The largest hotel in Drogheda, County Louth is to close its doors to the public in order to house hundreds of migrants claiming asylum.
The four star D Hotel on Marsh Road in, which says it is a 30 minute drive from Dublin will offer its 111 hotel rooms to as many as 500 international protection applicants from next month.
Deputy Mayor of Drogheda Kevin Callan has expressed unease at the decision saying it would have a “massive impact” on Droheda’s economy.
Speaking on LMFM he said, “My understanding from the communications that we’ve received today is that this is done and this will be hundreds of beds made available for international protection applicants.”
“So effectively my understanding from what I’ve seen today for the first time is that the hotel will cease to be a hotel and will be switched to provide this service,’ he added.
The Deputy Mayor continued, “It’s absolutely incredible that this has happened on this scale, and as I say it will have a massive impact on the economy and on the local jobs and businesses of our town
“And the minister must get up and act and do something about it now,” he added.
The decision did not contain any element of public consultation with relevant authorities learning of the news through a briefing document.
“All relevant State support services in your area have been informed of this and they are preparing what additional supports will be needed to assist these people settle in to the local community. This includes the departments of Health, Education, Justice, HSE, An Garda Síochana, the Local Government Management Agency, the local integration teams and local development office in your area.” it said.
The document continues, “Ireland is legally required under EU law to provide accommodation for people seeking international protection here.”
“As we are sure you are aware, this is a nationwide urgent situation and emergency centres, such as this one have been opened in all parts of the country. All counties in Ireland are providing help and assistance with this. There have been over 190 accommodation locations utilised since January 2022 across 26 counties. These options must be considered to prevent homelessness for people with their families and children arriving seeking international protection,” it said.
I live in Drogheda and I’m disgusted by what is happening. If you walk through the town now you are lucky to see local, another surge of IP applicants will completely ruin the town. The Government (EU in particular) have ruined our country. I’m so annoyed. No consultation with the county council or the elected representatives is a shame. Sure we are well used to it now, once they find a bed for a IP applicant that’s their job done and leave the locals to deal with the after affects. no doubt it will all be men
Consultation makes no difference. If there was consultation with locals, it would only mean they are telling the locals about their arrival, sooner. It does not mean it will be prevented. Words like consultation and integration are only appeasement words to get us to give in, rather than oppose. I would be looking for their date of exit when their applications are rejected. I think though, that all are bogus, whether accepted or rejected. This refugee racket must end. I expect to see mayhem in society as time goes on.
The governments use of the word consultation is an insult when they simultaneously make clear that the outcome is predetermined , and one party to the consultation’ is given Hobsons choice before the discussion even begins. It reminds me of an old John Wayne film in which he shouted at two outlaws to throw down their guns and surrender and in return he’d promise them a fair trial and a fine hanging .
You are dead right Mary. I listened to a labor counsellor complaining about lack of consultation on the radio this morning. When asked if he supported the decision to use the D hotel, he answered “yes”.
100% agree with your reply!!
Oh my , the council need to take the hotel to court to get a temporary stay put on this. Presume a hotel can’t just change use from operating as a commercial hotel to housing IP applicants. Planning permission would have been granted for a commercial hotel not this . The people of Drogheda, the local business association & the council also need to make their voices heard on this pronto & unanimously make a statement of intent condemning the government & stating its intent not to comply with this. The hotel will need the council to grant various safety certs based on the departments intention to cram 500 people into a 100 bed hotel . They just don’t need to comply. I’m sure at the very least there are H&S concerns here.
If Fine Gael get in again, every single town in Ireland, small and large will be filled with planters.
Fine Gael voters should be treated like Nazi collaborators, Ireland has been absolutely destroyed
If they’d been treated like the anti-nationals that they are from the very beginning of their inception we may not have problems like this now
Fine Gael? Fianna Fail, the Greens, Sinn Fein and Aountu are all fully on board with this. Micheál Martin said “we want nothing to do with the backward idea of sovereignty”. He said this about 6-8 years ago. That that man could be leader of our country after saying that. I can’t understand it. Maybe most Irish people agree with him. Regardless, the Irish people are now getting what they voted for. Only a proper Nationalist party is going to put a halt to this and reverse it. I’ve bad news for anyone thinking this is going to get better in the next few years. Maybe the next election after this one coming will be the time when enough people have had enough, and we have a Nationalist party or and Alliance and we can get rid of the establishment parties. Maybe…On the other hand we may have to go through more suffering like other countries have done, before that point comes. To be honest, really honest here. Is voting going to change anything? Seriously. The only pause for thought I’ve seen has come about with the burning out of hotels and other buildings that were due to be housing asylum seekers.
There are an awful amount of people making money out of this. It’s a bit like the property bubble up-to 2006-8 before it all went smashing into a wall. The many people that are making serious money will put up with the stabbing murders, beheadings, bombs going off and worse. Nothing will stop them until they are stopped. Same goes for those who aren’t making money but are ok with what’s going on. Brett Weinstein has a really good insight into their mindset. He says these are people who hate or don’t care about their children. Nobody who does would be putting holes in the life-rafts in the way these people are. There’s another article on Gript the in the last day or so talking about violent crime in Ireland increasing recently. The Irish media have been keeping the people in the dark to some extent about the immigrant related violence in other European countries. But, Irish people are not completely in the dark. They are fully aware of the absolutely giant, horrific terrorist attacks by immigrants in Europe in the last 10-20 years. And don’t give me “but the IRA blah, blah, bla..” The number of people killed in the Nice, France (men/women/elderly/children) was almost 100 with another 500 injured, not to mention all the others traumatised. The Arianna Grande concert was a kids concert with over 1000 victims. Specifically sought out and targeted children. The Irish people voted for abortion – to kill their own offspring. While not letting the political parties off the hook, the Irish people have to take much of the responsibility for the situation we’re in
Aontu aren’t so bad. Personally, though I am voting for the Irish Freedom Party. They are still looking for local candidates, so anyone is interested, please contact them!!!
I can’t see Aontú being “on board with this”. Get your facts right
Someone else post a link recently showing Peadar has lobbied to bring Afghans into the country. I don’t have the link to hand but I assume all lobbying is publicly available information so shouldn’t be too difficult to find. Have you knowledge he didn’t? Aontu split from SF on abortion and SF are an open borders party.
My position is that unless a someone or a party is explicitly against bringing any more refugees, asylum seekers etc. and isn’t calling for mass deportations of all the scammers that have come here then I wouldn’t trust them on any matters related to immigration. Irish First only for me
One third FG deserting
Do you suspect that our elections might not be fair… like the second Lisbon agreement caused many suspicions!?
Monitor and scrutinise. Already fishy issues surrounding register
Make sure to bring 3 THREE differebt ID
Pp or driving icenceutiity bil and a bank card
Deadline to check register Mindwy 20 February
As a dub who is being forced out of my home city due to unaffordable housing, I was looking at buying here. I’m very lucky to have had to pay a months rent in cash making a mortgage application useless for 6 months. I’m not buying anything near something that could be considered for housing chancers. Hard luck to whoever bought the house I was looking at on the marsh road.
There’s a real big giant ‘F off’ to the tourists of this world going on in Irleand right now despite the fact lots of them spend lots of money meanwhile people arriving with no money are given permenant residency.
What’s the definition of “international protection?”
What’s been done to improve the safety of citizens in these countries?
Refugees bring women and children, Invaders only bring young men
The status of refugee means that we give them sanctuary for the time the war is on in their own country. When that war ends, they go home. Sanctuary is always temporary. A refugee cannot be permanent. But we often give them nationality. Holly Cairns said we cannot contact the country they’re fleeing from, as it would put their safety at risk. That means they can never be refugees, no matter how hard they try, because the supposed war they’re fleeing cannot be identified. It is a secret, to comply with Holly law. When there’s a crime the guards say they do not know the nationality of the criminal. That’s because they may have a fake passport, if they have any at all, a passport that cannot be authenticated, due to gangsterism in these countries. They bring their gangster culture here. Refugeeism is a pure racket. Out with them. They are bogus. Packing into Ireland because the word is out that it’s a soft touch. It’s the corruption in Ireland which favours them, that brought them here.
‘International protection’, means the bogus of the world make straight for a tiny island in the Atlantic, where they give you immediate housing and benefits, over the heads of their own, some sleep on cardboard in doorways, because the nightly temporary hostels allocated to them, are dangerous due to drugs and ex cons, where they they can be attacked. A great place for bogus due to the corrupt political elites of that tiny place. They will never deport you. Even if your application is rejected. The deportation orders are only a scam to please a shower there, called the far roight who want justice for the Irish and not the bogus. You can still live there forever, the government pays for all because the government of that island, favour the bogus, no passport required, nothing like that, you need no ID at all, just arrive and then you’re in. You are Irish then. And they’ll give you a passport too. An Irish passport. No joking. Loads of bogus got them. Real easy. You are never an illegal. The word illegal does not exist there, for the benefit of IPAs, bless their hearts.
The government must be bringing these peopke in via Baldonnell is my suspicion
I’ve had a suspicion for a while now that they have a secret agreement with the British government to take the spillover that they’ve been getting i.e. as soon as they arrive in England they are being transited to Ireland. Britain have been putting them up in hotels for a few years now, long before it started in Ireland. There was always going to come a point when they’d no more room. Possibly there’s some agreement with Germany/EU aswell
Oh lucky Drogheda get a large dose of kakistocracy greatest strength. Be awful if something happened to it.
Would love to see a journalist (citizen or otherwise) do a video like this about the similar situation in NYC. If you want to see how bad things can get, and this isn’t as bad as it’s going to get, take a look at this
You can look closer to home, just look across to Britain, – Islam has fully taken hold
I wonder when the republican thinkers of old, will return to counter the demons of new? You know, those people, who we commemorate at Easter-time! Or have we also completely lost this mentality too? Will this be the battle of the Christian-minded people – the good vs. the Satanist – the evil? The Nationalists vs. the Globalists, the Freedom fighters vs. the Totalitarians? If you have your doubts that these things are connected, the just look for the ‘666’ in the WEF logo. You will find this symbolism connected to everything they do. Even Mike Obama’s movie was full of it. It’s a Western problem only, because the globalists are also neo-colonialists and they believe that the West owns the rest of the World.
We should concentrate on removing this political pest from our country, no matter how your interpretation of it is! If Ireland use their own symbolism, then Easter is the time our Republic was formed and this is celebrated by the Irish nation. I personally think we will need the help of the global Irish to save the country. This is also a joker in our pack. At the moment their centre is their polical power in the 3 main parties. Which they want to solidify by writing into our laws and constitution. Our political thoughts should shift to the Independent parties. Those, who are not yet infected by the pest.
This is not about religion, except the other side see the Main religions of the World as their natural enemies, but that is a side-effect!
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you lost me when you suggested there’s a battle taking place between the Christains (good people) and the evil Satanists … apparently the enlightenment has nto had it impact on some people in the West still……some 300 years later!
you are 300 years out of date methinks… I’m not talking about history. But if you want to follow that line… and I am agnostic in my life… you will find warnings in various parts of the bible, about the various types of satanic cults that have infiltrated the christian and jewish communities as warnings, even Moses had to stop his followers worshipping Ba’al.. But, I talked in a future sense…. but the globalists take-over has openly being happening since the beginning of this century and is continuously intensifying, with our own governments being infested and trying to take us down! … otherwise your direct question is not clear?
Document states: Ireland is legally required under EU law to provide accomodation for people seeking international protection here.
How many? It gives no number, does not state quantity, which shows the document is only made up boloney, whose intention is to deceive us to get more bums in. How can we be bound by an obligation based on numbers, when no numbers are mentioned? Pure bull.
‘A nationwide urgent situation’. What is the expiry date or presumed expiry date for the ‘urgent situation’ to end? No date given, because the urgent situation has no time limits and will go on forever.
Our obligations are based on numbers and a time limit. Neither have been given. This means unlimited numbers coming in and forever. The document is worthless. A piece of bureaucratic junk, designed to frighten us into submission. Drogheda will be finished. Talking of supports to get them to ‘settle in’. Those ‘refugees’ are not as innocent as portrayed. They know that they are causing havoc to our society. They know from each other online that there are mass protests against them everywhere. Still they come. All to cause trouble. Most will be rejected but will be allowed stay, making them illegal, with free accomodation and benefits, The government is invading us with these illegals. Pure fraud. We must vote for those who will clear them out, by cutting off their benefits. We must be tough in our opposition to this. When the situation gets tough, the tough get going. No surrender.
Bear in mind though Mary , that what you are seeing now is only the Vanguard. The government has its strategy planned and will one day , when the country is saturated beyond capacity, start talking about its obligations to facilitate family reunion ( or durable relationships re-union as the government hopes they will be legally able to categorise them by then) .
Then they move into warp speed.
And when Irish people protest that they are literally drowning and the country cannot cope tge government will say ‘ Ah , but that’s why we need a housing for all referendum’ . And they will hope that everybody will be so desperate that they vote yes to what seems like a guarantee of housing for everyone but in reality will mean Irish people surrendering their right to property ownership .
We have an opt out. A derogation under the Lisbon Treaty, Leo the leech is LYING
Exactly. And the question is why this opt out was given away without the consent of the people when that opt out was clearly an understood criteria for the people’s eventual consent to the Lisbon Treaty in the first place. A solemn undertaking was broken and a breach of the implicit contract between the government and the people occurred . And now, when people make reference to the consequences of that breach those who broke the trust shout them down with insults and slander. It is nothing short of institutional malevolent narcissism and coercive control.
When is he not prevaricating?
Thanks, Baile. I already know Varad went off and signed these migrant pacts. Reminds me that McEnt said recently we must sign the second one. Not a word out of us in return.
It’s very obvious that our government and our political parties are heavily infiltrated by the Jewish New World Order. We we are fully aware that Varadkar is a Young Global Leader in Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum – “you’ll own nothing and be happy” We know that Mariad McGuiness is listed as a “useful asset” in the Jewish Gorge Soros Open Society. We know that Michael na nGall is forging away at the third Plantation of Ireland. They have attempted to put pornographic books in our schools and libraries. They are promoting this Trans nonsense and have a decent man incarcerated for not calling Jill Jack and now they are attempting to curtail free speech. Waken up before they have your son’s and grandsons conscripted into NATO, Michael na mGall is promoting this too.
Don’t blame the Jews, when you should be blaming your fellow traitorous Paddies. The most disloyal and corrupt race of the lot! Spoken by someone who is 100% Irish according to genetic testing. But the cowardice of our people has proven unmatched
Orwell said something about the population never being victims , only participants.
The government is answerable to the people and it is the duty of the people to ensure they remain answerable or to remove them .
Blaming an entirely different entity is a dangerous distraction which can invite an abrogation of responsibility at a time when it is necessary to shoulder responsibility like never before.
Where is the end to this. When the tourist industry is obliterated then hotels will have no option but to turn to the asylum industry. It’s pure insanity.
It is impossible to know where the end to it is because up to now , and for the foreseeable future , the government and opposition have made any discussion about an end to it a taboo subject by deriding anybody who would want such a discussion as a far right racist .
But there enough indications to hazard a guess such as :
Both Simon Coveney and Eamonn Ryan have indicated a desire to see ( if memory serves me correct) a population of 10 million . ( I think they meant an all Ireland population but I’m not sure)
All of the main parties have categorically ruled out a cap on immigration and again the inference is that anybody calling for a cap is a far right racist so they are definitely not even open to a discussion on the matter. Immigration is therefore unlimited and that is the government position supported by the opposition.
I believe Simon Coveney said something about a doubling of the size of all the major towns and cities.
SD said something about Ireland not being full because the country is not at a pre famine population yet so that indicates that their thinking aligns with Coveney and Ryan.
The communists , I am sure , would see a population of 10 million as way too low.
So I think there is enough out there ,and already said, and supported by all of them , to reasonably conclude that their minimum target population for the island of Ireland is 10 million but with no guarantee that it won’t go much higher given the general uncompromising consensus that there should be no cap on immigration. 8 million for the 26 counties is the point at which Irish people become a minority in their own country but of course , given that a percentage of the indigenous Irish population are globalists and supportive of the government and opposition policy of open borders, nationalist minded Irish people would be in a minority some time before the 8 million level was achieved and will then be completely powerless to prevent to final push towards a non-Irish state.
The thing to understand about the Open Borders Globalists is that they see their plan unfolding well and their objective certain , and they see the outrage from nationalists as a bit of a rocky road that they anticipated and just have to push past. The Irish people need to wake up en masse and very , very fast or the Globalist plan will indeed proceed and will indeed succeed.
Those in power are deliberately creating a crisis so when it comes to building luxury free accommodation for foreigners, we Irish will not protest. Instead we will watch our children leave Ireland to make way for the non-Christian, non-white, non-Irish folk.
This has to be the most RACIST government Ireland has ever known. Even more racist than the British landowners who evicted the poorest of the poor off the land during the Great Starvation. These racist politicians need to be stopped.
“And the minister must get up and act and do something about it now,” What does he mean? the minister did this so he’s hardly going to do something about it!
And the councillors are also “shocked “ at this . Surely they’ve seen what’s happened all over the country & should have been expecting this & braced for it to happen to Drogheda . The council need to protect their people & reject this . They need to stand shoulder to shoulder with the other councils who have rejected this & put their necks on the line .
Massive Protest planned for this Saturday. Be there and bring young and Old! People from Drogheda and elsewhere welcome
Erin Go Bragh
Bastards…..
Roderic O’Gorman doesn’t give a fiddlers damn about anyone but the men in TENI and he will happily tread over the good Irish people in order to fulfill his disgusting wants. He is not solely responsible for the destruction of our nation but his name will live in infamy for what he has done. And he doesn’t give a shite because there are no consequences for his actions (yet). He already knows he hasn’t a hope of being re-elected so he’s got his cushy EU job lined up where he can wreak more havoc on society at an even bigger level.
It is my very real wish that he gets his just deserts for the damage he has done to my country and for the evil he intends to inflict on the rest of the world as a whole.
This will be next! https://modernity.news/2024/02/14/no-one-was-asked/
There are two Sinn Fascist TD’s in this constituency. What are they going to do about this? The answer is nothing. They are traitors like the government. Direct action is called for here.
This has to stop now
Poor Ireland. If you take the EU’s gold, then you must take the EU’s trash. 500–3rd world savages will destroy Drogheda. Scotch Hall will be a memory. And, soon, the Irish people and culture will follow. Nothing could be more Irish than seeing 500 unemployed Africans roaming around downtown Drogheda. WHEN will the Irish people stop the destruction of their country? It’s the suicide of the Irish nation and the Irish race. Talk about “self-inflicted wounds”….
The scale of corruption almost seems unlimited at this stage . !!!!!!
Ps
And I didn’t need to even puncture that sentence.
Ye maybe 12 months ago Roddy me owl flower but not now. The game is up and the people have had enough. Even the counselors are saying no.
Dear Irish,
Warm greetings to you!
The Muslim occupation of your country is progressing rapidly. Now you will start to experience countless cases of murder, robbery and rape. If you defend yourself, you will be accused of “Islamophobia”. Your media will probably collaborate with your wretched politicians, and hide all the atrocities that will happen in your country. This is the same media that accuses us of many lies about “genocide” and “occupation”. Maybe now you will begin to understand our situation, in the wonderful neighborhood where we live.
your,
A Jew from Israel.