Pete Lunn
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 15 Aug
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That's established and there's research that shows it.
It's also because of the difficulty of dealing with the international protection issues post the Syrian conflict and post-COVID where there's a big spike in international protection.
As I said, it's understandable because that's a difficult public policy issue that there will be a lot of debate about that.
But the reason I'm expressing concern is because what that is producing at the moment is a level of perception and anxiety that is divorced from reality, and that's causing us problems.
Yeah, no, I would agree.
I wouldn't go as far as saying there are two islands.
I mean, the research suggests it's a lot more subtle than that.
And we need to be careful about presenting stereotypes here about working class and middle class areas that I wouldn't accept.
I mean, actually, even Dublin is far more mixed in terms of social class and socioeconomic status than everybody realises.
There are pockets of middle class and working class people all over the city.
So we tend to have this conversation and stereotypes that we don't want to have.
I mean, I would again go back to the fact people massively overestimate the degree to which the immigrant population is in social housing, and that is a problem.
There isn't the conflict of social housing that is often discussed, and that's a misperception.
I think the problem here is that when we're discussing this, we need to put it in proportion.
I totally agree with David.
It's really important to have a debate about this.
Of course it is.
It's a huge societal change.
That's fine.
But we need to understand that people seeking international protection, the asylum seekers, are a small proportion, and that the majority of people who are coming here
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