Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

In other words yes we are.

There is no mechanism to ask for more Refugees than we can take, but that didn't stop them.

If they can afford to hire au pairs they can be relieved of medical cards and any benefits.

Will be chaos at schools as they move so many refugees around and try to fit in 4000 extra students that arrived over the Summer. Ireland already has amongst the largest class sizes im Europe. Most of these kids cant speak English, may habe other issues also.

Many schools already.struggling with current waiting lists and severe lack of teachers.

There is no central database but the dept of education says 'they have enough resources' even though nobody knows what happens from one week to the next and most Dublin school principals say they cant get teachers!

Also lack of school bus places.

lol so if we did nothing or not much previously we should go ahead and sacrifice everything to "help" now? And what do we do when some other war start how can we do more than we do now? Or do we take sabatical for the next few wars?

"Help" should never be compulsory but voluntary. Go ahead, give what you deem to be proper and just. Out of your own pocket please.

Read the article more carefully,

“An incident live-streamed on social media is understood to have drawn negative internet commentary towards Ukrainian refugees”

The fear of violence mentioned seems to come from the comments online, not the incident. Without any more information we cant assume that it was even a negative incident. Maybe the shop live-streamed themselves giving away stuff, and didn’t like the comments they got? Such is social media. It’s a nothing article, typical of the deceptive press we have now.

Another quote : “‘She said there have been no acts of violence against volunteers and they have not reported any incidents or concerns to An Garda Síochána. Security staff at the shopping centre said the hub has been shut since Monday and they have also not reported any incidents to An Garda Síochána.”

Yep I agree some are not as suitable as others . The flat I referred to is in a beautiful town with all amenities close by . Within walking distance of bus and DART . Room for a couple with one or two kids or a mother and granny with two kids. Having offered this in March my friend got a call from Red Cross last week ( mid August ) asking would she take a single male aged 30 !!

The RC lady from was surprised when they said No as it that would be a complete waste of her offered space .

The Red Cross has had time to figure this out and that is what they came up with ? Its absolutely scandalous that no one in this country was actually paid to .take this emergency on and deal with it . We needed a task force to sort out payments and benefits etc so that refugees didnt end up with more disposable income than families and pensioners etc . This very fact is causing a lot of resentment out there which is fully understandable . A refugee in a hotel with three meals a day and no bills does not need the kind of financial support they are receiving and a task force should have been set up to sort all that out .While we offer that kind of benefit we encourage financial migrants who are taking up space for genuine refugees . We now have a situation where some who came for the benefits are in hotels while genuine refugees who need our care are in tents

The public all know this and are beginning to be resentful of this as problems are beginning to arise affecting their lives

Ever the humanitarian Hamachi, demanding others do something while you have no intention of doing anything yourself, besides complaining about people asking other people to do something… 😁