Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

They were supposed to be, but many have special circumstances that allows them to come over here and reap the benefits.

That sounds like a big chunk of the population.... three or more children

Can you not just be happy that that lady and her 9 year old child are not the existential threat to you that (you imagined) they were when they were here?

What were you afraid of? That some people would come in who could hardly speak English and within a few months would have hit the ground and bypassed yourself in terms of success? The solution to that is to put your energy into improving yourself, not in trying to keep others down or wasting energy concocting bogeymen to use as excuses.

Do you think that an average 100 sq m in Kyiv is 120x times the price of an average house elsewhere in the country? 800 Euro for a house in Ukraine, but over 100k for a regular sized average apartment in the capital?

I admire the faith of ye people who are so great at blindly believing any hyperbolic statement that suits your agenda.

Cue calls for me to provide a breakdown of every single house sale in Ukraine over the past 20 years to prove that the average price is indeed not more than 800 Euro.

Old Article ... August 2021

Well that poor imaginary fella in Bunratty is going to get a shock then when he finds that there are no need for his cash-in-hand translation services.

That's fair enough. It's obviously too old to give an indication of anything.

It wouldn't be like an anecdote on here of someone who happened to have a conversation with a Ukrainian today. Where the Ukrainian told them that he was selling all his free prams for cash on donedeal and using the money to buy massive supermarket complexes back home. And that it is apparently only 50p for a massive IKEA store in downtown Kyiv. And that the same Ukrainian was laughing at the Irish for first giving them all the free prams, and then buying them second hand off him on donedeal for twice the retail price.

Now that would be something you could believe. Not like an article from almost 12 months ago.

Two random homes for sale. I didn't look hard at all

Kyiv - 5 room apartment €13,500 https://realting.com/property-for-sale/ukraine/dmd-consulting/1271546

Odessa - Townhouse €785 https://realting.com/property-for-sale/ukraine/pervaya-rieltorskaya-kompaniya/729417

I have seen others. I guess they are not 'prime' areas. Similar to buying rural Leitrim or Longford about 6 or 7 years ago before FG had finished creating this mess. There were rural houses for as little as €8k. Not sure how low the lowest priced apartments in Dublin went for though.

More options here that may take a few more months than 1 - https://en.arkadia.com/for-sale/ukraine-g804/?orderby=total_sale_price+asc

Is she looking for free accommodation in Dublin? She has a job lined up so shouldn’t she be on daft looking for a place to rent like any other person in Ireland.

Ah yep, full of it, I thought I would join in with the others for a little story, but really only to the idiots that his wife told me about.

No I didn't, and I am all the better for it, thanks. I don't get why you are pushing this bleeding heart narrative on me it really won't have any affect coming from you.

I didn't see any of your posts like that about any of the other refugees, nor the ones that are being displaced now to make room for more Ukrainians coming in. Is there a bit of selective sympathy going on there?

I can't imagine the mass confusion and crowding on public transport if FG had managed to close as many post offices as they had originally planned. I think in the end it was around 160 that closed, do any of those towns have refugees? Are those closures the reason there are so many in one town? I hope this lady has a large Gardai presence near her for this lot, even if it is just until her new retirement date.

Jesus, lisdoonvarna had a population of 800 n now has 900 Ukrainians after moving in. Gormanstown style tents should be put in every politicians gardens n give them a taste of the experience instead of random towns that are unfortunate enough to have a few hotels getting swamped.