Ireland running out of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees due to surge in non-Ukrainian refugees?

And it seems Leo is reading the room and testing the water to see if some form of stricter immigration control can be implemented.

I think this is a smart move and could be a way to pull votes away from SF, whom so far havent committed to saying we have too many refugees/AS coming in because they know the vote base wants to see a cap imposed more than any other group.

If ireland has taken in more ukranians per capita than any country in europe outside of the border countries with Ukraine, there has to be leverage with the EU to slow the numbers into Ireland until the other countries catch up - which they never will.

I get the sense this could be the strategy from FG to claw back votes before the GE.

It would put SF in an awkward position because Leo could confront them on their policy. At the moment, all 3 parties are favouring current immigration levels so they cant criticise each other.

But if FG break rank, they can push SF for a stance. I think SF then lose votes either way. Their core base wants a cap on immigrants, so if SF oppose a cap they will cause infighting and lose votes

If they promote a cap, they will lose support from the left wing voter base they have been courting these last few years.

The obvious move for FG will play out I believe and it could cause a check mate situation for SF.

He is such a wally these days, so out of touch. I used to really like him but I hate the way he still flies the "wurrking class" flag while he obviously has total contempt for those people now. Imagine what his own people would have thought if Ireland had been flooded with people from every corner of the globe back when he was growing up in Crumlin in the 1960s. The decent hardworking people he grew up with, people who worked manual jobs and who had no connections or capital, and nothing to barter with but their labour. What would they have thought about their wages being eroded, their kids struggling to find a place in the local school or a GP appointment, the impossibility of getting a Corpo house or renting or buying privately? I suspect they might have got a bit "far right" about the whole thing, and he knows that if he was only honest enough to admit it.

I see they're blocking the crossroads at Clarehall Tesco this evening lol. Saw a vid on Reddit, about 30 of them I'd say with "no to unvetted males" banners. The f*cking gall of them protesting like this in Darndale of all places when they've done nothing about the rampant crime in the area for decades. If ever you needed proof these protesters are braindead morons.

I wouldn't want to inflict them upon anyone else

Do I need to pay any vehicle tax when I enter Ireland?

Ukrainians can apply for an exemption from this where a vehicle is temporarily brought into Ireland, known as a ‘vehicle temporary exemption’. 

source: https://www.rsa.ie/docs/default-source/road-safety/ukrainian-drivers/faqs-for-driving-a-car-in-ireland-dec-2022---english.pdf

yes i am aware everyone wants new immigration laws, i was just giving out about the idiots holding up traffic etc who aren't really achieving anything if you ask me, they just seem to be xenophobes

O'Gorman on Anton show this morning about the new accommodations being rolled out, even on this softest pre-recorded interview he came across as frustrated and mildly aggressive. Followed the script of blaming the 1% while ignoring that 84% don't agree with the govmt's immigration policy. The interview did make clear how desperate the govmt are for Catherine Martin's Online act to come into effect so that we are all kept "safe" ;-)

You must be completely simple if you think he is doing the job right. I'd hate to see what it would look like if he was doing the job wrong.

Foreigner commits crime. I remember when I lived in Australia there were a number of different crimes involving Irish people but I don't remember the Aussies branding all foreigners as bad, which is what you're trying to do here. One was a stabbing in a hostel by an Irish bloke. Unless we shut ourselves out to the outside world NK style there'll always be foreigners here, and some will commit crimes. That's the way of the world.

supposed war zone, will you f**k off

Is that true Ukrainians can drive here with no insurance?

It just seems a bit strange that people who are used to driving on the other side of the road are just let drive all around the place, like what happens if they hit someone?

With no insurance and no money its the innocent party that foots the bill.