Nearly €6 million on pizzas
Homes “unsellable”
Anger in the town
“The local community is becoming increasingly angry.”
No report of incident on Garda database
“I didn’t get my breakfast”
Locals “really concerned.”
“When I came here, I thought I could start a new life.”
It is just another place, out there in commuterland, whose children will grow up, go to UCD, and then, perhaps, to Australia.
Louise Roseingrave talks to locals in Kinnegad after reported tensions arose when 150 asylum seekers were moved to the town without consultation
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 […]
Ireland is planning to take twice as many Ukrainian refugees than France and the United States, despite those countries having populations – and economies – orders of magnitude larger than Ireland’s. The most recent estimate from the Irish Government is that Ireland may accommodate 200,000 displaced Ukrainians, as the war in that country shows no […]