guy was christian right?

Wheeliebin30

Do gooders again.

Let’s give everyone who wants a house a house regardless of personal responsibility etc.

Idiots.

fash

riffmongous wrote: »

macgowan89 wrote: »

at least it was Halal

You know it's equally or more likely the guy was christian right?

If I've read correctly the attacker's name was Daniel- i.e. almost certainly Christian.

Hande hoche!

Fair play to RTE for having a follow up on the pledge.

riffmongous

fash wrote: »

If I've read correctly the attacker's name was Daniel- i.e. almost certainly Christian.

I didn't twig that till now, but it is probably correct alright

Your Face

Perhaps those people who pledged had time to think about it and thought - no - that's a terrible idea.

4068ac1elhodqr

No room at Lily's Inn, over in fancy Notting 'Ill:

LILY ALLEN has declared there's no space for refugees at her luxury Notting Hill flat despite previously pledging 100% to take some in, the champagne socialist even poured out the crocodile tears to the BBC during an interview about the plight of young refugees. ...

"100 per cent. Who wouldn't? "These children are being displaced - if there's room for people in my house I'm going to take them in. I think anyone would."