Ireland: Is immigration to the country 'out of control'?

Ireland is experiencing record levels of immigration, with 20% of the population being born abroad.

Despite this, immigration has barely featured in public discourse across the Irish Sea, but that might be about to change - as Sky's Ireland correspondent Stephen Murphy reports.

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[PawsThought]

Across Europe as a whole, our politicians are to blame

[davidh]

The Irish government has, in a matter of decades, been more successful at replacing the Irish population than centuries of English plantation policy.

[Beelzebunge]

It is literally out of control. Our government despise its own people. There's only one way Irish people survive this.

[Philly.s]

The Irish government looks after everybody except the Irish people

[alunevans]

It''s mind blowing to hear that today 40% of this Irish towns population was born abroad, go back just five decades and this town would have been 100% indigenous Irish and would have been that way for thousands of years.

[uniquevideosUk]

Its disgusting how the 🇮🇪 are been treated by the government, they should be ashamed, like the 🇬🇧 government should.

[andrewc]

Ireland is a small country with a native population of 3.75 million. It won't take long to replace us on our own homeland.

[brendayoung]

It seems governments all around the world. Don’t care about their people. It’s about greed and power. My heart goes out to Ireland and prayers.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 For the people of Ireland

[lefuedebout]

It puzzles me that Ireland, of all countries, needed Muslim immigrants to run a meat factory. Irish meat has been famous for its quality for generations and not a single Muslim was involved. So why suddenly this need for Muslim immigrants with their halal butchers and mosque requirements which are totally foreign to the Irish way of life?

[gaelicreaction]

Ballyhaunis used to be nearly 100% native Irish only 20 years ago. That area has been Irish for thousands of years. And now it's minority Irish — an entire cultural and ethnic legacy just wiped out. And for what? So that politicians can gloat to the world that they're so tolerant that they're willing to annihilate the communities that raised them? Or to aid in the success of big businesses who want cheap foreign labour? How could immigration not be viewed as out of control?
It makes me unbelievably sad. Do those promoting this have any sense of shame or remorse for what they're doing? Or are they just narcissistic psychopaths who're willing to lay waste to entire communities that have stood the test of time until now for their own personal image? To hell with the future?

[RoyMccoy]

The guy who immigrated from Syria wants immigration controlled. I’m not saying it shouldn’t be controlled but it would’ve been appropriate to ask a person who is not an immigrant himself.

[spreadeagle]

God bless Carol Nolan, an Irish politician who actually cares for her people.

[liamp.]

The whole of Europe has this problem. THEY MUST BE SENT BACK ASAP‼️

[feportorres]

All EU countries are suffering from inmigration problems from África and Muslims countries

[joshnicholson]

It's out of control everywhere in Europe, absolutely mental the amount of people who aren't born in the country they're in, that's not usually a problem but certain people don't integrate and just stick in their own communities and don't even act respectfully

[ConsultColin-fvrc]

Ireland has no proper health service that's the biggest issue and endless immigration adds hugely to it

[michellemckenna]

Yes we absolutely do have a immigration problem and a government problem.

[maireadtono]

Ireland is totally full, homelessness on the rise as is lawlessness. Ireland has changed beyond belief and not for the better.

[Missfm]

The current problems of France and Germany will soon be current problems in Ireland. Watch this space.

[Kieran-px]

Ireland is the literal homeland of the Gael, our culture survived waves of different to protect out culture is deemed far right?

Ballyhaunis for example 40% non national?

For all the talk of sustainability these days, that isn't sustainable.