“Commercially sensitive”
“I didn’t tweet in the way that you say”: Roderic O’Gorman previously shared a document in 8 languages saying Ireland would provide own-door accommodation for asylum seekers. Ben Scallan asks if this was a pull factor that contributed to the subsequent asylum seeker influx.
Private and public providers
26,279 in accommodated as of Dec 2023
“I really do wonder where Sinn Féin is going.”
“It’s a bit like throwing a big house party, and then crying at the end of the night when your house is destroyed because there’s a thousand people after turning up.” – Cllr. Ken O’Flynn of the Independent Ireland Party on Roderic O’Gorman’s immigration tweets in 8 languages.
To blame Roderic O’Gorman is to concede that Irish policy contributed to the crisis and made it worse, and since official Ireland backed the policy wholeheartedly, this cannot be acknowledged.
Gript’s Ben Scallan reports from the migrant tent city outside the International Protection Office on Mount Street.
Half of tourist beds gone
“It’s just the best Mother’s Day present ever”: Campaigner Maria Steen has hailed the win of the ‘No’ side in #Referendum2024 as a “victory for common sense.” Laoise de Brún of The Countess says the result shows a disconnect between the public and the “NGO Industrial Complex”.
“It was a stunt that backfired”: Senator Michael McDowell says he believes the Attorney-General’s advice on #Referendum2024 was leaked from “within government” to strengthen the case for the Care amendment in a “cynical move.”
A dejected Roderic O’Gorman has said he is “extremely disappointed” by the result of #Referendum2024.