Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

Why should I feel guilty? Sure I'm going to organise a few bbqs, and pub quizes to help the Ukrainians.

Someone has to teach them who the premier leagues top goalscorer was last season, or what the largest peninsula in the world is

And I hate to break it to you; the west of Ukraine an area double the size of Ireland is effectively conflict free. Even moreso since the Russians buggered off from Kyiv. Nobody is getting "slaughtered" there.

There is 6-8 million Ukrainians displaced in their own country, the vast majority have fled there.

That's the population of this entire Island.

There is a humanitarian crisis currently inside that country too as well as the small matter of the cull of civilians.

Bigger fool me for getting sucked in to this c**p. It was clear what this thread was from the start.

Well to be fair, you did come in and vomit at the sight of people having a discussion on this topic saying that Irish people need to just shut up and "suffer".

Because it was pages of vomit, absolute mé féiners using a housing crisis as an excuse not to do a thing. I'm sure a refugee won't have an issue with sleeping in a community centre if they have to.

Pull away all you like

Vast, Vast, Vast majority still remain, end up in Direct provision for YEARS, why is that exactly 🤔 and that's not the only WHY, I've raised such as laid out clearly in my posts previously.

And just to clarify, in case your in any doubt.

"All ligitimate refugees, especially those invited from war torn countries, should be treated equally"

But of course have a plan in place, I reiterate, what's going on now is a Train Wreck.

Children don't need health care?,look at the number of children currently on waiting lists...

New figures from the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) show nearly 100,000 children are on a hospital waiting list.

Some 37,700 have been waiting longer than one year for care, while 27,700 have been waiting longer than 18 months.

Meanwhile, almost 3,000 children were waiting to access mental health services in September – the highest figures since 2015.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/one-in-12-children-in-ireland-on-hospital-waiting-lists-1291453

Sleep in a GAA hall for how long?

A night, a few nights, a month, a year?

Stupid comment. They're not just going to Ireland, they're going everywhere, some are also staying in Ukraine.

Excellent post! I am of the sad belief that if is being purposely done to provide cheap labor and keep the housing situation in its current state, I would go further and say that the government want more demand in order to drive prices even higher. Thses guys are not steering the country into the scandanavian model that they wish to be, but are destroying the hopes of a generation to house themselves. Destroying the hopes of a generation to have a decent sized family and not be under huge pressure to pay back extortionate amounts of money to banks. Their answer seems to be, to hell with the Irish, they complain too much, let's just import the people that we can control. I hope any ukrainian that stays here does not allow anyone exoit them into cheap labour or suspect work practice's. They need to stop taking people in now, deal with the refugees we have and ensure they are provided for, then go agaín with a number that we can accommodate. I won't forget what this government have done come election time. The world is a big place, how many other countries world-wide are being as open and as accommodating as dear old Ireland?

I think like most things it's less of a conspiracy and more plain old unthinking incompetence.

But shur we can 'pull on the green jersey'(tm) for the world stage. Be grand, like.