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European Election candidate Peter Casey
“I don’t want to go there [travellers], I think that has been done. I think a more important issue however is migration.
It is great that we’ve got wonderful diversity . . . We have a skills shortage, so we have to bring in people who can contribute.
What we can’t afford is to become a haven for freeloaders: people who come in because they know that Ireland won’t deport them and will give them accommodation, will give them education, will give them medical services.
Ireland cannot afford that and still provide the proper welfare state for people who are in Ireland.
We should take in our fair share of refugees; however, we can’t afford economic migrants to come in and we shouldn’t be forced to.
We [should] put them on a plane and give them a ticket back . . . it is very simple . . . under the European act…
We have 200 different nationalities in Ireland at the moment. They are entitled to bring in their relatives from other countries.
We have 535,000 immigrants at the moment, so we’ve got a wonderful diversity. You don’t need to worry about that . . . you need to worry about maintaining, protecting Brand Ireland.”
European Election candidate Peter Casey.
Casey turns his guns on ‘freeloader’ immigrants (Stephen O’Brien, Sunday Times)
Um.
This morning.
Nicki Labram writes:
Applegreen PLC is the first in Ireland to launch an Irish made ready to eat vegan sausage roll.
Launching today, appropriately on what has become known as ‘meatless Monday,’ Applegreen has started selling Irish made vegan sausage rolls in 78 of their Applegreen stores nationwide..
The exclusive recipe for the Applegreen vegan sausage roll is made with a delicious plant based blend of soyabean, chickpeas, herbs and spices wrapped in a flaky puff pastry. it’s surprisingly meaty! To support this, there is a special introductory price for the vegan sausage roll at only €1…
FIGHT!
This morning.
Seapoint Dart station, County Dublin.
Thanks Aaron
PES (Adam Pesapane) – even he of the found-object stop-motion features – returns with an awareness-raising short about the detrimental effects of waste plastic on marine (and human) life.
Previously: Gone Fishin’, Lens Smash & Still Life
From the Instagram account of The Swim Reaper – New Zealand’s national water safety mascot. To wit:
Just lovin life. lol. Nah, jokes. Lookin to reap some peeps this summer. If ur gonna make dumb decisions in the water, I’ll be waiting. Holla!
Be careful out there.
This morning.
Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin
Ultan Mashup writes:
Gotta wonder how secure those non-recycling friendly plastic ties really are – Confidence and Apply arrangement?
Last night.
Nick writes:
There are 6 ticket machines in Dublin’s Connolly Station. On Sunday night 5 of them were out of service…
Norway believe they have stumbled upon a white whale that was trained by the Russian navy as part of a programme to use underwater mammals as a special ops force.
If you head out from Norway by sail
You might just encounter a whale
It has straps on its back
And it’s trained to attack
Like a beast from a strange sci-fi tale
John Moynes
Pic: Allstock
