You won't be reading about these stats published by the Dept of Justice [International Protection Office section] this morning. There were 329 applications for asylum in the month of Oct 2021, and no, the tsunami of Afghans hasn't hit these figs yet. ipo.gov.ie/en/IPO/2021120…
The Top #3 countries for asylum seekers in Ireland in 2021 are Nigeria (355), Georgia (215) and Somalia (185).
Georgia is the other side of Europe, puts on a good Eurovision entry and is regarded by Ireland as a "safe" country.
Many of these asylum seekers are coming through Rosslare, and the scale of the numbers indicates there's collusion between hauliers, port staff, Gardai and Dept of Justice.
Is that too tinfoil hat for you? Just read what US says about us each year.
The going rate to get a Georgian into Ireland is €15,000 a head, which is enough to grease many palms. Then a whole legal and support ecosystem kicks in. Busiest list in the High Court in 2021, the asylum list. Housing and direct provision is a huge issue. We're being fleeced.
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It was a €600,000 draw which paid out €40,000. You had a 800/1 chance [12,000 * €50 tickets and 15 winners] of winning, but if you did win, most of the prizes paid out 2/1 [most of the 15 prizes were €100].
It was just collecting donations without disclosure. #FFdraw
Well done @BowesChay whose legal challenge last Thursday triggered the scrapping of this 'draw', thinly veiled donations without declaration. But what about the District Court judge who granted the "lottery licence".
When you consider the media coverage of the Willie Hampton €4m bequest to the Shinners and the conniptions of FF and FG, there's been precious little coverage of these 'draws' [FF take in €550k net, FG take in €900k net a year]