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A cruel policy

I would just like to add something to the excellent item by Paul McNamee, titled ‘Our migrants deserve an Irish welcome’ (issue 1498 – I bought it late). In the article Paul talks of the heartlessness of new government immigration proposals and how short-sighted the whole immigration policy is, in a country with an ageing population and so many job vacancies currently unfilled.

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