Immigration and Ireland - MEGATHREAD *Read OP for mod warnings before posting*

In all fairness everyone knows what an Irish person is, ffs. Trying to create an argument about that is just trying to deflect from genuine discussion.

It's a shame that people go to such lengths to avoid discussing reality. That kind of nonsense is one of the reasons people have turned to the right on immigration.

I don't have a clue what an ethnically Irish person is, in this context?

Are the Fitzgerald's ethnically Irish

Is Ian Paisley ethnically Irish

Is Paul McGrath ethnically Irish

I could move to Japan tomorrow and in five years I can get citizenship.

If I told people I was Japanese they would burst out laughing and rightly so.

That doesn't really help me figure out if Ian Paisley was ethnically Irish or not on the boards Irish ethnicity scale.

Apologies. Saw mod note after I posted

Mod - warned for ignoring mod instruction and other posters aren't the topic.

Think you will have to explain how you managed to get that out of my quoted comment ?

lt's gas, like a lucky dip , not knowing what new wonder awaits when I open that little notification 😋

Edit I see another poster said something about dog whistling and you went with that . Why ,in relation to my post, I have no idea .

So you can provide no proof that immigration has no effect on housing and deflect I thought so .

Yeah I would agree with most of this. How folk cant see the correlation is beyond me. We simply cant meet the housing demand. Irish Water can only connect 35 houses a year, possibly 50.5k with 1.7 billion extra funding. If we keep adding and adding, where do we stop? Country feels its creaking under it own success, health and transport. Jammed to the gills Monday - Sunday.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1215/1486623-uisce-eireann/#:~:text=Uisce%20%C3%89ireann%20can%20currently%20supply,homes%20a%20year%20with%20water.

How folk cant see the correlation is beyond me.

Because everything we have said about issue regarding immigration, has been labelled as misinformation and far right. Our politicians and media have spent years gaslighting the public, convincing them that what is plain to see and common sense is not.

And because they built up this narrative, that you're a terrible far right thug if you dare think or question policy, people have been brainwashed into accepting everything they are told even when the evidence says otherwise.

Thankfully we're see some pushback and change of messaging but it will take a long time for people to realise they've been lied to and manipulated about the destruction of the country. But ultimately, it rests solely at the feet of our politicians.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/04/07/trade-war-would-hit-housing-demand-and-could-put-a-brake-on-asking-prices-myhome-says/

It seems really strange that fewer multinational workers due to the trade war, and by extension less demand for housing, would reduce inflation in our housing market?

I thought demand apparently didn’t have any impact on housing prices anymore for some reason??
Tens of thousands of additional people landing into the country that are going to need to be housed eventually has no impact on housing we were told?

the destruction of the country

I see this constantly in this thread, yet no one can explain what they mean by it. This country is great, sure there are some issues but mismanagement by successive governments have caused issues with the health services and housing.

I don't see any destruction of our country and it's just nonsense.