“This decision has not been taken lightly.”
A separate scheme for asylum seekers has seen an additional 2,687 people granted an immigration permission.
And we will remember with happiness and relief the many new acquaintances we have made in the struggle to stand strong and remain committed.
When anti-capitalist Marxists and big corporate lobbying groups are campaigning for the same policies, you know a wire is after getting crossed in your political system. Chambers Ireland, the biggest business lobbying organisation in the country, has praised the government for giving amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, and urged more of the […]
The Government has no official data or estimate of the number of illegal immigrants currently in Ireland.
It goes without saying that the big problem with Northern Ireland is that almost everything in it is, or has been, completely corrupted by tribal politics and whataboutery. A wrong committed by one “side” can, and will, inevitably be matched by a wrong committed by the other. The history of that place is alive, and […]
If you were scouring the Sunday Newspapers yesterday for a word of criticism of the Government’s plan to give an amnesty, and path to citizenship, to thousands of illegal immigrants, you will have been disappointed. Pieces like that do not tend to make the Irish newspapers. Part of it, of course, is the fear that […]
2 current and 6 former staff members from Amnesty International UK have issued a statement alleging that senior management of the organisation “knowingly upheld racism and actively harmed staff from ethnic minority backgrounds.” The statement called on senior management of AIUK, as well as the board of directors, to resign over the issue. “There’s a […]
There is, in Ireland, a law against stealing cars. If you steal someone’s car, you are liable to be arrested, prosecuted, and, if convicted, either fined or sent to prison. If the Gardai recover the car you stole, it will be returned to its original owner. So imagine for a moment how people might react […]
There are several ways by which a person might illegally immigrate to Ireland. They might, for example, come here on a temporary work visa that entitles them to be in the country for a period of time, and then stay here long after that visa has expired. They might simply sneak in on the back […]
In his 1845 book The Condition of the Working Class in England, Friedrich Engels excoriated those wealthy philanthropists who placed themselves “before the world as mighty benefactors of humanity when they give back to the plundered victims the hundredth part of what belongs to them.” Back then charity was the preserve of austere Victorians and […]
Sometimes when RTÉ News covers a protest it deems worthy, the camera work gives the game away. Amnesty’s cringe-worthy disco to protest against Mike Pence was a case in point this week. Despite plenty of advance notice of this marvellous opportunity to protest the awfulness of the Trump administration, almost no-one bothered to show up. […]