Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

But how is him going abroad to work goin to lessen the bills at home. Also he's leaving a public service job(a job for life essentially) and there will now be two homes to run.

But this country never had as much work available! Also tax rates are nothing compared to what they were years ago unless there are very big bucks coming in.

Okaaay... well then we don't really know how it'll all turn out, do we? Nothing is certain.

Interesting from a political pov to see the reports of the numbers of refugees heading NW to Donegal. This has been a growing SF heartland for a good few years. Could be very tricky for SF if their supporters feel they are most affected and start rocking the boat. Will have to get down off the fence and make their position, whatever it is, much clearer. Those of a conspiracy mind might even think that the present administration are happy to throw a curved ball that way and see how it lands.

"Good old Ireland"

So you have a new home, your husband works in a profession where there is a shortage of staff. You are a teacher currently on full paid maternity. You receive children's allowance, free GP care and subsidised child care when it comes to it, your child care costs will obviously be much lower than most given your profession.

Sounds like you are doing alright. Things may be tight, but that isn't exclusive to you, new babies, new homes, it's a costly business and most people would struggle through for a few years.

But Relative to the topic of this thread I can't fathom why you would even be on here complaining.

Imagine your town is invaded, neighbours brutally raped and murdered, your house burnt to the ground and you are forced to flee with your kids to another country to live in a camp site leaving your husband and other family members at home not knowing from day to a next whether they will be killed or not? Or even if that didn't happen you, imagine every day having to stay playing the sick game of missile lotto in a country whose economy and society have been decimated.

I know everyone enjoys a moan, but fúcking hell a bit of cop on in the thread you are doing it in. Or at least a bit of perspective.

SF were always massive supporters of asylum seekers and refugees - no? You'd be like a turkey voting for Christmas

One of their TD's had their car burned a few days after making a speech criticising the kind of language and demonisation seen on here (but in relation to asylum seekers).

And that was for asylum seekers, not Ukrainians

The government won't give a subsidy on green diesel for trawlers as they can't afford it. Boats are tied up in killybegs as it's uneconomical to go fishing at current diesel prices. The Spanish n french boats get a subsidy off their government n drop off in killybegs when full n head out again.

What the government did do for the town was to put a clatter of refugees into the hotel instead. That'll really help the economy. Not all bad though Liam neeson was filming locally n called into the refugees with the cameras rolling. Can't beat a good photo op, that kind of fluffy stuff will help sustain the town!

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That is hilarious when you consider the other main two in charge. ALL politicians will tell you what you want to hear, that is hardly a SF thing.

I have no idea where FG loyalties lie, and I'm pretty sure FF loyalties lie in their wallet.

What many of the posters that have posted here in the last day don't realise, is if they had read back a couple of pages they would have read that many people aren't p*ssed off the Ukrainians themselves, it is the Government, the amount and the way it is being done. Sure, they can tell us the twats in the EU are 'forcing' us to do it, but that again just shows them up as a weak government.

We need a government that will stand up, we need people to stand up too. In many ways I admire the French for their protests. If they are unhappy with anything, they protest. That way at least the government know to take them seriously. We are taken for mugs here. There have been protests for housing, hospital beds etc.. and now this happens, which will undoubtedly make both worse. They couldn't give a sh!te. The powerswap parties have it far too good. They seem to think that no matter what happens, at least one if them will get in to power the next time.

I would vote for the monster raving loony party or whatever they are called at this stage over those two.

That's up to SF. When they get in they can decide to continue the same course or actually fix something, any single one of the issues on the ever growing list might be enough to keep them in power for a couple of terms.

I can't imagine it will be in their policy to continue letting in refugees. The idiots there now opened the gates and fecked off. "No cap".. Christ it is baffling.