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

That's why we have elections I suppose. I refuse to believe that these people are anything other than a tiny minority of the electorate. The vast majority of Irish people are sensible enough though obviously a little bit naive in terms of allowing ourselves to get to this point. I think slowly but surely the veil is being lifted though and more and more are seeing how deeply we are destroying our country and the terrible financial and social costs of doing so.

The Irish people are doing this despite of the group think from RTE and the main newspapers which is all the more impressive. The first political party that really prioritises an end to the Asylum corruption industry will easily win the next election.

Have we a single poster on this thread singing the praises of immigration that actually lives in Ireland?

I know we had one recently, gormdubhman , but he seems to be gone. He didn't make many points apart from crying racism but at least he lives here! Surely we can get 1 out of a population of 5.5 million. Or does that alone tell us all we need to know 🤔

Which political party would that be? Not much on the horizon unfortunately. Unless you mean there’s a need for a new political party?

Afaics, all the current parties are the same and want more immigration both EU and nonEU, and no politician has acknowledged the huge costs and extra pressure on services and local communities, they always toe the party line. Others who question the system are labelled with all sorts of slurs to put them back in their box, so everyone stays quiet. Happens on this thread too. People asking questions about costs or what the positives are to this small country basically should ignore evidence and official data. We must defer to obligations set up in the 50/60s in a very different world 🙄.

It’s like the country has been brainwashed into turning a blind eye on the whole fiasco. So many go along with the scam even though they know full well what’s going on, its like the laundries, M&B homes and MH institution debacles, locals knew they were disgraceful but kept the head down and stayed quiet for fear of being ostracised or labelled. Or maybe they just got weary. It seems nothing has changed, politicians and NGOs have once again convinced citizens that transferring billions from the public purse to private coffers is all for the good and betterment of our society, and anyone querying that should zip it and remember their place. The devil’s finest trick comes to mind.

Reminds me of the old joke - how do you know when a politician is lying?

Their lips are moving 😒

I agree with you btw - the waste of public funds where Government are absolutely not getting value for money, and that surplus could be diverted to the provision of other services in healthcare and education (though that department is running a €500m deficit at the moment so it appears enormous amounts of money are being wasted there too), is disgraceful.

In circumstances like that it appears that "the far-right" is an enemy that serves only to keep all of these disparate other groups on the same page.

London is a huge multicultural city with so many different communities and enclaves. Is it really the end of the world to admit that some communities have disproportionate issues?

A young man goes to a park in London to take some photographs and is stabbed to death. Everyone is more worried about the far-right, it seems.

Come on guys the far-right are saying knife crime is on the rise in London but there were only 100 fatal stabbings per month last year!

There's a big problem but the far-right are saying it's a really big problem and that's just disinformation! Let's all join together to stop knife cri... er… disinformation!

Ah now you can't be expecting them to blame themselves for the mess. Sure look at the minister for disinformation Patrick O'Donovan on blaming the media for their coverage of the protest.

We've all known and said this for years. It's an absolute disgrace the current system.

Oh so there is such a thing as 'lefty lawyers', thousands of bogus asylum seekers, corrupt LGBT NGO's, and it's even worse than the alt-right fascists said it was.

I'm absolutely gobsmacked by this, not least because the report comes from the BBC. They sent Pakistanis into gay nightclubs to take photo, and faked having HIV. Oh my buckng god!

And of course all this is going on here in Ireland as well:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41820635.html

I was in molesworth st marriage registry office in 2015. There was 2 Pakistani fellas with 2 eastern European women opposite us.

I said to the missus the chemistry ain't exactly electric between any of them and the honeymoon period wasn't long disappearing!

If I was a gambling man I'd bet they never met til that morning.

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/04/16/former-direct-provision-asylum-residents-chief-driver-of-destitution-among-single-adults/

From one system of state support to another after getting leave to remain

Literally just importing people to be homeless - we already have our own homelessness crisis

If it were up to Connolly, she'd have them all stay forever on the dole and free housing