Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

Nail on the head isn't it. Anything can happen to kids. Tusla (of all people) now having to look for foster families for these kids. Not an easy task.

Pardon my world weary cynicism for asking questions about somebody bringing a pile of kids in without telling the authorities.

It seems like only 5 minutes since a certain well known homeless charity boss, campaigner, councillor with an unblemished reputation, and whom no one would think of asking questions about, exposed as a sexual predator of the vulnerable men he was supposed to be helping. Did we learn nothing.

So it begins 😡

My father and all his neighbours were meant to have their homes connected to the Mains water earlier this year. One of my neighbours called the Council to see why it hadn't happened as scheduled.

Oh our budget for the rest of the year has to go to support Ukrainian refugees.

It's great to help X amount of people but we don't have a bottomless pit of resources and money to help everyone.

Also...genuine question... who the the fook are we letting in. Some of the people in my local town are dog rough, like drinking on the street in the middle of the day rough.

I see a lot of problems coming down the line.

Don't call me or my old neighbour a liar 🙄

Why are the houses not being connected to the mains if money is flush???

Maybe ask Irish Water?

Considering it’s a Cabinet memo, I’d like to know who’s leaking secret government information to the press.

But in fairness to this thread and topic, it just shows that many of the concerns raised here by posters most of which are quite level headed and balanced in their views. have been validated by this headline article - giving a Ukrainian person rest and comfort for a few weeks is something most Irish families and households could do, with little sacrifice to themselves - but that was never going to be the case and countless people here highlighted that- we’ve always said the commitment would have to be at least 1 year and quite likely 18 months or more and that the sacrifices made would be much greater.

I don’t see this ending well for Ireland- how we treat the refugees will be in the spotlight now and I don’t think we’ll be viewed kindly

Well I think once here, someone coming from a war torn country won’t want to head off somewhere else so quickly- but I think we’ve over promised from the outset what we could deliver and now the government are struggling