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

sounds like a ritualistic attempted killing

the guardian Uk have comments (almost 2800) open how come our media has it censored

A UI has never been proposed as a solution because it isn't a solution to the problem. I can offer another solution that would be far easier, cheaper, and quicker to implement: Garda and PSNI checks, backed up by fines and deportations. Based on what we saw during COVID, we know that our governments can put road checks in place nationwide within a matter of days. Implementing similar checks at the border and on public transport crossing the border would be much easier and is all that's needed in this case.

But isn’t 80/90% of those claiming asylum here coming from Britain via NI. Surely stricter rules between Ireland as a whole and Britain would impact that. Ignorance or disingenuous to claim otherwise.

If you live up north right now, maybe get down to Lidl and do a big shop..

I had to stop listening to that press conference. "We want everyone to stay safe, stay safe, stay safe" was the order of the day, all the while they preside over a policy that lets unlimited numbers of people including many who are here to take the piss, who are mentally ill or who simply despise us pour in unchecked.

No. The 80% figure originated as a government estimate rather than a verified statistic. It was challenged because the Department of Justice did not have verifiable data showing how asylum applicants had entered the State, and the claim was not supported by published entry statistics. Also, even with a UI, how are you planning on solving the issue? We'd have a CTA with the UK, and our relationship with the EU would be unchanged.

True. It's the black and white of modern politics, that many follow, which annoys me.

Right = Strong on Immigration, Pro Trump, Pro Life, Anti EU, Vaguely Want A Return to A Catholic Celtic Utopia, Pro Israel.

Left = Soft on Immigration, Anti Trump, Pro Choice, Pro EU, Secular, Pro Palestine.

Most of us are a mixture. I'm pro Palestine, a practising Catholic who doesn't want a return to the 1950s, want proper Immigration controls etc. And anti Trump!

HHow The hell could that scum get on a plane in Paris and travel to Dublin.

Me too,, When they said we need more diversity.

Just think of the industries this charade props up.

Third level colleges - TU's are full of the children of welfare migrants, to the point they cannot even provide accommodation offers to students not part of the system.

Small landlords for fixer uppers and hedge funds falling over each other to get tenders for apartment blocks, ever increasing rents and a certain return on investment to the selected classes.

NGO and semi state orgs which offer representation supports, bus companies, taxi operators, counsellors, translators.

GP services which have a floor of income beyond their wildest dreams and never have to advertise for patients again.

Small builders who have a never ending payroll of work from councils and central government for prefabs, refit etc. Northern construction firms building apartments already paid for by taxes never to be set foot in by tax payers.

There is a big split coming within the Irish people, those who are creaming it don't want this to end, the rest want a return to controlled migration where everyone who comes settles in and pays their way.

RTE Nuacht before the Six-One news is leading with a story about a historic paedo that 'should have been stopped earlier' and leaving the NI incident second. I doubt they'll ever lead on a story about a Sudanese man who could have been stopped earlier.

Don't see how it was a mystery?

He probably bought a ticket like me or you, got on the plane. Got off in Dublin and then got transport to Belfast.

Is there something I'm missing?

Well first of all he’d have to have a visa for travel to Ireland legally unless he was an EU passport holder but then he couldn’t be, could he?

I wonder will we ever find out.

And there ya go, literally open borders zero restrictions, zero responsibility.

Free to roam wherever they want within minutes of arrival.