There is an emerging pattern in the way the Irish Government attempts to deal with its migrant accommodation crisis, and the way the policy plays out for everybody concerned. A small town, usually one hit hard by emigration and de-industrialisation, learns very late in the process – often only days or weeks before the migrants […]
A row between local residents, Government, and a prominent local business family over the provision of direct provision has broken out in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, where over 1,100 people have signed a petition saying that they no longer feel safe walking through their own town because of large groups of migrants congregating in the centre […]
A fascinating proposal from Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesman – I look forward to seeing the uptake in his own constituency of Dublin Bay South. Jim O’Callaghan made the proposal that families should take in asylum seekers in conversation with Fine Gael Minister David Stanton in the Dáil this morning. He suggested that families who housed […]