Money is always at the heart of Irish politics, Octy. We have a long tradition of political scams and a well established brown envelope culture. Look at how Free Now controls the taxi trade, for example. Obviously migration and the housing of migrants and, indeed, those of our own who can't or won't house themselves presents extremely lucrative opportunities for decision makers which, to date, is pretty obvious in the vulture fund owned build to let properties with rents guaranteed from the public purse.
I know you claim to have little or no understanding of macroeconomics and such like but the big problem going forward is where it all ends. We keep educating our kids and the kids of the migrants so we are creating a perpetual need for first generation migrants. As you allude to, other nations have attempted to solve that by creating a two tier education system which focuses resources on the mostly indigeonous (lower) middle class population. In our case, if there is disproportionate investment (and there is!) it's the other way round with the Black schools (in the guise of Educate Together) getting blank cheques while white (generally RCC founded) schools have to beg, borrow and steal to get a poxy prefab. Of course, anti-RCC sentiment is also at play there. A woman was telling me (I don't know what level of truth is in it) that the majority of Educate Together - without whom the black kids would have to go to the same schools as the white kids and get, well, eduvcated together! - boards are controlled by those of Islamic faith... Out of the frying pan and into the fire?
