Did you know … Irish Govt also provides information on voting & elections in 16 foreign languages?? You don’t need to be an Irish citizen to vote in local elections. the Govt are drastically underestimating the effects of this and the importance of a shared language to promote integration.

France in chaos. 🇫🇷 Mainstream media are fighting hard to report these as "student protests". An Irish Times article today quotes sympathetic interviews to students explaining their grievances “School is a right,” So is walking down the street without getting a flame-thrower into your face! The truth is these protests have been hijacked by uncontrolled gangs. The French educational system and welfare systems are buckling under enormous strain. Social cohesion is lost. Women are terrified. Ireland has an opportunity to look at whats happening in Spain, France, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Earlier this year @laoisedebrun formed an Irish Women’s Coalition on Immigration, calling for crime statistics broken down by country of origin and ethnicity. The Irish Times ridiculed her. They called her "fringe". But if your number one fear is the rise of the "far-right" or "fascism" then do what the Danish did. Solve this one policy issue: open immigration. If you want to call yourself "left wing" then your one priority should be protecting the validity of the welfare state. A well functioning welfare state needs strict rules. Who contributes? Who benefits? It means matching immigration policy to our capacity to provide housing, schools and healthcare. Allowing open access to welfare is the most self-destructing force any left-wing Govt can do. It provides fertile ground for the "far-right" If you believe "School is a right"... then protect the welfare state before your ideology bankrupts it.