Immigration Policy in Ireland

I worked for 6 years in social welfare as a civil servant and it would turn anyone against immigration. Fellas from abroad who never worked a day in their life were getting hundreds in social welfare. 

Edited by Jackal - 15 Feb 2024 at 8:52pm

Jackal wrote: I worked for 6 years in social welfare as a civil servant and it would turn anyone against immigration. Fellas from abroad who never worked a day in their life were getting hundreds in social welfare.  That said I did see the worst of the worst obviously.

How does someone in a dole office know someone from abroad has never worked a day in their lives?

Jackal wrote: I worked for 6 years in social welfare as a civil servant and it would turn anyone against immigration. Fellas from abroad who never worked a day in their life were getting hundreds in social welfare.  That said I did see the worst of the worst obviously.

Plenty of them ****s living on my road. All Irish. And driving decent motors. 

nvidic wrote: To keep it out of the politics thread. We've not had an issue with it to date, but I can see this welcoming new posters. Any racist posts will be deleted and the user suspended. For what it's worth, I'm broadly welcoming of anyone who wants to come. We need the labour and for the most part those people are feeling dire circumstances, as many Irish people have for generations.  Working in social housing, these people are categorically not taking housing from Irish people. Albeit we do clearly need to build a lot more.

How do you define racist ? 

I think all opinion polls provide certainty that current immigration policy is now a significant topic for the electorate. Do I think it's as important as Housing and Healthcare - absolutely not. I also don't believe the vast majority of people in these opinion polls have an issue with legal migration but do believe current asylum trends in particular are unsustainable and we are a soft touch in terms of rejecting bogus applications and enforcing deportations. 

nvidic wrote: Cabra Hoop wrote: nvidic wrote: To keep it out of the politics thread. We've not had an issue with it to date, but I can see this welcoming new posters. Any racist posts will be deleted and the user suspended. For what it's worth, I'm broadly welcoming of anyone who wants to come. We need the labour and for the most part those people are feeling dire circumstances, as many Irish people have for generations.  Working in social housing, these people are categorically not taking housing from Irish people. Albeit we do clearly need to build a lot more.  How do you define racist ?  Stereotyping someone or a group of people based on their ethnicity or where they're from.

Fair enough, thats clear....

I spend a fair bit of time in Drogheda as the missus is from there. I'd wager you've spent next to no time there. As far as I know, another poster, Wheelo, is from there, so might be able to offer more of a perspective than what you've read on some twitter thread from a poster with "Ireland4DeIrish" in it's bio.

Edited by The Huntacha - 16 Feb 2024 at 4:06am

So, essentially just Tony's Rangers thread but for the eireland fella on immigrants. 

The Huntacha wrote: I spend a fair bit of time in Drogheda as the missus is from there. I'd wager you've spent next to no time there. As far as I know, another poster, Wheelo, is from there, so might be able to offer more of a perspective than what you've read on some twitter thread from a poster with "Ireland4DeIrish" in it's bio. You only have to drive through Drogheda once to see the amount of dereliction around the place. The town has nothing to offer tourists, and the tourist attractions are all outside the town and are easily accessible from Dublin. It's a huge town, in need of a major facelift and an economic boost. None of which has anything to do with a hotel housing asylum seekers.

It's probably a different issue but every smaller town is weaker than it used to be, and that's a worldwide thing these days. People want to holiday internationally these days, so you've lost the people that used to holiday in Bray, Drogheda, Youghal etc. And when you go international you go to the big tourist hubs. Irish go to New York and Paris rather than regional towns, People coming to rieland go to Dublin and Galway. Hotels in places like Drogheda need to attract business conferences, weddings etc to survive. There's no tourist attraction going to make people go there for a 3 night break IMO