This isn’t a simple matter, at least not morally.
“I HIT A NERVE”: Carol Nolan TD speaks on her immigration clash with Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien in the Dáil, dubbing the Minister’s response “a disgrace.”
BEN SCALLAN: Fine Gael Senator Garrett Ahearn says Mattie McGrath’s views on capping refugee numbers “do not reflect the majority.” But according to recent polls, they actually do – and Ahearn, not McGrath, is woefully out of step with public opinion:
Impending refugee crisis.
Numbers don’t lie.
“[This] is an attack on us.”
Casualties are horrific
“[Putin] is doing what was to be feared from the beginning.”
Boosting national food output.
Even if you ultimately favour Ukraine joining the EU, it should be because Ukrainian membership is good for the EU. Not because EU membership is good for Ukraine.
It’s very easy to say that this kind of thing is empty, bellicose rhetoric – but what if it’s not?
If Ireland cannot afford to treat the people it brings here with decency, then it should not be bringing them here to begin with.