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:
Numbers don’t lie.
“[This] is an attack on us.”
“[Putin] is doing what was to be feared from the beginning.”
Boosting national food output.
Crowd chanted “fascist.”
“The government isn’t thinking this through.”
“A pain in the arse.”
Energy crisis.
Depleted.
Blinders on.
More than 15,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland to date, and emergency accommodation is reportedly soon set to be exhausted at the current rate of arrival. According to BreakingNews.ie, the government has been informed that emergency accommodation will be depleted within weeks, and authorities will have to begin setting up tents, prefabs and modular […]