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As Irish households begin to take in Ukrainian refugees, reports are emerging of alleged tension, arguments and disputes between hosts and guests. According to one TippFM report, an Irish host woman from Tipperary was forced to ask a Ukrainian woman to leave after witnessing behaviour she described as “odd.” The Irish woman said that the […]
One rule for you, one rule for them.
Tweet provokes debate
There are a couple of obvious problems with this, beyond the argument above that none of it is really necessary.
Nolan asks why?
Ambassador says decision “groundless”
40 trafficked in a month
According to a government briefing, if Ireland accepts 200,000 Ukrainian refugees it could cost billions annually. Today at a briefing on the potential cost of accommodating Ukrainian refugees, Ministers were told that the State could pay €400m per year for every 10,000 people taken in, or €2.5 billion for 100,000. However, the government has already […]
Irish pig farmers are calling for support for their struggling industry, which they say is “staring into the abyss.” Pig farmers have been hit hard by rising costs of animal feed, as well as fuel due to the ongoing energy crisis. Pigs are the third most common kind of livestock farmed in Ireland, and the […]
In an RTÉ-commissioned poll on “hate speech” legislation a few years ago, only 19% of viewers said they were in favour of such laws. The poll ran on Claire Byrne Live and was conducted by Amárach Research in 2017, the year after the Brexit referendum and the election of then-US President Donald Trump. 2017 was […]
Three men in their 20s