Many people are utterly fed up at the thoughts of homeless Irish people being forgotten by the government yet again and being overlooked by tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees who, many believe, are blatantly being given priority over our own.
Some people on social media are saying that “it’s utterly outrageous” to think that a homeless man was found dead in his tent in central Dublin on Sunday night, but that doesn’t seem to matter to the government as they’re not getting any credit from the EU for solving the homeless problem.
Up until this point, Ireland’s governmental lackies were getting a pat on their back from the likes of Joe Biden and EU leaders for “taking the lead” and allowing some 100,000 Ukrainian refugees into our country.
However, that number could be about to grow, dramatically.
Speaking on RTE radio, the Minister for Agriculture said that Ireland may be doubling the intake of our Ukrainian refugee quota.
Proportionally it is possible for Ireland to take in 200,000 refugees, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said.
It’s understood that hotels, BnBs, guest houses, vacant homes, spare family home rooms, community centres, empty state properties, old convents and monasteries will all be used to house Ukrainian refugees.
Many people are questioning why all the above hasn’t been used to house the circa 10,000 homeless Irish people that have been sleeping rough for years.
One social media user said:
“It’s because the homeless are Irish and the EU won’t congratulate the government for looking after their own”.
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