by Jake Welch, The National Pulse:
Irish citizens have begun building barricades and checkpoints around their local towns and villages to prevent their communities from being overrun by newly arrived migrants forced on them by the government.
Locals in the town of Dromahair held protests, manned roadblocks and checkpoints, and even checked cars coming in and out of the town after rumors abounded of refugees arriving in the area on Friday. The residents cited security and the overburdening of local public services as their principal concerns.
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No migrants arrived as a result of the action, with the Irish Department of Integration subsequently stating that it would engage with “public representatives, the local authority and Local Development Company on issues being raised and share information as it becomes available.”
Similar events occurred in the southern Irish village of Rosslare Harbour where the government plans to repurpose a hotel into accommodation housing hundreds of migrants. Village residents have been manning entrances into the town for close to two week following the revelations.
Ger Carthy, a local village councilor, argued earlier this month, “Between the amount of refugees that we have currently in Rosslare Harbour and what’s planned for the Great Southern site, it will mean that this village will have taken in over 700 refugees.”
“That will add about a third to the indigenous, settled population, with no additional services or provisions made,” local councilor Ger Carthy said earlier this month,” he added.
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