Leo Varadkar becomes a racist

[Armagh18]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

[Milltown Row2]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

[burdizzo]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

That's the whole point, I would have thought. Did you really miss it?!!

[Milltown Row2]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

That's the whole point, I would have thought. Did you really miss it?!!

So it's ok to have illegals then? As long as they work at just eats

[tyrone08]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

That's the whole point, I would have thought. Did you really miss it?!!

So it's ok to have illegals then? As long as they work at just eats

Something wrong with just eat? You are missing the point. People working and integrating into any society isnt an issue. People coming expecting hand outs is. Really is that simple.

[Milltown Row2]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

That's the whole point, I would have thought. Did you really miss it?!!

So it's ok to have illegals then? As long as they work at just eats

Something wrong with just eat? You are missing the point. People working and integrating into any society isnt an issue. People coming expecting hand outs is. Really is that simple.

No, I'm not missing the point, if illegals are here they can't claim benefits, refugees can but same as the next person and migrants can also claim benefits

[burdizzo]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

That's the whole point, I would have thought. Did you really miss it?!!

So it's ok to have illegals then? As long as they work at just eats

I took it that the point was that Irish tended to go for work and not for free welfare. Put quite pithily, I thought. You really ought to have twigged.

[Armagh18]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

That's the whole point, I would have thought. Did you really miss it?!!

So it's ok to have illegals then? As long as they work at just eats

Something wrong with just eat? You are missing the point. People working and integrating into any society isnt an issue. People coming expecting hand outs is. Really is that simple.

No, I'm not missing the point, if illegals are here they can't claim benefits, refugees can but same as the next person and migrants can also claim benefits

Which is wrong. IMO.

[Milltown Row2]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

That's the whole point, I would have thought. Did you really miss it?!!

So it's ok to have illegals then? As long as they work at just eats

I took it that the point was that Irish tended to go for work and not for free welfare. Put quite pithily, I thought. You really ought to have twigged.

You're the one triggered about people coming here to get a better life..

[Milltown Row2]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

That's the whole point, I would have thought. Did you really miss it?!!

So it's ok to have illegals then? As long as they work at just eats

Something wrong with just eat? You are missing the point. People working and integrating into any society isnt an issue. People coming expecting hand outs is. Really is that simple.

No, I'm not missing the point, if illegals are here they can't claim benefits, refugees can but same as the next person and migrants can also claim benefits

Which is wrong. IMO.

Which bit? The illegal people who live here claiming benefits?

[burdizzo]

Plenty of illegal Irish in the states, I know two, haven't been home in 30 years

Claiming much benefits are they?

I just said he's illegal.. but that's fine

That's the whole point, I would have thought. Did you really miss it?!!

So it's ok to have illegals then? As long as they work at just eats

I took it that the point was that Irish tended to go for work and not for free welfare. Put quite pithily, I thought. You really ought to have twigged.

You're the one triggered about people coming here to get a better life..

Where did I defend it?

[tyrone08]

Tens of thousands of people coming into a very small country in a short space of time simply isn't going to work. Regardless if they are immigrants or refugees. If it had of been a big country or very large cities then it would taken longer for the effect to have been realised. However ireland is noticing the effects quicker as the infrastructure which was already thin is being streched further. Wasn't it killarney which in a matter of weeks almost doubled its population?

Putting it simply the Irish government has failed to react to this or to push back and say there isn't enough space. Leo and his pals are far more concerned with looking good to the EU rather than taking care of people who elected him. At the end of all this he will be off into a position in the EU and Ireland will be left picking up the pieces.

[AustinPowers]

Tens of thousands of people coming into a very small country in a short space of time simply isn't going to work. Regardless if they are immigrants or refugees. If it had of been a big country or very large cities then it would taken longer for the effect to have been realised. However ireland is noticing the effects quicker as the infrastructure which was already thin is being streched further. Wasn't it killarney which in a matter of weeks almost doubled its population?

Putting it simply the Irish government has failed to react to this or to push back and say there isn't enough space. Leo and his pals are far more concerned with looking good to the EU rather than taking care of people who elected him. At the end of all this he will be off into a position in the EU and Ireland will be left picking up the pieces.

Oh you cannae  be saying things like that on here man 

[HokeyPokey]

Refugees are living in tents in the middle of winter here and direct provision is widely regarded as inhumane and people get stuck in that system for years on end, but you wouldn't think it reading comments here.

I always hear about rural Ireland dieing and all the young people leaving, but wouldn't think it reading about small towns being 'at capacity' apparently.

Apparently the UK is going to become overran with Muslims, and the UK percentage of muslims currently stands at around... a staggering... 4%... yes,  a whole... 4%...

History should not be lost on us as Irish people. America's nativist movements has its roots in anti-Irish and anti-Catholicism.
Many of the Irish and many other white immigrants to the US became integrated by embracing racism against blacks.

Just because the Irish abroad were treated like dirt, does not mean we should treat migrants in a similar manner. We should have perspective and empathy and think ourselves better than those who treated us so badly.

[J70]

Refugees are living in tents in the middle of winter here and direct provision is widely regarded as inhumane and people get stuck in that system for years on end, but you wouldn't think it reading comments here.

I always hear about rural Ireland dieing and all the young people leaving, but wouldn't think it reading about small towns being 'at capacity' apparently.

Apparently the UK is going to become overran with Muslims, and the UK percentage of muslims currently stands at around... a staggering... 4%... yes,  a whole... 4%...

History should not be lost on us as Irish people. America's nativist movements has its roots in anti-Irish and anti-Catholicism.
Many of the Irish and many other white immigrants to the US became integrated by embracing racism against blacks.

Just because the Irish abroad were treated like dirt, does not mean we should treat migrants in a similar manner. We should have perspective and empathy and think ourselves better than those who treated us so badly.

I'm taking the family home this summer for the first time in a decade (first time for my youngest, second for my wife and oldest).

I can't comment on the general topic as I have no direct knowledge of what is going on there, but I'm expecting a drastically changed, bursting at the seams society going by much of what is being alleged here.

It is amazing how quickly people forget how we have been on the other end of it though.