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

Maybe i'm wrong but i dont think most new to the country would like to be defined as Irish. They want to live in Ireland and would like Irish citizenship but they are for the most part very proud of their own nationality and culture.

Maybe we should be proud of our nationality & culture instead of arguing over how to define being Irish.

Hmm.

I'm inclined to wonder whether the threat of being charged with fraud might be a deterrent for some of them.

From statutebook.ie

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.

Definition of fraud from lawreform.ie:

Making gain or causing loss by deception.

6.—(1) A person who dishonestly, with the intention of making a gain for himself or herself or another, or of causing loss to another, by any deception induces another to do or refrain from doing an act is guilty of an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.

So, it seems there is no question that fraud is being carried out on a grand scale by too many of these bogus asylum seekers.

It's long past time we ramped up Garda investigations into the fraudsters - and indeed, their advisers, be they other immigrants, smugglers, or possibly some people working in NGOs.

I'd imagine a few high profile cases could prove to be a pretty effective deterrent.

Yep theres valid reasons none of their neighbours want them. Yet we are making eejits of ourselves.

Making snarky remarks about a time that someone posts is such a cheap shot

Thanks, not sure why you couldn't post the name first time around. I wanted to see how a hotel is allowed only provide 10% capacity. And why it didn't choose 100% migrants. I'll do some research.

The hybrid model of ukranian's/ public guests in rural hotels is common. Guaranteed income all year long while giving the appearance of operating as normal. It means your bar and restaurant business continues as the locals still go in. Its only in the event of a funeral or summer festival that it becomes obvious that few rooms are available.

This was in the IT this morning - the ICCL says ‘it is well established that many people fleeing persecution may have “perfectly legitimate reasons” for arriving in the Republic without documents.’

They don’t expand further though. Does anyone know what the legitimate reasons are? I’m just genuinely curious.

That's not for us plebs to worry about, to quote Mehole "where's your humanity..."

Thanks for that!

You see there's a difference of outlook here, when I see tens of thousands of kids being killed with Israeli, yank and brit bombs that just doesn't sit well with me. In fact I want that to stop, immediately. Do you feel the same? If not what part of your brain have you abused so much that that's OK with you?

Feeling this way does not mean I want Ireland to open it's borders to thousands of Palestinians. I think they should be able to live in that place called Palestine, they want that too. I'd wholeheartedly agree the neighboring Arab states need to take more ownership.

I'm in the wrong thread saying all this and I don't do social media because dealing with halfwits who've squeezed all the empathy outa their frontal cortex probably because they've being pulling the guts out of themselves in their bedroom of their parents gaf for years in between posting shyte like this is ehhhh bothersome.

And with that, I'm gone.

From their readers. Do you consider their readers to be 'less than dust beneath your chariot wheels?' ;)

Would you say that considerably fewer than 14% of voters are concerned about the cost of living? Does it seem an unrealistic figure to you? How do you feel about the cost of living yourself? The cost of rents?? What about housing? Is it an issue do you think? Myself, I would say it very much is, both in the rental and buying markets but hey, maybe I'm wildly eccentric :)