“Ordinary Europeans are voting to say enough!” as “waves of migration” effect crime, housing, and our way of life, says Ellen Fantini.
Swedish academic, Prof. Göran Adamson, says Swedish politics is still coming to terms with how immigration has fundamentally changed the country.
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Paschal Donohoe defends Fine Gael’s tens of billions in increased State spending.
Nikita Hand give statement outside High Court after successful suing Conor McGregor for rape.
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín outlines the party’s plan to institute a “temporary” eviction ban on “compassionate” grounds, and responds to potential private property concerns. #GE24
Sinn Féin’s #GE24 manifesto calls the Irish hate speech bill “a form of censorship” and says they voted against it. Ben Scallan puts it to Mary Lou McDonald that her party voted for it unanimously and tried to expand it to make illegal immigrants a protected class in Irish law.
Despite the stabbing of young children at Parnell Square and in Southport in the UK, Gardaí say they don’t think such incidents will be repeated. They add that it’s “fair to say” that most people involved in the 2023 Dublin Riots were simply “opportunistic” looters and vandals.
#GE24 Ben Scallan asked Fine Gael Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe if an Irish “Department of Government Efficiency” would be worth considering. Donohoe shot down the idea: “Our State, overall, does serve our country well…[it] does much of its work efficiently.”
Prospect of jail
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says she wants an “efficient” immigration system “that means that those who need protection in our country are integrated”. #GE24