“Do you think this situation is OK?”: Irish Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys is asked why long-term unemployed migrants, such as the Algerian person of interest in the Parnell Square stabbing, are allowed to remain in the State. Question by Ben Scallan. #gript
It’s a strange thing, to read on a public platform a statement from a very prominent person in Irish society that one should be “shunned everywhere by decent people”. Stranger still to see that the statement in question has been “liked” by around three and a half thousand people, and viewed over one hundred thousand […]
Parts of O’Connell Street were ablaze last night after chaotic scenes erupted in the aftermath of the stabbing of three small children in Dublin City Centre. What follows is a personal account of the night as it unfolded. People gathered near the scene of the stabbing incident, which had taken place earlier that afternoon, and […]
If this country, as an independent nation, is not for the Irish people, and being Irish in the Irish nation doesn’t even confer some privileges, then what is the point of it?
In this case, it is fair to say, Ireland was not looking out for the person who gets up early in the morning.
“Nobody has a right of veto to say who lives near them.”
The European Union’s new migration pact, it turns out, is structured in such a way that it will direct disproportionately more immigration towards Ireland.
Failed policy
The good news is that a media that behaves like this cannot survive, long term.
“I’m not sorry for a second”: When asked about Ireland’s generous benefits system serving as a “pull factor” for migrants, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he’s “not sorry for a second” that his government took in as many asylum seekers as they did. Question by Ben Scallan. #gript
Govt must change course
Immigration