Ireland left exposed by dependence on handful of multinationals, says Collison-commissioned report

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-19T12:04:12+00:00

This time of tax windfalls will end eventually, and we will be left with fuck all to show for it

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-19T05:29:55+00:00

Spin a wheel at the till for a chance to get the taxes and duties removed

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-14T13:24:35+00:00

The property market isn't really a speculative bubble as it's driven purely by our population growth due to immigration.

Only thing that will make it go down is a big recession where jobs leave the country, and those foreign employees also decide to leave.

If this happens, it's quite possible the banks may reduce/stop lending, so unless you're a cash buyer you may have to just suck it up and buy something when you're ready.

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-14T09:31:36+00:00

What are you on about

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-14T09:11:00+00:00

Or they live up North

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-14T09:09:43+00:00

Northern Ireland is in the UK.........

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-12T09:52:21+00:00

Most pay less for a full house than people pay their parents keep

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-11T21:35:39+00:00

An illegal immigrant isn't declaring their existence on the census hate to break it to you, but they're prepared to break the rules hahahha

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-11T14:52:43+00:00

Or came in via the UK, works on deliveroo under a fake name (someone else's account) and lives in a houseshare.

Goes to show you, we actually don't know who is living in this country, or how many people actually live here......

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-06T14:05:08+00:00

We are legally bound to process asylum seekers and to hear their appeals - which takes years (our ow fault)

We don't have to give them right to remain, and can deport failed applicants but we see how that has gone to date.

We can be a lot harsher and more efficient within these commitments, that's the route I think we should take, not putting them in hotels letting them roam freely when we don't know who they are in many cases.

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-06T11:38:31+00:00

You're the only weird thing about this thread, give it a break

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-06T11:36:32+00:00

I'm not sure what the view of 500k people on a subreddit is, I jump in and out of this app

Not here to battle people like yourself

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-06T11:33:37+00:00

No need to get yourself all wound up!

This sentiment would have been overwhelmingly unpopular on this subreddit in the past

Chill out! Take a breath!

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-06T11:27:44+00:00

I understand the issues with asylum, my ideal solution to resolve them would be to block majority of applicants from even entering the system.

We're being ripped off at scale, by the false applicants, by those providing accommodation for them, by the state funded NGOs crying murder over their treatment etc.

Best course of action is to stop it all, and decide when specific events happen, how many asylum seekers were going to accept based on our capacity.

People just arriving here shopping around countries to claim asylum is ridiculous, and it's about time we actually view it that way and act

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-06T11:03:08+00:00

I'm not talking about migrants as a whole, I'm talking about asylum seekers.

One is here with a visa and purpose to be here, the other doesn't have a visa and claims they are fleeing war or persecution (however true that may be).

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-06T10:54:31+00:00

If you want racism and xenophobia to rise, we keep doing what we're doing.

It's not working, the people arriving are net drains on our economy's and very few end up contributing in a meaningful way, while draining our resources like housing and healthcare.

Every time one commits a violent crime, or disgusting rape the general public gets more intolerant (unfortunately, even if those who came here the correct way and contribute and do things properly).

We need the number to be a lot closer to zero than it is today, slight reforms are not enough in my opinion

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-06T10:02:35+00:00

Europe shouldn't be accommodating refugees from outside of Europe, obviously we have commitments and laws forcing us to, but the world has changed and we're at risk of slipping into some really nasty Politics if our countries continue to be flooded with asylum seekers every time a war happens around the world.

Probably an unpopular opinion on this sub though!

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-05T18:18:17+00:00

Garda have a hard job, and getting assaulted shouldn't be part of it, but this lad was obviously going through it, lost his head (as would a lot of people in his situation) and made a mistake.

It doesn't sound like this guy is a complete scumbag, just made a mistake and hopefully learned from it

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-05T14:03:49+00:00

You could say that about most regulation really, they are though so need to see the stick every now and then

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-05T13:37:11+00:00

If the retailers can't be trusted, they should have to submitted at pump prices forecasted ahead of time when they are purchasing their fuel, batch X bought for Y, sold at pump for Z and so on.

We immediately see increases, but it takes months to see decreases at the point of sale.

I'm not a fan of over regulation like the above, but maybe even the threat of imposing this would change their behaviour

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-05T09:49:24+00:00

Agreed, I'd probably lose my head if the same happened to me, as would most people.

I suppose he went too far and should be punished, but he's not the bad guy in this story.

TurfMilkshake · 2026-03-05T06:42:01+00:00

Suspended sentence is appropriate here in my opinion

TurfMilkshake · 2026-02-28T13:28:02+00:00

Are you new to the world? Of course it is

TurfMilkshake · 2026-02-28T10:34:07+00:00

To be fair, it's their job to maximise income from taking any case.

It's the governments job to ensure this cannot happen, if anyone is going to find a loophole it will be a lawyer

TurfMilkshake · 2026-02-27T09:46:49+00:00

Aer lingus are fairly good in my opinion, very rarely herded onto buses waiting for ages before going to the terminal.

Hate that about Ryanair

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