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

Agree with the posters here… Usually during the summer there’s a big mass brawl of some type somewhere when you have the combination of drink & sun, and boredom of youths not being in school/college… Now with these added frustrations, I really can see it all kicking off somewhere some night during the summer

Ind have jumped big time in the polls

I'm wondering this too. The only seriously right-wing contender likely to take a seat that I can see is Boylan. Two others who have made critical noises about immigration policy - Mcnamara and Toibin - have a very good and decent chance respectively, but neither would describe themselves as right wing, and I dount either goes near far enough for the blowhards on this thread.

Many of the women in the documentary said they'd never be able to live freely and equally because they've known the opposite since a child. But they said they'd at least try and steer their daughters down the right path. It definitely helps.

Been to a few beaches recently and there's a lot of Somalians. The dad and son's go in for a swim but the daughters and wife(s) are completely covered and at best get to dip their ankles in. Disgusting culture and shouldn't be encouraged here.

McNamara, Tobin, mullooly,boylan all have a major chance. I reckon a load running on anti immigration platform will get elected in the local elections also. Let's just see but if 25 percent of the population is voting that way that is a seismic shift no matter what way you dress it up.

Looks very much like there'll be no deportations to Rwanda after all.

It seems to be dependent now on a Tory election win, which seems highly unlikely.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/rishi-sunak-admits-no-rwanda-071643958.html

They are getting good at that. There is a clip from NMK of an old woman being knocked over by another Rambo mk2.

At every turn the gardai escalate these situations. Why the need for excess numbers, that gets people's back up. Its inevitable tensions rise and strong language is used.

'Why the need for excess numbers'???

I would have though in case they start another riot or go about burning yet another building.

What a waste of valuable garda resources, especially considering the shortages, having to police this small but violent minority.

No, I didn’t know that. But it would make sense that their official “reason” for not taking in Gaza refugees is not valid, when the refugees are moving to Europe instead. Thank you for your explanation.

Gazan refugees also have a history of being 'problematic'

Total tangent but I was talking to a friend in Galway recently who works with young people in disadvantaged areas. She said that she thinks the current generation of teenagers will drop religion completely as they enter adulthood - all religions but she specifically called out Catholic and Muslim. She noticed that Catholics stop believing soon after primary school but that it takes Muslims a couple more years. She said ironically that the Muslims in Catholic "ethos" schools actually become more dedicated to their own religion when they see how seriously the communion/confirmation ceremonies are taken. Eventually they copy their Catholic peers and drop the pretence. She said they simply see that the whole religion story is made up - same as Santa, Tooth Fairy etc. She added that the traveller children are a little less likely to drop religion.

They also have no interest in politics or global issues and that they are much less woke than people think. She does have great confidence that the young people growing up now will change the world for the better.

Have the public order unit paid a visit to the site in clonmel yet?

Looks to me like there's been more damage done down there than there has in places like ballyogan, strange that they haven't been to clonmel yet.