Time for a zero refugee policy? - *Read OP for mod warnings - updated 11/5/24*

I listened back there - I think you're referring to Mandy Johnston (former Govt press sec) She'd be well clued in and with great sources

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22381739/

Yep, imo what needs to happen is - FG, GP, SocDems and Labour need to be obliterated in the locals. It should be complete and utter carnage, basically telling them to shove their woke lib policies,…sideways! - That might light a little fire under their collective hoops. This would result in them finally getting their finger out, albeit too late

No FG, GP, or SocDem should get to be a MEP on €107k pa + massive expenses (much of which is unvouched)

Irish MEPs each claimed €600,000 in expenses during their terms in Brussels.

The top claimant over the past five years has been Fine Gael MEP and European Parliament vice-president, Mairead McGuinness, who received €709,625 in allowances and reimbursements.

May 2019 report and I'd have a guess that the current crew have done quite nicely too including the winner of a lovely bottom competition and if FG get their way again, they'll be sending a retired jockey - who better to represent us in Europe eh?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30925114.html

i suppose the lose of a hotel is a big turning point though, they bring in tourists who bring in extra revenue for the other shops and small businesses around the centre.

https://www.thejournal.ie/man-from-eritrea-landed-dublin-airport-no-passport-jailed-6349719-Apr2024/?utm_source=twitter_short

This makes no sense. What is the cost of keeping a man in jail here? Just send him back.

So should we take in more because it has been said we only take in a tiny number.

Well, no, the priority as regards asylum seeking should be that it is a process reserved for people fleeing genuine circumstances of violence or persecution etc. It should not be a back door or fast track for regular economic migration, which is what a lot of applicants are using it for. That said however, the overwhelming majority of foreign nationals residing in Ireland do not come in via the asylum route, with the exception of Ukrainians where there was a clear and unprecedented event that unfolded that led to a massive surge on that end. With that in mind, considering the Ukraine crisis only started 2 years ago, it seems pretty opportunistic to start heaping the blame for the decline of certain towns / areas on the presence of asylum seekers.

160,000 empty state building, sorry but I'm not buying that.

Tbh this program on VMTV 1 call "is Ireland full" is showing more of the real story than I have seen on any Irish media which basically means RTE or VMTV.

Program has been balanced, delusional leftists will be uncomfortable with a lot of the arguments made.