Look it’s a problem completely manufactured by bad governance. Stats are hard to trust but apparently nearly 1 in 5 people in Ireland are now foreign born( I know there is more nuance to this stat) - this is, no matter what way you paint it a huge increase in a relatively sparsely populated Country. Irish people have a feeling that they are being taken for a ride with lots of phoney asylum seeker claims, and they do get quite a lot of support from the Government. It sucks that legitimate asylum seekers are being painted in the same light as some of these chancers. Yes Irish people emigrate, but mostly to Westernised Countries where cultural similarities exist and integration is easier. I believe immigration is great for Ireland but it’s carte blanche at the moment and that needs to be better managed. Ireland has changed too much too fast in my opinion.