Immigration
Simon Harris: Sinn Féin’s changing stance on immigration just ‘populist rhetoric’
Fine Gael minister said better communication with communities wouldn’t have made a ‘blind bit of difference’ to the burning out of buildings by ‘thugs’
Simon Harris has said Mary Lou McDonald’s call for an “open” conversation about immigration is “populist rhetoric” which wrongly suggests immigration isn’t regularly discussed by the Dáil and by government.
The minister for further and higher education also condemned the “worrying trend” of arson attacks on vacant buildings suspected or intended to be used for asylum seekers, and said better communication with local communities wouldn’t have made a “blind bit of difference” to the burning ...
