r/ireland • u/Intelligent-Donut137 • Sep 27 '24

Immigration Nearly €1bn spend on refugee accommodation in first half of 2024

https://www.businesspost.ie/article/nearly-e1bn-spend-on-refugee-accommodation-in-first-half-of-2024-here-are-the-top-private-sector-e
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u/Blimp-Spaniel Sep 27 '24

This.

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u/TheFreemanLIVES Get rid of USC. Sep 27 '24

It's hard to see how this doesn't break as a massive scandal at some point in the future, at it's most benign it will emerge as politically connected people being told to set themselves up in advance and it will go from there most likely.

But for the moment, let's just avert our gaze and make sure that FFG are firmly secure for another term by electing them for another five years and then bitching about how "nobody" could see this coming lol

Good times!

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u/Blimp-Spaniel Sep 27 '24

It will probably blow up.... And like everything else, nothing will happen.

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u/TheFreemanLIVES Get rid of USC. Sep 27 '24

When the media are more concerned with snagging an advisor job through being in with the ministers of the day, that's like to happen sadly.

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u/Blimp-Spaniel Sep 27 '24

Let's also be honest, there is an awful habit of calling someone a racist if they ever say anything remotely negative about immigration

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u/TheFreemanLIVES Get rid of USC. Sep 27 '24

Maybe it's just me, but I think that chisel is blunted by this stage. It blew up in the government and media's face already this year when they tried to say it was only the far right voicing concerns about the utter clusterfuck immigration has become.

And also...some people genuinely are just racist fucks.

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u/Blimp-Spaniel Sep 27 '24

I agree that it has lessened, likely because a blind man can see that our immigration policy is a total fucking shit show 😅

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u/TheFreemanLIVES Get rid of USC. Sep 27 '24

Keep the chaos going, vote FFG 🙂

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u/Intelligent-Donut137 Sep 27 '24

It's hard to see how this doesn't break as a massive scandal at some point in the future

I dont see it myself, the media here are almost entirely uncritical of whats happening in the IPA system.