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Asked if the government would consider whether some “international obligations” were actually outdated and bad for Ireland, Fine Gael Minister Heather Humphreys said: “Ireland is a very proud & active member of the EU. We make decisions collectively.” Question by Ben Scallan.
Locals in Crooksling say their community cannot cope with large number of male asylum seekers housed on the grounds of a former nursing home.
Senior government figures, such as Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty, have said that Ireland should discuss lowering the voting age to 16. Ben Scallan asks Doherty if this makes sense, given that 16-year-olds aren’t even allowed to drink.
Thousands marched through Dublin City centre yesterday to protest against the government’s immigration policies.
Security at Crooksling IPAS centre leave asylum seekers standing in the rain after refusing to open gate.
Asked why Ireland is raising carbon tax when its emissions are a fraction of a percent of the world total, Finance Minister Michael McGrath says he hears this point “quite often”. However, he says “We have to play our part” because “we are part of a collective European Union.”
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that “the State has within its power the capacity to make sure that we don’t have tents back up on Mount Street”, adding that it is “not acceptable for migrants” and that government has a “determination” to ensure it won’t happen again.
Gript reporter Fatima Gunning gives a first hand account of what happened in Newtownmountkennedy when riot police clashed with protestors last week. https://tippfm.com/podcasts/newtownmountkennedy-really-happened/
Tánaiste Micheál Martin says that the Department of Justice failing to register an asylum seeker as a sex offender, despite being aware of his offence for years, is “not satisfactory at all”. He added that the Department must “inquire as to why that happened.”
Niall Boylan says he would object to amendments in EU law that allow biological males into women’s single sex spaces.
Activist Kellie Jay Keen says “lies don’t last” and that it’s “impossible to imagine” how laws were passed in the UK and Ireland that allow violent men be house in female prisons.
Cllr John Snell speaking from the protest at Newtownmountkennedy today where a large crowd marched from the town to the proposed IPAS centre
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