Noel Grealish TD was in the wars again yesterday over immigration. This time, he was accused of racism for asking the Taoiseach at leaders questions about the amount of money leaving Ireland in “remittances” to Nigeria. A remittance is money sent home by an emigrant. For many years, for example, Irish families benefitted from money […]
Well, no, it’s not really “new”.
Deirdre Duffy of Fine Gael has been criticised on social media for saying said “a lot” of the 79% of Irish voters who voted Yes in the 2004 referendum on citizenship were motivated by “latent racism” and “fear”. What do you think? Is it wrong to label concerns regarding citizenship as “racist”?