Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

What roof? Housing is not fixed, so with no roof over their head what roof?😉

wtf ..transfer ownership on Monday and they announce the huge deal.

Owners want to remain anonymous but getting 12 million govt contract?

"Transfer of ownership was completed on Monday, with staff and guests at the hotel briefed on the change. 

Workers are understood to have been assured of job security. Head of operations at the new centre, Paul Walsh, declined to identify the new owners as "it is only fair and dignified that our staff are first given the details", he said.""

I smell something rotten and its not the seaweed on the beach.

The Emergency Measures enacted during Covid? Which is no longer seen as an issue as all testing is now being done through GP's.

I'll have to make some enquiries, so to speak but I believe it maybe a wexford based consortium with "Private Backers" but will need to clarify, so to speak 😁

Hmmm, private backers? Where have I heard that before?

Ssssssh 😏

No, I can hear it being prized opened slowly on the top of a mountain in the midlands 🤣

This is just extraordinary, I know a number of hotels are being purchased rather mysteriously, with the exception of very high end, gold chip properties, anyone with a basic understanding of how the Hospitality sector is doing in Ireland, knows its not a terribly clever investment at the moment, unless of course...............................

I'll say no more, so to speak 😁

They don’t have an excuse to circle the woke wagons and enable extra votes for themselves by virtue of their concern and leaping to action stations for our new arrivals…

Two thirds of people on social housing waiting lists here wait over two years… that’s going to get an awful lot longer..

Questions have continuously been asked, but the contempt that this government has had, and continues to have for citizens it is paid by to represent, ensure the wellbeing of and work for is staggering… basically treacherous.

its like if you went in to buy a BMW… picked one, handed over 70,000 euros and the salesman hands you the keys to a 3 year old Skoda. That’s what living here has become. “ they need it “

Correct, the Article was from the 1st of August, there was indeed knowledge of 2 hotels in Youghal being completely used to house Ukrainian Refugees, this was discussed at length on the Thread months ago, infact I believe I first highlighted this in the context of it impacting on the local tourism and general economy of the area, I was of course ridiculed by a small number at the time.

Then a month ago in the very same newspaper and I linked it, local restaurants livid, describing the impact as being worse than Covid restrictions, of course those who previously ridiculed, strangely silent.

What yesterday's new article did however bring to light was the actual contract details and indeed the mysterious new ownership of the Youghal property, the timing of this and indeed the "Awarding" of conttact to house Ukrainian refugees.

Are these hotel contracts being calculated on full going rate per room I wonder?

Or is the taxpayer at least getting some sort of reduced rate for buying an entire hotel out, including during off peak seasons?