Rural Ireland is facing a crisis as the closure of a town hotel in Roscrea, Co Tipperary to accommodate asylum seekers has led to widespread uproar. Residents have clashed with police, and there have been reports of degrading quality of life and safety concerns. Politicians, including Independent TD Carol Nolan, have criticized the government's 'bungled' immigration policy, citing 'unsustainable levels of inward immigration', while Labour's Aodhan O'Riordain condemned Co Mayo councillors for withdrawing cooperation with migrants. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's stance that voters have 'no veto' over immigration has been met with resistance and labeled as 'not listening' to the growing concerns of the Irish people.
🖊 "Ireland’s pro-immigration elites are living in denial" "In joining the unease about mass immigration, Irish people are becoming more European by the day – just in ways their leaders never foresaw" Read the full column from @OHanlonEilis below ⬇️ https://t.co/nYFf1jgqW0
Leo Varadkar blasted for ‘not listening’ after slapping down migrant concerns: ‘Enough is enough!’ https://t.co/EYNkFQqBAq
'There a whole areas of Ireland that, for tourist reasons, you can't even get to anymore' ICYMI: Residents have clashed with police in rural Ireland over the migrant crisis, after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told voters they have 'no veto' over immigration. https://t.co/zpji4hOlGy
This keeps happening more and more all over Europe. The new "residents" are a menace. https://t.co/GpOJr0eHPR
An Irish woman describes the degrading of her quality of life since the arrival of migrants. It is no longer safe to walk the streets, they can't let children out. "Endless account of migrants doing things not in the interests of the locals." https://t.co/wOKyqMbIK1
'There a whole areas of Ireland that, for tourist reasons, you can't even get to anymore' Residents have clashed with police in rural Ireland over the migrant crisis, after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told voters they have 'no veto' over immigration. https://t.co/FfCI3h3Cu4
In Ireland the govt is getting push back from politicians on immigration. Independent Laoise TD Carol @CNolanOffaly referred to "unsustainable levels of inward immigration”. Labour's @AodhanORiordain called Co Mayo councillors “disgraceful” for withdrawing migrant cooperation.… https://t.co/cb2Gk74Jc5
Rural Ireland is in open revolt against its government's 'bungled' immigration policy. Read my @Telegraph dispatch from Roscrea, Co Tipperary👇 https://t.co/0uotvjA4Os
Rural Ireland in uproar as sole town hotel shuts down to house asylum seekers https://t.co/CaT6gpb9Ew https://t.co/K6B0KRJJ6C