Immigration and Ireland - MEGATHREAD *Mod Note Added 02/09/25*

It's opinion without evidence.

“We should not be facilitating employers who wish to employ international students on low pay where those jobs could in some cases otherwise be filled by Irish students or workers. It is likely that wage suppression is caused by the availability of such lower skilled international student labour,” 

Some cases.

Likely to.

Not what you would label empirical evidence now is it?

Or are we back to those migrants hogging the well paying and conditions delivery app jobs?

Haha grand so, the cabinet are just having discussions on a random hunch about action plans to deal with non issues they’ve pulled out of the sky, they’ve definitely not got any evidence whatsoever that’s prompted their activities

Personally I doubt it, but there are none so blind as those who will not see I suppose…

“Hey look at that duck over there”

“How do you know it’s a duck?”

“It looks like a duck, is quacking like a duck, is behaving like a duck, we know what a duck is, that’s a duck.”

“Have you even completed exhaustive DNA analysis on it? You have no actual evidence that it’s a duck and until then you can’t say anything is a duck!” (i am very smart 😏)

“I’m afraid I can’t help you”

👍

No further questions.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/03/indian-nationals-are-best-paid-foreign-workers-in-ireland/

How on earth can you possibly comment on shops changing in a year to almost all Indian staff

If you say so. Looks like they are driving up wages though, not down.

The empirical evidence is the link.

They are amoung youngest and are the highest paid.

We will leave it there, as Necro is probably right.

Interesting conversations on X about the stupid abuse given to our latest rugby recruit, some stupid posts on both sides.

If you are looking for a point. The salient point is they should not be here. I can't believe big Jim cant see the damage his putting their deportation on hold is doing to his recent token deportation of 23 I repeat 23 on a plane capable of holding in the region of 200 souls.

The best thing Jim O’Callaghan could do for his reputation as someone committed to applying Ireland’s immigration rules fairly , and in a way that serves the national interest, is to proceed with this deportation. It is a high-profile case, and following through would demonstrate that he cannot be swayed by public pressure, which could also put a stop to any future campaigns to stop deportations.

The optics are particularly poor given that O’Callaghan is an alumnus of Gonzaga College. He risks creating the impression that he is looking out for his former school by yielding to pressure to retain a talented rugby player, helping to improve their chances of winning the Schools Cup, rather than prioritising what is best for the country.

Two friends of mine did delivery while in university in the 90s. Just because you didn't meet them does not mean they didn't exist....

So Dublin Bay South is now seen as a soft touch sanctuary constituency!

I don't think the residents have fully thought this support through. There will be more people trying to move to this area as a precedent has been set!

On racism in Ireland - I do not condone any of it of course.

however, the experience of the last 25 years + : floods of bogus asylum seekers, illegal immigration, ppl arriving in Ireland with absolutely zero connection to the state yet seeking all manner of social benefits, lack of trust and goodwill, fraud, the violence and lawlessness of migrants in several high profile criminal cases…

All of this has served to “poison the well” of race relations in this country.

The blame lies with a reckless govt, virtue signalling law makers, and the NGO sector.

This is exactly what the country needs. Ebun Joseph influencing government policy on racism. I wonder does the report include any updates on the racist Shelbourne Hotel statues or racist Galway ribena?

I'd love to know who thought it would be a good idea to give this divisive race baiter the 'special rapporteur for racism' job. Surely they could have come up with someone better.