Immigration Thread

[fed up]

I take anything RTE says about this as kowtowing to the government. They know which side their bread is buttered on...

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[leesider]

I'm sure the Garda Commissioner and the Public Order Unit will find your tips on crowd control extremely useful.

The RTE Investigates show didn't even scratch the surface of the background of Paul Collins the owner of the site in Coolock.

Collins was portrayed as almost a philanthropist who wasn't providing accommodation for just profit. In reality since 2021, his company Townbe Ltd has pocketed over €43 million for housing refugees in rundown buildings, all paid for by the Dept. of Children.

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You'd think this would be a bigger story than one or two knuckledraggers using racist language to security staff.

Why should it have gone into that? That is not why the protestors say they are protesting anyway, and if it should be gone into then it a separate documentary/investigation as the one on Thursday night was never supposed to be about that.

And is what he is doing illegal or something? No, so why does it warrant an investigation? Yes he is making money out of it but again what is wrong with that? It reminds me of the attitude towards all developers after the crash. I’d have a problem with it if the properties do not meet the standards required, I would have a problem with it if he was getting preferential treatment or contracts…………and of course I’d have a problem with it if I was against asylum seekers being given accommodation!!

 

[Crankycorner]

Why should it have gone into that? That is not why the protestors say they are protesting anyway, and if it should be gone into then it a separate documentary/investigation as the one on Thursday night was never supposed to be about that.

And is what he is doing illegal or something? No, so why does it warrant an investigation? Yes he is making money out of it but again what is wrong with that? It reminds me of the attitude towards all developers after the crash. I’d have a problem with it if the properties do not meet the standards required, I would have a problem with it if he was getting preferential treatment or contracts…………and of course I’d have a problem with it if I was against asylum seekers being given accommodation!!

Top post.

 

[TheRebelRoar]

Why should it have gone into that? That is not why the protestors say they are protesting anyway, and if it should be gone into then it a separate documentary/investigation as the one on Thursday night was never supposed to be about that.

And is what he is doing illegal or something? No, so why does it warrant an investigation? Yes he is making money out of it but again what is wrong with that? It reminds me of the attitude towards all developers after the crash. I’d have a problem with it if the properties do not meet the standards required, I would have a problem with it if he was getting preferential treatment or contracts…………and of course I’d have a problem with it if I was against asylum seekers being given accommodation!!

Its funny you should mention that. Coolock site owner Collins was......bailed out by NAMA to the tune of €45million




What was very funny about the RTE Investigates show was Collins claims that he has had to flee the country (he’s in Lisbon).


Obviously pure coincindence that with his slum accomodation posting €43 million in earnings from the Department of children that he is residing in a country with a favourable Non-Habitual Residency tax regime. Poor old Paul has to endure 183 days in Portugal PA and his Irish earnings are tax-free.


The refugee and asylum seeker accommodation business is booming and operators like Collins who had their previous debts wiped clean are making an absolute killing.


But yeah racist language from two or three neanderthals directed at security on Collins Coolock site is the real story here. And if you believe that you will believe anything. ?

 

[Matlock]

Its funny you should mention that. Coolock site owner Collins was......bailed out by NAMA to the tune of €45million

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What was very funny about the RTE Investigates show was Collins claims that he has had to flee the country (he’s in Lisbon).


Obviously pure coincindence that with his slum accomodation posting €43 million in earnings from the Department of children that he is residing in a country with a favourable Non-Habitual Residency tax regime. Poor old Paul has to endure 183 days in Portugal PA and his Irish earnings are tax-free.


The refugee and asylum seeker accommodation business is booming and operators like Collins who had their previous debts wiped clean are making an absolute killing.


But yeah racist language from two or three neanderthals directed at security on Collins Coolock site is the real story here. And if you believe that you will believe anything. ?

Whatabout
Whatabout
Minimise
And finish with a smattering of whataboutery.

 

[leesider]

Its funny you should mention that. Coolock site owner Collins was......bailed out by NAMA to the tune of €45million

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What was very funny about the RTE Investigates show was Collins claims that he has had to flee the country (he’s in Lisbon).


Obviously pure coincindence that with his slum accomodation posting €43 million in earnings from the Department of children that he is residing in a country with a favourable Non-Habitual Residency tax regime. Poor old Paul has to endure 183 days in Portugal PA and his Irish earnings are tax-free.


The refugee and asylum seeker accommodation business is booming and operators like Collins who had their previous debts wiped clean are making an absolute killing.


But yeah racist language from two or three neanderthals directed at security on Collins Coolock site is the real story here. And if you believe that you will believe anything. ?

And then there’s the intimidation and violence against them and not alone them, the gardai as well!!

 

[TheRebelRoar]

And then there’s the intimidation and violence against them and not alone them, the gardai as well!!

It's clear you haven't a clue about Collins and his shady financial past.

RTE Investigates were quite happy to go along with the charade of him being some kind of philanthropist . Coolock is just one of the sites this NAMA tax dodger is using to rinse the taxpayer.

Racism is bad . That doesn't need to be said but what is far more worrying is the dumping of hundreds of asylum seekers into communities that don't want them to make multimillionaires out of unscrupulous operators like Collins.

 

[Matlock]

Racism is bad . That doesn't need to be said

Yes. Yes it does.

but what is far more worrying is the dumping of hundreds of asylum seekers into communities that don't want them to make multimillionaires out of unscrupulous operators like Collins.

No, I don't find that mord worrying. It may also be worrying but it's not more worrying.

 

[Dogwide]

Its funny you should mention that. Coolock site owner Collins was......bailed out by NAMA to the tune of €45million

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What was very funny about the RTE Investigates show was Collins claims that he has had to flee the country (he’s in Lisbon).


Obviously pure coincindence that with his slum accomodation posting €43 million in earnings from the Department of children that he is residing in a country with a favourable Non-Habitual Residency tax regime. Poor old Paul has to endure 183 days in Portugal PA and his Irish earnings are tax-free.


The refugee and asylum seeker accommodation business is booming and operators like Collins who had their previous debts wiped clean are making an absolute killing.


But yeah racist language from two or three neanderthals directed at security on Collins Coolock site is the real story here. And if you believe that you will believe anything. ?

That's unreal. Some spin put on it.

 

[TheRebelRoar]

That's unreal. Some spin put on it.

If you weren't aware of the guys finances you would actually think he was some hard up do gooder hounded out of the country. Instead of a tax avoiding multimillionaire.

RTE doesn't investigate.