Some decent points relating to the underlying economics and prioitisation of migrant needs.
But old Tim there being American doesn't really know what he's talking about when he talks about how "the cultural landscape of Ireland is changing" with migration.
Apart from the current problematic Islamic element, at least earlier migration waves and accompanying economic development brought many welcome changes.
See Tim there has no idea what the Ireland of old was like. (Just like I think a lot of the usual suspects in this country who rarely get out either now or whem they were growing up since they were inside watching American TV just as now they wean themselves on the American internet.)
I myself remember very well from first hand experience growing up places including Ballybrack, the Farm, Sallynoggin, Dun Laoghaire, Summerhill, Joseph’s mansions, Sherrif Street, and what they were like then.
I regularly witnessed in the 80's the drugs, the rashes of joyriding, the PCP (angel dust), the glue sniffing, the ubiquitous “gear” etc.
I can remember the muggings and attacks in the above places, and how as a kid you walked about in a constant state of battle readiness, where colossal gangs might appear from around the corner, and you’d be killed if you didn’t manage to outrun them.
Then later on, I remember well how Dublin low life invented dirty HIV syringe robberies. I also remember how they invented the double bladed Stanley knife attack (so your scar would never heal). Those were all Dublin scum bag innovations, afaik.
That was during the day time. If you ventured into Dublin city at night in the 80's as a kid it was more often than not a fucking war zone in most of it.
All these places have much, much improved since then. I'm sure the north side and west side is similar. (Or, I used to hear it was even worse?)
