Figures show that Ireland is taking well above average per capita numbers of Ukrainian refugees.
“Not factually true.”
Being welcoming to migrants is not just a political view in Ireland, but something deeply engrained on our national self-image.
‘Zero checks’
Ireland has a Government whose mouth writes cheques its ass can’t cash.
“I wasn’t wrong”: Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien doubles down on his “no cap” policy for Ukrainian refugees, even as the government warns that some may end up homeless due to lack of accommodation.
Limiting numbers ‘against EU rules’
This a mess that will happen again because the government doesn’t want to fix it.his
“Everything is fine here”: Gript’s Ben Scallan phoned various hotels in safer parts of Ukraine to check safety and room availability. This is what they said:
No cap.
One of the problems, I think, with modern politics is the idea that there must never be a hard choice.
According to The Kerryman: “two-hundred Ukrainian refugees are to arrive in Portmagee in the coming weeks”. The small town of Portmagee, or so the 2016 census records, has a population of 123 people. It is expected that the refugees will live in local holiday homes. The town, named after famed smuggler, Captain Theobald Magee, is […]