It's much ado about nothing, Ken. A few loopers trying to build a right wing platform is about the size of it. Opinion polls suggest the extreme left - well as extreme as the left gets in Ireland - will top the polls in pretty much every predominantly working class constituency which will hopefully result in the liberal Socialist Republic we deserve. I've every faith that whatever policy may be adopted by Deputy Owen O'Brin at that juncture will more than adequately address any shortage of affordable housing to facilitate both immigrant and indigenous population growth. Chucky our law!
I don't agree with your apparent hatred of those who reproduce, SB. Reproduction is central to the survival and evolution of our species. I guess one could argue that we have invested too heavily in education resulting in two, not unrelated, contributory factors to the need for economic migrants. First, women getting educated is undoubtedly a contributory factor to reduced family sizes and second, the quality of education afforded to the Chrildren of those smaller families is such that they end up over-qualified for unskilled jobs and many skilled trades.
There's an obvious and urgent need to fast-track the asylum process - something SF have promised and will, no doubt, deliver. It's crazy that we have tens of thousands of dark skinned lads filling hotel rooms in the direct provision system on one hand and tens of thousands of low skilled or unskilled job vacancies on the other hand.
