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

I think it would help the left wing position if they didn't all come across as utterly deranged.

Is immigration 'unchecked' though? The government seems to have toughened up its stance on asylum seekers considerably in the last year or two under O'Callaghan.

Why can't we do like the Swiss, the passenger list is filed before take-off. If any passengers are flagged, border police/immigration control enter the plane and demand to see passports. Those without passports are immediately returned to the planes, place of origin.

Makes perfect sense to me. There's so much that could be done for us to have functioning border control but where is the political will to back it up. It can't be a cost reason, after all aren't we such a rich country..

What about people who riot in the streets and burn out homes and businesses?

The guy who stabbed that Ukrainian kid in both eyes is an animal.

The guy who tried to decapitate that Northern Irish guy is an animal.

Animals dont kill for fun or out of hatered, or cause they have mental health issues. Only animals who are predators kill for food, or to defend when attacked. And they only kill for food what they need for themselves and their off spring. Majority of animals on earth are herbivors and eat plants. I think the majority of people on this earth have respect for animals, so I would never call these murderpus evil people animals.

I didn't say you were a racist, I said "animals" is a term used by racists. I'd expect it's also used by zookeepers.

I'd say "nice attempt at baiting" only it wasn't, it was pathetic. Please note: I'm saying the baiting attempt was pathetic, not you. Do you see the difference? I'll accept your apology now.

I think the position on asylum seekers and immigration should change whereby they have to prove their record as law abiding citizens who will contribute to Irish society. Rather than a haphazard system where they are allowed into our country, with virtually no proof of their character, and so many slipping through the cracks.

Yes and many are elderly or in Education locally. Meaning chances are they will be joining the rental market rather than going back home, should cause a nice boost to rent prices for any landlord in the area. This government does love landlords in fairness

I mentioned it before on this thread over a year ago. My husband of 25 years is from an EU country, worked in Ireland in a high salary postion since he arrived. We own our own house. He pays over €100k a year in paye taxes, no criminal record here or at home, fully compliant with car tax, tv license, property tax, etc. He now has irish citizenship, mainly as he wanted it after Brexit as he travels to the UK for work and to see my family with me. Took him almost 3 years to get (covid delayed it by a year). They made him jump through hoops. The amount of documenation he had to submit, plus offically translate all his home records. Each record had to be authenticated by a legal notary public. They kept coming back for more info over the 3 year period. And we didnt complain, it showed how diligent the process was.

I still cant comprehend how so many AS and IPA's are getting citizenship, the majority who claim to have no identification papers from home, and have no employment or tax records from Ireland, and seem to be able to produce police certifcates that they have no crminal records outside Ireland. It baffles me ? And yet, we often hear of cases where many were awarded irish citizenship but the authorities find out later, usually during a court case that the submitted documents were false. Is it a case if you claim to be from a specific list of countries eg, nigeria, pakistan, afganistan, sudan, etc you dont need any paperwork, cititzenship is just handed out like smarties ???

Once you are in the country for 5 years, you can apply, as an EU or non-EU citizen. Over 90% of non-EU who apply, are sucessful (dept Justice data). Non-EU included non refugees, but you only need to look at the data released annually by the state, that apart from Indians (who come here on legal work visas), the majority are from the known AS countries.

So I didnt 'hear' this information.